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October 31, 2014

‘Boogie Boarding Buddha’ continues artist’s message • ‘Surfing Madonna’ creator hopes others will extend ocean awareness concept up the California coast

■ San Diego Botanic Garden salvages trees for planned pavilion.

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■CCA senior is the mastermind behind Hallow II benefit.

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BY JARED WHITLOCK The “Surfing Madonna” now has a companion mosaic — one with an eastern influence.

The “Boogie Boarding Buddha” made its debut Oct. 25 to 5,000 runners and walkers participating in the Surfing Madonna 5K/10K and Moonlight Beach Fest. With his new piece, artist Mark Patterson once again drew upon religious iconography to bring attention to over-fishing, ocean acidification and other problems plaguing the seas.

“The Madonna and the Buddha are both figures we all can really admire,” Patterson said. “Putting them in the unusual position of being fully engaged with the ocean — surfing and body boarding — helps wake people up.”

Although the public got a glimpse of the mosaic, Patterson said he still needs to put finishing

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touches on the piece. Once completed, he has a good idea of where he’d like to place it. Still, he’s staying mum on the location for now.

Patterson did, however, confirm that he would get permission beforehand, unlike with the Madonna’s

guerrilla-style installation.

In 2011, Patterson and friend Bob Nichols posed as construction workers and affixed the Madonna under a train bridge on Encinitas Boulevard. Soon after, the piece gained international acclaim. But city officials said it hadn’t gone through

sents — passion and openness, which most Buddhists that I’ve run across seem to have. It’s a very interesting philosophy they live by, and a very generous one from my perspective.”

So why boogie boarding? Patterson said that sport tied into his message of “Save the Ocean,” which will be spelled out on the sides of the piece once finished.

The Buddha mosaic, like the Madonna, is 10 feet by 10 feet.

Although Patterson came in with mosaic experience under his belt, the Buddha piece was just as challenging as its predecessor because he had less than five months to get it ready for the 5K/10K. “With the Madonna, that was nine months and there wasn’t a real timeline,” Patterson said. “But a See BUDDHA, page 23

Campaign contributions provide window on candidates’ supporters

■ For photos of a variety of community events, see pages 16, 18, 20.

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“The Boogie Boarding Buddha,” a follow-up to the “Surfing Madonna,” debuted last week. Like its predecessor, the piece aims to shed light on ocean acidification and other problems. Courtesy photo

the proper channels and ordered its removal, leading Patterson to step forward as the artist.

Ultimately, Patterson and friends hung the piece on a Leucadia Pizzeria wall, just across the street from its original home. And while Patterson was once in hot water with the city for the Madonna, he said everything is good now.

“We don’t hold any grudges,” Patterson said.

“The city just didn’t want to be taken by surprise — no one does.”

Patterson started work in early spring on the follow-up, originally an underwater scene sans religious figures. But early on, he scrapped the idea in favor of depicting the Buddha.

“My inspiration morphed,” Patterson said.

“The Buddha just kept coming up as an ideal icon for our community, because of what the Buddha repre-

Fun Run/Beach Fest The annual Surfing Madonna Save the Ocean Beach 5K/10K Fun Run/Walk and Moonlight Beach Fest was held Oct. 25.

The race featured a costume contest and Moonlight Beach Fest activities included live music. (Above) Team Run for the Halibut. (Right) Start of the kids’ race. Photos by McKenzie Images.

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BY JARED WHITLOCK The last campaign finance disclosures before the Nov. 4 election were recently filed, offering a more complete picture of candidates’ notable supporters and how much local backing they have.

Five residents are vying for mayor, with four competing for the one open council seat.

Catherine Blakespear led the pack in fundraising among council candidates, reporting $36,659 in contributions and $24,402 in expenditures.

Of her 142 contributors this year, about 70 percent listed Encinitas addresses. Familiar names on her paperwork include former Planning Commissioner Tom McCabe as well as Encinitas councilmembers Teresa Barth and Lisa Shaffer.

They each contributed $250 to her campaign.

Also, Blakespear Law Offices gave $5,253 to her campaign last June, her largest contribution.

Mayor Kristin Gaspar took in the most funds among the mayoral candidates. She has raised $27,291 this year, a total that includes a $5,000 loan from Gaspar to her own campaign. Meanwhile, she has spent $25,293.

In 2013, she brought in $8,528 for her campaign. All told, about half of her 140 contributors were from Encinitas.

Some of her notable contributors: San Diego resident Marty Beard, the chief financial officer of Blackberry Corporation ($200); former Mayor Jerome Stocks ($250); and Union Kitchen & Tap was one of three local restaurants/bars See CONTRIBUTIONS, page 23

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EUSD campaign contributions posted

BY JARED WHITLOCK Four candidates vying for three seats on the Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) board recently posted updated campaign disclosure paperwork, the last round before the Nov. 4 election.

Incumbent Emily Andrade raised $4,531, which includes a $487 loan and $100 contribution from Andrade to her own campaign. Teachers of Encinitas, the educators union, gave her $1,000, Andrade’s largest contribution.

She spent $3,100 as of Oct. 18, the close of the financial filing period.

Eight of her nine contributions

listed addresses in the district, which covers Encinitas and southern Carlsbad.

Marla Strich, another incumbent, brought in $5,758, with a $100 loan from Strich to her own campaign. Eric Hall, the owner of Eric Hall & Associates, a school construction management company, contributed $1,500 to Strich, her largest contribution. The company’s website shows EUSD as a current client. Her expenditures: $5,319.

Eleven of her 16 contributions were from within the school district.

Gregg Sonken, also an incumbent,

raised $2,574, and two loans from Sonken to his campaign accounted for $600 of this total. He recorded $690 in expenditures. A familiar name on his contribution list: EUSD board member Carol Skiljan, whose term ends in two years, gave him $100.

Of his six contributions, five were from those living in the district.

The three incumbents have endorsed each other in the race. They face challenger Jennifer Hamler.

Hamler reported $9,810 in contributions. This figure included two loans totaling $1,800 from Hamler to her campaign. Additionally, San DiegoSee EUSD, page 23

Don Diego Scholarship Foundation to offer $2,500 vocational-ed grants The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation is excited to announce the creation of an annual $2,500 scholarship earmarked specifically for graduating high school seniors planning to pursue a vocational education curriculum at a community college or accredited trade school with the goal of obtaining an AA/AS degree or certificate.

Debuting in 2015, this “vocational ed� scholarship brings the number of annual scholarships offered to 13, for a total annual monetary

Don Diego Chairman Paul Ecke III

award of $41,500. The 2015 scholarship cycle begins in January 2015. Applications will be due March 16, 2015.

Finalist interviews will take place in April, with winning recipients announced in May. Board Chair Paul Ecke III states, “Our new vocational ed scholarship expands Don Diego’s educational reach, broadens our response to real-life job needs and enhances our value to the San Diego community. With the annual tuition at many local commu-

nity colleges ranging from $1,100 to $1,400 per year, this $2,500 scholarship can take a student a long way toward achieving his or her career goal. We are proud to support a wide array of exceptional students and recognize that some students choose to pursue ‘skilled trade’ careers from veterinarian techs to medical assistants to electrician and other jobs that are key to a healthy, diverse economy.�

According to Ecke, “Thanks to the generosity See GRANTS, page 14

Looking for more about council, mayoral races?

If you have yet to cast your vote, visit Encinitasadvocate.com for a roundup with links to profiles of the five mayoral candidates and the four candidates running for the one open council seat. Those profiles ran in prior editions of the Encinitas Advocate over the past month.

Also, the roundup features links to coverage of the four mayoral/council forums.

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San Diego Botanic Garden salvages trees for planned pavilion

BY JARED WHITLOCK Julian Duval was prepared to ship in catalpa trees from Indiana for part of a new pavilion at the San Diego Botanic Garden.

But luckily for him, catalpas were recently salvaged not too far from the garden’s backyard.

County workers and others last week carefully transported six large and two small catalpas from Campo, a community in the eastern portion of San Diego County, to the garden’s grounds. The garden wants to use the wood to serve as the base of “plant chandeliers” that would hang in a planned 9,300-square-foot pavilion at the garden.

Duval, the executive director of the Botanic Garden, put out a call last year among botanists across a few states for available catalpa trees, finally settling on Indiana as a potential source.

Recently, though, Jon Powell, one of the garden’s designers, spotted the dead, drought-stricken catalpas in a public right of way while biking. It turned out they were slated for the wood chipper.

“Catalpa is rare as hen’s teeth out here in Southern California,” Duval said. “Here I am, looking at trees in Indiana, and then I

find these here in San Diego. I can’t tell you how happy I am about this.”

Duval noted that because the catalpas were already dead and didn’t belong to anyone, obtaining them was that much smoother. Once they’re debarked, they’re ideal for the special chandeliers, since they’re sturdy and slow to decay, he explained.

The chandeliers will be engineered so that they can be lowered or raised — an adjustable canopy of plant life — depending on the use of the pavilion’s interior space, according to plans.

And Duval noted that his late grandmother had a catalpa, so his connection with them goes way back.

“It’s a bit of coming full circle,” he said.

As of last month, the Botanic Garden had raised $1.7 million for the $4 million pavilion, which would feature classrooms, a kitchen and an amphitheater.

For a grant challenge, if the garden can secure $3 million by December 2015, the Donald C. & Elizabeth Dickinson Foundation would contribute the remaining $1 million. If all goes as planned, work is tentatively slated to begin on the pavilion in 2016.

Julian Duval, the executive director of the San Diego Botanic Garden (second from left), and a crew transport dead catalpa trees to the garden’s grounds. Garden officials want to use the trees, once destined for the wood chipper, for a planned pavilion.

Photo by Jared Whitlock

Encinitas Advocate writers win 20 journalism awards from Press Club Reporters who contribute to the Encinitas Advocate and its sister newspapers, the Rancho Santa Fe Review, Solana Beach Sun, Del Mar Times and Carmel Valley News, recently took home 20 awards at the San Diego Press Club’s 41st annual Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony.

The Encinitas Advocate won three awards, despite the paper launching only two weeks before the club’s deadline

for entries. Jared Whitlock, the associate editor, netted a first-place in the non-daily newspapers environment category for his article, “New ideas at Leichtag Foundation property start to bear fruit.”

Whitlock also received a third-place award in this category for “Easing backyard bee and farm restrictions all the buzz.” He won third place in the non-daily newspapers gen-

eral news category with “Watching the tracks.”

The reporters who write for the Encinitas Advocate and its sister publications have received numerous local, state and national journalism awards over the years. The Encinitas Advocate’s sister publications have also won three firstplace national “General Excellence” awards.

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Art viewers on display in CCA’s upcoming production of ‘Museum’

BY DIANE Y. WELCH If modern art has you baffled, the play “Museum” by Tina Howe, opening Nov. 7 at the Proscenium Theatre at Canyon Crest Academy, will make it crystal clear.

But rather than gaining clarity about fine art, it’s the wacky characters viewing the art who are truly the exhibits. And it’s a plot that will make it hard not to laugh throughout the entire production, said cast member Brooke Patterson.

The comedic play takes place on the last day of a fictitious art show, “The Broken Silence,” in a New York museum. Its title represents the snippets of chatter that the audience overhears as people pass through the exhibition and make comments.

This commentary introduces “humans that we know very little about,” said Jason Maddy, the play’s director, one of CCA’s professional visiting artists. “They are much like people we pass on the street or at Starbucks, living their lives in the presence of art. And along the way, we get to laugh.”

Howe’s interpretation of this melting pot of characters, from the often-lofty aficionados who view and appreciate modern art, to the everyday person, beckons the audience to look at themselves, too.

During the exhibition’s last day the audience meets a cross-section of society: art lovers, skeptics, students, lost souls, fellow artists, museum guards and more.

Brooke, a CCA senior, plays Tink Solheim, a young woman “deeply invested in one of the artists on exhibition (who) embarks on an existential mission to uncover the secrets in her artwork.”

Howe uses well-crafted writing to portray a candid view of people in general, said Brooke. “This play is so smart and so honest ... an amazing example of a great, farcical piece of writing, and it’s hard not to love each of the characters in the show.”

Twenty-seven cast members play 40 characters with brisk entrances and exits that require perfectly choreographed timing, yet each portrays a clear picture of their

Brooke Patterson with Phillip Magin in ‘Museum.’

Twenty-seven cast members play 40 characters in ‘Museum.’ ‘The whole cast tells this story, like an ensemble,’ says one actor. Courtesy photos character.

Jacob Surovsky, a CCA junior, plays Bob Lamb, a patron of the modern arts who is “very full of himself.” No character is considered a lead role, said Jacob. “The whole cast tells this story, like an ensemble.”

To understand the show’s concept, cast members researched museums and works of art by acclaimed artists. “We recent-

ly got to hear a speaker discuss a prominent modern artist’s work and how his pieces are created and inspired,” said Jacob, which offered an insight into the mind of a modern artist.

There is also a theme to CCA ’s theater season this year, said Maddy, “about outsiders and their effect on society, whether positive or negative.”

“Museum” is full of outsiders “who actually want to

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be a part of something or think they are a part of something, but really discover they are alone,” he explained.

The show has so many different characters and opinions that each audience member will take away from the show whatever speaks to them the most, said Jacob.

“Much like modern art, this play isn’t a fixed image, but a jumbling of ideas that the observer, not the creator,

gets to decide the true meaning of,” he added.

The way people are “is truly hilarious when you look at them from an outside perspective,” said Brooke. “I really hope that people will walk away (from the show) being able to laugh at themselves and laugh at how humans behave.”

For tickets, visit http:// w w w. c c a - e n v i s i o n . o r g / events. Tickets range from $13 for adults to $6 for students. Showtimes for Museum performances are 7 p.m. on Nov. 7,8,14, and 15 and 4 p.m. on Nov. 13.

Canyon Crest Proscenium Theatre is at 5951 Village Center Loop Road, San Diego, 92130.

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Surfer Rob Machado’s fundraiser focusing on water this year

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Although local surfer Rob Machado became famous for catching waves, his philanthropic contributions in recent years are now catching attention.

For the third year, Machado is partnering with the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach for a benefit concert in support of the Rob Machado Foundation. The Nov. 11 show boasts an allstar lineup of bands, with headliners the Goo Goo Dolls, folk rock band Run River North, singer-songwriter Tim Curran and local talent Austin Burns.

“It’s always a great night,” said Machado, who was born in Australia and grew up in Cardiff-by-theSea. “Everybody has a good time while raising money for a good cause.”

Established a decade ago, the Rob Machado Foundation supports various environmental programs, with an emphasis on children’s educational initiatives. Concert proceeds will benefit the nonprofit’s programs such as Hydration Nation, which aims to give people access to clean water while eliminating plastic water bottles. One in 6 people worldwide has no access to clean water, according to the foundation, and other sources estimate that number could be as high as 1 in

Surfer Rob Machado Courtesy photo 9 people.

In partnership with Hurley H2O, the foundation has installed water-bottle refill stations at high schools that pledge to eliminate single-use water bottles. Through the program, students at participating schools, including Canyon Crest Academy and San Dieguito Academy, have raised funds for water filtration systems for communities in Brazil and Nicaragua.

“Most high schools nowadays sell single-use, plastic water bottles to students,” said Machado, who noted that the Hydration Nation program has kept more than 60,000 plastic water bottles out of landfills. “Kids don’t drink out of drinking fountains. It’s

weird, because I didn’t grow up like that. When you were thirsty, you went to a drinking fountain.”

The annual benefit concert is the foundation’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

With funds raised last year, including funds from the sold-out 2013 concert, the foundation shattered waste diversion records at the 2014 Switchfoot Bro Am, which was held at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. The foundation’s 87 volunteers recycled 892 pounds of waste — a 56 percent diversion rate.

The foundation also installed new, more effective trash cans at Cardiff State Beach and recycling bins at local elementary and high schools, co-sponsored the Grow Your Own program at the Solana Center, sponsored Family Ocean Night at Cardiff Elementary, and more.

“It’s the right thing to do,” Machado said. “It’s rewarding.”

General admission tickets cost $75 each. VIP tickets are already sold out. Attendees must be 21 or older to attend.

To purchase tickets, call 858-481-8140 or visit bellyup.com.

For information about the foundation, visit robmachadofoundation.org.

CCA girls volleyball team reaches semifinals The Canyon Crest Academy girls freshman volleyball team advanced to the semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 25, for the Epic Fall Classic. Twenty of the top teams in San Diego County competed. CCA made it to the Gold Division out of pool play, then beat Carlsbad High and Scripps Ranch before succumbing to La Costa Canyon in the Semifinals. Eastlake High School took first place, La Costa Canyon second and CCA tied with Cathedral Catholic for third.

Pictured: Front row: Jill Yamanishi, Peyton Cameron, and Evie Graham; Second row: Erin McBurnett, Hanah Musgrave, Madeline Wallace, Taylor Chmelka, Jessie Fleck, Sharon Kravzov, Jordan Klair, Samantha Skinner, Coach Shaina Katibian; Back row Chloe Mills. Not pictured: Sarah Cheney.

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For Canyon Crest senior, fun and philanthropy go hand in hand

BY ROB LEDONNE It’s a Friday afternoon, and Canyon Crest senior Noah Levinson of Cardiff is on a lunch break. It’s well-deserved because, along with juggling school, he’s also the mastermind behind Hallow II, a Nov. 1 event at the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center which creates a club-like atmosphere for high school students to celebrate the night after Halloween.

“Nightclubs are for people over 18 or 21, so last year me and my friend thought we should just open one up for high school students,” he explains. “We then realized we could do it one night (a year), and that’s how everything started.”

Levinson’s entrepreneurial spirit didn’t come out of the blue. When he was 12, he took up the guitar, which later led to a passion for music and then the founding of his own DJ company. “I started DJ-ing weddings, corporate events, and bar mitzvahs,” he remembers. “After some time, it was something I realized I wanted to do a lot more of.”

That passion became the springboard for last year’s Hal- Noah Levinson created Hallow II, a post-Halloween loween event, the first, and by all accounts it was a success.

“We had no idea what to expect,” he says of the night, club event for high schoolwhich also had a philanthropic angle. “A little over 200 peo- ers that donated part of its ple attended and we were able to donate a portion of our profits to charity. profits to Stand Up For Kids, a nonprofit that aids homeless teenagers in San Diego. Throughout my life, I’ve been deeply involved in Hebrew school, and I’ve embraced a philanthropic lifestyle. My goal is to fuse my passion for music with giving back to the community.”

When Levinson was researching charities for which this year’s event could raise funds, he found something that troubled him. “I settled on Just in Time, which aids foster children,” he explains. “I read on their website that a huge percentage of foster youth end up in jail or become homeless. It’s hard to read something like that, so I wanted to help.”

As a result, Levinson decided to make this year’s event 100 percent nonprofit. “I’ve always heard that today’s youth are the leaders of tomorrow, and I think it’s unfair that there are factors which make that idea harder for today’s disadvantaged youth,” he explains. “I wanted to give back.”

Tickets for Hallow II are $15 presale and $20 at the door. The four-hour event is set up much like a festival; to keep it fresh, all four DJs (including Salinas’ Mr. DeeJay and Ayla Simone) are performing for exactly an hour each. In addition, attendees should look forward to a black-light-sensitive airbrush body tattoo artist, state-of-the-art lightning equipment, games, and giveaways.

The first Hallow II drew just over 200 attendees last year. Levinson is making this year’s event 100 percent nonprofit. Courtesy photos Levinson doesn’t graduate until spring, but he’s on the hunt for colleges and has his hopes set on New York University to study business and music.

“These are things I have a passion for,” he says.

For information and tickets for Hallow II, check out http://www.hallow2.com. The event runs from 7:30-11:30 p.m.

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Tragedy joins local residents, spurs film project about hope

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Although filmmaker Sue Vicory and actress Sariann Monaco both live locally, the pair came together for their latest project to help the family of a murder victim on the other side of the country.

Inspired by the story of 12-year-old murder victim Autumn Pasquale, “Absent” follows a grieving mother taking the first step toward healing and readjustment.

Written by Monaco and directed by Vicory, the 14-minute film is about loss and hope.

“We feel like we’ve tapped into a universal emotion,” said Vicory. “In 14 minutes, we were able to translate that in a way that I think will be inspirational.

That was our goal.”

Monaco learned about Autumn’s murder from her New Jersey-based friend Debbie Savigliano.

After the death of her niece Bianca, Savigliano founded a charity called Bianca’s Kids in 2010 to grant the wishes of foster and needy children in New Jersey and across America. In June, Savigliano appeared on an episode of Lifetime’s “Killer Kids” television series, and Monaco tuned in

“not knowing what it was about.”

The episode covered the murder of the New Jersey girl.

Savigliano helped form the initial search party for Autumn, who disappeared Oct. 20, 2012. After a twoday search, police found her body in a recycling container. It was later determined that she had been strangled by 15-year-old Justin Robinson, an acquaintance who lured her to his home in order to steal her bicycle.

“Watching my friend on TV talking about this, it really hit me,” said Monaco.

“She was crying, the father of Autumn was crying, and I’m crying in the middle of the living room with my family. It haunted me the whole night.”

Robinson, now 17, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in 2013 and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Since his sentencing, Anthony Pasquale, Autumn’s father, has been working to get Autumn’s Law passed in New Jersey — a measure that would hold abusive or neglectful parents responsible for the violent actions of their children.

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watching the episode, Monaco began drafting what would become an early version of a script inspired by Autumn’s murder.

“I thought if helping them get signatures on this petition helps the gaping hole in their hearts, I wanted to do something,” Monaco said.

So, in the middle of the night, Monaco sent her rough notes to Vicory, who ultimately decided to make a film.

“It really was an idea in the middle of the night, and three months later, it’s in the can,” Monaco said.

“It went from script to screen in 120 days, which means that it was meant to have a life,” added Vicory, who shot the film in September. “All the openings and the quickness of it was just a huge blessing to the story.”

Besides writing the script, Monaco stars in the film as Joyce, the mother of Mia, a role portrayed by 11-year-old San Diego actress Caylee Hornaday. The film features a total of 20 actors — with all but two from San Diego — and showcases six original songs.

“In the film, we show that fellowship and having

ory’s previous project, “One,” a documentary that explores global humanity and our individual significance and impact within it.

Because the pair work so well together, Vicory was quick to collaborate on the project after Monaco shared her idea.

“I opened up an opportunity for Sariann’s vision and dream to have life, and we didn’t stumble at all,” Vicory said. “It takes a tremendous amount of work, but we work really well together.”

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“We hope the film touches those who have lost a child,” Vicory said.

“The film really is for anyone who has experienced hardship in their life,” added Monaco. “We hope it makes a difference in the lives of Autumn’s family and other families.”

For more about the film, visit facebook.com/absentthefilm. To donate to the project, visit suevicory. com.

Left: Sue Vicory and Sariann Monaco with Kacy. Photo by Kristina Houck

the community around you really lifts you up,” Monaco said. “And the community rallied around us to help lift up this project.”

After deciding to begin the filmmaking, the duo launched a Facebook page for the project and people requested to help.

“Almost overnight, we were surrounded by the love of the community,” Vicory said.

They raised donations through Vicory’s Heartland Films, a nonprofit production company established in 2003 to produce films that educate, raise awareness and inspire audiences.

“We raised a lot of money in a short period of

time,” said Vicory, who wouldn’t disclose the amount of funds raised, but noted at least two dozen people contributed to the project.

One of the funders, a close friend of Autumn’s family, donated money for the opportunity to name the dog featured in the film.

Vicory’s 10-year-old golden retriever, Kacy, makes her acting debut in “Absent” as “Autumn.”

Since completing the film, Vicory and Monaco have submitted “Absent” to the Slamdance Film Festival and the San Diego Film Festival. After they finish entering the film into festivals and pay those involved with the project, they plan to donate any remaining funds to children’s charities.

Vicory and Monaco first learned about each other after reading articles about their respective careers in this newspaper’s sister newspaper, the Del Mar Times. After meeting, the pair developed a close friendship. Monaco also coproduced and narrated Vic-

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BY PAM KRAGEN, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE San Diego’s own top chef, Richard Blais, is having a big month. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, he made his debut as a recurring judge on season 12 of Bravo’s “Top Chef,� and five days later, Food Network premiered “Hungry Games,� a sixshow series where Blais examines the science and psychology of food.

The “Top Chef: All Stars� winner and new local resident opened his first San Diego restaurant last March in Little Italy, Juniper & Ivy, and he’s planning a second, more casual eatery in the space next door in six to eight months.

A married father of two, Blais said his family has embraced their new Southern California lifestyle. His wife, Jazmin, teaches yoga at several local studios, and whenever he’s not traveling, Blais, 42, enjoys cooking for his family, foraging for wild herbs in his neighborhood and walking his daughter to school.

In a recent phone interview while he commuted down I-5 in rush-hour traffic, Blais talked about his TV gigs, his new hometown and a few of the local restaurants he’s visited lately.

Q: How did the “Top Chef� gig happen?

A: A boy wishes some things and sits by his windowsill ... When I got the call, I was ready to do it. I love the franchise and I’m a fan of the show. There’s lots of talent, an interesting format, old friends and fierce competitors who come together in a royal rumble.

Q: What’s it like behind the scenes judging with Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson and Padma Lakshmi?

A: Physically, it’s easier judging than competing. It’s really like the Thanksgiving table, where you’ve reached the age where you don’t have to sit at the kids’ table anymore and you can look your beautiful Aunt Padma in the face.

These are people who have critiqued my food for so long that to sit next to them as a colleague on equal footing is interesting and intimidating.

Q: This season, “Top Chef� moves to Boston. What can you say about it?

A: As a native New Yorker, I’ve always found the food in Boston a special thing — the lobsters and clams and interesting seafood. Then there’s the history of Boston, where academia mixes with the bluecollar grind. Plus, there are so many great chefs there.

Q: How is the talent among this season’s 16 contestants?

A: As the show continues, the depth of the talent pool is greater.

Q: If you were a young chef competing for the first time this season, how do you think you would do?

A: I’m a chef and have a tremendous ego, so I think I’d do OK. But definitely from a judge’s perspective, if I did it again, it might be a tougher run.

Q: Your Food Network show, “Hungry Games,� seems to play on your food science/molecular gastronomy background.

A: It’s a great fit for me.

It’s a little more about food psychology than food science. It’s a really interesting show and I’m excited I’ve got two premieres in one week.

Top Chef winner Richard Blais in the kitchen of his restaurant Juniper & Ivy in Little Italy. EDUARDO CONTRERAS Q: Were the TV opportunities one reason you decided to move from Atlanta to San Diego this year?

A: The idea was to move my family closer to L.A. or New York. Most of my work is still being done in New York, so in that way I might not have made the best decision, but I love it here.

Q: How are you enjoying the local lifestyle?

A: I continue to be inspired by Southern California, the foraging, Mexico is so close, the weather is so great and everyone is in a fit state of mind. It’s changed the way I look at food. I’m a little more natural now. My

wife is teaching yoga in a few places, and I’ve just started doing yoga myself. I haven’t gotten on a surfboard yet, though, so I’m not entirely a cliche. But I’m more health-focused now.

I’m running the New York City marathon in November.

Q: Juniper & Ivy, your restaurant with partner Mike Rosen, has been a tremendous success. (The U-T) recently named it San Diego’s 2014 Restaurant of the Year. Are you surprised by how it has been embraced by the community?

A: I’m so grateful and I’m happy to be a part of the

conversation. There are so many great chefs and good restaurants here, and there are new chefs popping up all over Little Italy. I think we’re doing a good job as one of the pioneering restaurants there. I’m happy to be here and I’m truly an enthusiast about what’s going on in San Diego.

Q: How much time do you spend at Juniper & Ivy when you’re not traveling for appearances?

A: This is my headquarters so the restaurant is where I’m spending most of my time. I wanted to make sure it wasn’t just some place with my name on the menu that I only visited twice a year.

Q: What can you tell us about your next restaurant?

A: We’re looking to open something within six to eight months. It will be next door to Juniper & Ivy because Mike bought the whole building. This one will be more casual. There may be a burger on the menu (Blais runs a chain of upscale burger outlets named FLIP in the South) but it’s not going to be a burger restaurant.

On View Through January 4 From his early spectral canvases to his recent acrylic collages, Jack Whitten has kept time through his innovative studio process, exploring the possibilities of paint, the role of the artist, and the allure of material essence. This anticipated survey will reveal Whitten as an innovator who uses abstraction in its newest idioms to achieve an enduring gravitas.

Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and made possible by generous lead underwriting support from Dr. Paul Jacobs, and presenting corporate sponsorship from RBC Wealth Management. Additional funding has been provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, LLWW Foundation, and proceeds from the 2014 Biennial Art Auction. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund.

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BY KATHY DAY Dr. Bruce Kahn acknowledges heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those guys who likes to stay busy. And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not kidding.

A quick glance at the Scripps Health physicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curriculum vitae tells only part of the story. A gynecologist with a subspecialty in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, he was one of the first Scripps physicians to perform hysterectomies through the navel.

Kahn is at the forefront Dr. Bruce Kahn with his wife, Janet, and their twins of research in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brendan and Natalie. health, an adviser to a wireless medical device company, chairman of graduate medical education at Scripps Memorial Hospital, and a frequent contributor to medical journals and speaker at a wide range of conferences.

He and his wife, Janet, who received an MBA from the University of Chicago and works on a project basis as a management consultant, are parents of twins who graduated last spring from Canyon Crest Academy and are now firmly planted in their freshman years at college in Chicago and Boston. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love my job,â&#x20AC;? Kahn said in a recent interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I usually have several things going in my work life and out.â&#x20AC;?

When asked whether he ever sleeps, he retorted with a laugh, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sleep is a necessary evil.â&#x20AC;?

He has built a reputation in the new medical subspecialty of urogynecology, which combines urology and gynecology and is particularly respected for his work in interstitial cystitis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or painful bladder syndrome. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of an estimated 700 physicians in the country to pass the board exam given last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first in which it was administered by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different taking a board exam in your early 50s,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very special privilege to be part of the initial class.â&#x20AC;?

While conceding heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;a true academic at heart,â&#x20AC;? Kahn stresses that his first love is for his patients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best part is working with individual patients, developing that physicianpatient relationship and helping find solutions to their problems.â&#x20AC;?

Years ago, physicians didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like treating pelvic pain in women, he said, because â&#x20AC;&#x153;they kept coming back, and there was not a good track record.â&#x20AC;?

Now, with newfound knowledge that the problems are often related to the bladder, there are a number of â&#x20AC;&#x153;great solutionsâ&#x20AC;? that are nonsurgical and can be done in the office, he added. When surgery is necessary, he looks for the least invasive procedure, including robot-assisted surgeries and laparoscopic hysterectomy.

With the introduction of â&#x20AC;&#x153;belly button hysterectomyâ&#x20AC;? in April of this year, he noted, it is possible to hide the incision â&#x20AC;&#x153;if you have a good innie.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big change from the large abdominal incision previously required for this type of operation.

Kahn, grew up in Orange County and is a graduate of UC Irvine (as is his wife) with a degree in biology. He received his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in physiology and his M.D. degree from Georgetown University, and worked in several locations before joining the Navy reserves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people do it to see the world; I did it to get to San Diego,â&#x20AC;? he said.

He served at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and UC San Diego before joining Scripps in 1999. With his passion for teaching, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken on directorship of the Scripps Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and chairs the Graduate Medical Education Program at Scripps Memorial. He also heads the post-graduate education program in obstetrics and gynecology.

As if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough to occupy his time, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involved with the Scripps Translational Science Institute in a project to use smartphone technology to reduce the rate of cervical cancer in developing countries.

An Israeli biotech startup called MobileOCT, headed by Ariel Beery, has developed technology that enables a smartphone to take digital images of the cervix that can be analyzed remotely. By identifying cancer cells before they develop to an advanced stage, the device can make cost-effective and potentially lifesaving diagnoses available where access to health services is limited, he explained.

Kahn said he first met Beery in Tel Aviv during a conference that was part of the Scripps Mobile Health Initiative.

After a two-hour meeting, the two knew they had a compelling case to alter the course of the No. 1 cause of cancer for women in developing countries. So they applied for a grant from the Vodafone America Foundation and won $300,000 that will enable them to advance their work. Kahn will head the testing at Scripps as well as at a clinic in Tijuana.

While some might hesitate at entering the competitive world of startups, Kahn has no fear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very different project for me.â&#x20AC;?

With one of his underlying life philosophies being â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fall down once in a while, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trying hard enough,â&#x20AC;? it seems only fitting that he would take on this challenge as he has the role of investigator on a number of other research projects.

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From 1-4 p.m. Nov. 8, T4T is hosting a Tribal Fashion and Gift Bazaar at the Seaside Center for Spiritual Living in Encinitas. The event will feature a Hill Tribal fashion show, ethnic handicrafts, tribal embroidery and unique holidays gifts for fashion, bath, body and children. A variety of noodle, rice, salad, and curry dishes prepared by Chef Saranya will be available for purchase. Thai tea and Chang Beer, the No. 1 brand in its home country, will be offered, as well as Thai massage by Pure Life Thai Spa. This is a free cultural event and no tickets are needed. The proceeds will support an Eye Clinic for children in Northern Thailand.

Toys for Thailand orchestrated The Small World Maehongson Festival in 2010 to bring together hundreds of isolated village hill tribe schoolchildren to the city to celebrate their cultural traditions and bring awareness of their needs. Forty tribal schools will come together on Dec. 24 on Jong Kum Lake in Maehongson, Thailand, for the fifth annual Small World Festival. The Shan, Kar-

Toys for Thailand was born after the tsunami disaster in 2005 as a way to help abandoned and orphaned children. en (White, Red and Black) Lawa, Lisu, Lahu, Hmong, Pao, Akha and Long Neck Tribal groups will be represented.

At the festival, the children will share their indigenous music, dance, handicrafts and food with Thais, tourists and other members of hill tribes. At school booths, children display and sell their products, wearing their beautiful and intricate weaving and colorful customary dress. More than 100 scholarships will be awarded, and the ChiangMai International Rotary will be hosting an eye clinic for the children and their parents. For information about the festival, contact Maria Miller at mmiller@palomar.edu or Bundit Ninudomsak, koonohm@ yahoo.com (Thai/English).

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Intrepid Shakespeare Company celebrates five years at Dec. 7 gala Intrepid Shakespeare Company, Encinitas’ first professional theater company, will hold its annual gala at the beautiful and historical Green Dragon Tavern and Museum, at 6115 Paseo del Norte in Carlsbad.

The theme of this year’s gala, from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 7, is “Revolution,” and the event will be a celebration of Intrepid’s first five years of engaging theater production as well as a look into the future of this dynamic company.

The Green Dragon Tavern is a replica of the original site in Boston where the early American patriots planned the country’s Revolutionary War and is therefore a fitting backdrop for this year’s gala theme.

“Intrepid is moving towards creating a space for theatre to be an instrument of transformation,” says Co-Artistic Director Christy Yael-Cox. “We have always believed that theatre can change lives. We are refining our mission statement and our goals as we look into the future to reflect that.”

The evening’s festivities will be hosted by local theatre legend Phil Johnson, known for his award-winning portrayal of Bottom in Intrepid Shakespeare’s production of “A

Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Musical.”

Joining him on stage will be Sandy Campbell, Tom Andrew, Jackie Ritz, Ruff Yeager and Shana Wride, as well as other local theatrical stars.

In addition to a lineup of stellar entertainment, tasty delicacies and champagne toasts, as well as live and silent auctions, Intrepid’s Co-Artistic Directors Christy and Sean Yael-Cox will unveil plans for a new North County production space as well as announce the collection of shows slated for the company’s sixth season.

“Intrepid is really shaking things up,” says Kathy Brombacher, Intrepid board of trustees member and founder/emeritus artistic director of Moonlight Stage Productions.

“Five years is a milestone and they are making change happen as a very positive, explosive, exciting part of their ongoing history.

This gala will be a reflection of that.”

Lead sponsors of the event are Marti and Adam Rosenberg and Sandra Zarcades.

Tickets are $125. For information or to purchase tickets, visit www.intrepidshakespeare.com or call 760-295-7541.

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Nov. 8 convention aims to help those affected by diabetes connect for care

BY DIANE Y. WELCH In this high-tech era of virtual learning there’s little reason to step beyond a computer screen to get facts about health-related topics.

Everything you could possibly learn is a click away.

But when it comes to changing behaviors and making a firm commitment to a healthier life, that takes action.

“Online learning and social media connections are great extenders. They help people to stay connected,” according to Dr. Steven Edelman, founder of Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD). “But there is nothing so powerful as being face-to-face with people.”

To help diabetics connect in a tangible way, TCOYD organizes conferences and health fairs to educate them, along with their caregivers and health professionals. This year it is celebrating its 20th annual San Diego Diabetes Conference and also its 20th anniversary as an educational nonprofit.

The conference, “Learn.

Laugh. Live Better.” will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,

The conference, “Learn. Laugh. Live Better.” will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the San Diego Convention Center. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.

Nov. 8, at the San Diego Convention Center. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.

“We have a medical health program geared toward health care providers, and then we have a program geared toward people who have diabetes,” said Jennifer Braidwood, TCOYD manager in charge of outreach and continuing medical education.

The conference has two tracks: Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. “People of either type get individualized education because they are very different,” explained Braidwood.

The day is interactive with hands-on activities, lectures, workshops, exercise classes and sessions with professionals.

“It’s a time for people to get educated, motivated and inspired to take care of their condition,” Braidwood said.

Dr. Edelman was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 15 and has dedicated his life to educating people who have the same disease. He didn’t get adequate care as a youth and

developed complications as a result. He realized that this was his mission, to educate diabetics so that they can be their own best advocates, said Braidwood.

Diabetes is a 24/7 condition, and doctors are powerless to control it. “We can provide medications and information, but every person living with diabetes has to selfmanage, day after day,” Edelman said.

About 28 million people in the U.S. have Type 2 diabetes. One in 3 will have Type 2 diabetes by 2050. Type 2 is primarily developed later in life, while Type 1, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is generally developed much earlier in life.

The numbers are staggering, said Braidwood. As such, TCOYD conferences are always well-attended. The company is based in Del Mar, and the annual San Diego conference is its flagship event, although the organization has held more than 150 similar conferences in many cities nationally during

the past two decades.

Feedback from past conferences has been most favorable, said Braidwood. One participant told her, “I learned more in one day at TCOYD than I have over the last 10 years living with diabetes.” And another said, “I laughed, I cried, I learned, and now I’m inspired to take control of my diabetes.”

People must register for the event online or by phone. The cost is $30 per person or $25 if two or more register together. Financial aid is available. “They can call us and tell us their situation, and more often than not, we can waive the entire registration,” said Braidwood.

The fee includes a diabetes-friendly hotplated sit-down lunch with dessert and a snack.

To register for TCOYD’s Nov. 8 conference “Learn. Laugh. Live Better.” visit tcoyd. org and click on conference schedule or call 800-99T-COYD (800-998-2693).

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito receive $3,000 grant for flag football Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito announced recently that Buffalo Wild Wings is supporting its All Stars Flag Football program this fall with a $3,000 grant.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito’s flag football program serves more than 150 middle-school youth. The program teaches the fundamentals of flag football in a safe, fun way that builds self-esteem and character. Each team travels and plays opposing teams in the area in a two-month season that includes a playoff and championship game.

The grants also includes team jerseys and tools and resources from the National Alliance for Youth Sports. Also, now through Oct. 31, Buffalo Wild Wings is promoting a fundraising campaign where 100 percent of every paper pinup that customers buy will support BGCA youth sports programs. The pinups cost $1 minimum and will be displayed in restaurants. The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito serve more than 20,000 youth in Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Encinitas and Solana Beach. Contact Nick Ramos at nramos@bgcsandieguito. org or call 858-720-2185.

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Hospice’s Camp Kangaroo offers bereavement support to ages 5-13 Camp Kangaroo, a free three-day bereavement program offered through Seasons Hospice Foundation and Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, helps 5to 13-year-old children who have lost a loved one learn new coping skills.

The camp will meet from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 through Monday, Nov. 24 at Cardiff Elementary School, 1888 Montgomery Ave., in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Each day of camp offers fun activities and grief therapy sessions. Camp goals are achieved using a variety of proven bereavement therapy methods. Camp Kangaroo is a free three-day bereaveCamp Kangaroo has four major goals: ment program to help children process grief.

• Educate campers about what grief is and provide outlets for them to express their grief.

• Share education about death and dying.

• Provide peer support by connecting campers with others going through a similar experience.

• Help children honor their lost loved one and begin to move forward through their grief.

“Even for us as adults, grieving is very difficult and not something that we learn,” said Greg Grabowski, president and CEO of Seasons Hospice Foundation. “Adults are not the best at explaining things to children, and they can get confused by what parents say, even though they are well-meaning and trying to protect their child. Kids go through the camp, and clinicians draw things out and help them come to peace on how we process and move on and celebrate.”

Above: Philanthropy Club Foundation donor Dave Baker, board member Kerry Witkin, and Peggy and Tom Cozens of Encinitas. Right: John Harelson, advisory board member, and Alice Jacobson, event chairwoman and board vice president.

Coastal Community Foundation hosts ‘Celebration of Philanthropy’ A “Celebration of Philanthropy” reception was hosted Oct. 8 by the Coastal Community Foundation at the Ranch in Encinitas (owned by the Leichtag Foundation). The event recognized the Coastal Community Foundation’s donors, volunteers, and ongoing funds, which all contribute to the quality of life in North Coastal communities.

At the reception, more than 140 guests learned about some of CCF’s funds and grant recipients. These included Hospice of North Coast, which received a mental health grant; Hand to Hand, a fund that supports programs promoting economic self-sufficiency and positive change in the lives of women and girls; and the Philanthropy Club program, which teaches third-graders how to use the given funds for philanthropic purposes.

Guests also heard about the new Solana Beach fund, which raised more than $16,000 in just eight months and granted that back to the community.

“We are so grateful to our donors, volunteers and board members for their dedication to making a difference in our community,” said event chairwoman and Board Vice President Alice Jacobson. “We know that people who live here want to give here, and we thank all of our donors for their philanthropy.”

Title sponsors of the event were Leichtag Foundation and Union Bank; gold sponsors were Hospice of the North Coast, California West Communities and Milton Silver Charitable Trust; silver sponsor was Shea Homes, and community sponsors were Mike and Adele Lapadula and Adam Rosenberg & Co CPAs. Sponsors help support Coastal Community Foundation’s new programs and initiatives in the community, just as CCF has been doing for 27 years.

Coastal Community Foundation is a nonprofit corporation created by residents of North Coastal San Diego County. Its mission is to enhance the quality of life in the San Diego North Coastal area by directing philanthropic efforts toward community needs. Email info@coastalfoundation.org, visit www.coastalfoundation.org or call 760-942-9245.

CVS donates to Encinitas Head Start Center Carved and decorated gourds will be displayed through Dec. 4 at the Encinitas Community/Senior Center.

Gourd’s the word at community center A free six-week show of gourd art is ongoing at the at the Community/Senior Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas.

Members of the Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild have installed the display in the central lighted cabinet at the center.

Cookie Hanson, Bonnie Freund, Grace Swanson, Mary Roper, Carol Lang, Debra Zimmerman, Peggy Blessing, Olive Moore and Karen Krajzynski contributed a variety of styles including weaving, carving, burning, cutting, masks, drums, vessels and more. Some of the pieces are for sale.

Misti Washington, for whom the guild is named, was a highly respected, nationally known basketmaker, artist, craftswoman, teacher and author who lived and worked in Solana Beach. She generated enthusiasm and inspiration, and fostered the development of countless basketmakers until her death in 1997. Members of the guild represent all levels of interest in basket- and gourd-making — beginners, professionals, hobbyists and collectors.

Their goal is to preserve, promote and perpetuate the appreciation of gourd and basket art by providing a supportive, sharing and educational environment.

The Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild meets from noon to 3:30 p.m. every first Sunday in the Ecke Building at the San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinitas. Guests are welcome.

The show is part of the Civic Art Program, which is an initiative of the Encinitas Commission for the Arts, and will run through Dec. 4. The Community/Senior Center is open from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 760-9432260. Visit the Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild at baskets-gourds.com. For information, email swanson121@cox.net.

CVS Health recently donated more than $3,600 worth of school and art supplies to the new Easter Seals Head Start Child Development Center at 616 N. Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas. Pencils, crayons, paper, chalk and more will be put to good use by the nearly 80 pre-school students at this location. Pictured (L-R): Betty Reckard, vice president of Child Development Centers, and Nancy Weintraub, chief development officer, both with Easter Seals Southern California; Wolfgang Schiefer, district sales manager, and Cindy Simmons, administrative assistant to Doug Palmieri, regional sales manager, both of CVS Caremark Corporation; and some of the children from the school.

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What’s happening in and around Encinitas AAUW presents program on mentoring Nov. 8 • LIFE Film: “The Great Beauty,” 1-2:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, MiraCosta College, San Elijo Campus, Room 204, 3333 Manchester Ave., Cardiff. Free.

On his 65th birthday, journalist Jep Gambardella is forced to take stock of his life and of Rome’s absurd, exquisite beauty.

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Italy, 2013 (142 min, NR) Italian w/English subtitles.

• San Elijo Spooktacular: 2-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, San Elijo Campground, 2050 S. Coast Highway 101, Cardiff. Free; donations encouraged.

Enjoy a family Halloween event at the San Elijo Campfire Center. Carnival games, kelp forest maze, performances by Triceratropical of The Fine Tune Academy, costume contest starts at 3 p.m. Event catered by Bull Taco.

• Special Effects Make-up for Halloween: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free.

Stop by the library after school on Halloween and learn some spooky techniques and tips with make-up artist Christine Cordova. Come with your Halloween costume and receive a prize.

• Safe Trick or Treat: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Highway 101 from D Street to K Street, Encinitas. Free.

Pumpkin Lane returns Halloween night! The event features elaborately carved pumpkin displays throughout Highway 101 and the Self-Realization Fellowship Bookstore. Children can enjoy games, music and activities at The Lumberyard Courtyard. And of course, participating merchants will be passing out goodies to trick-or-treaters.

• HDR Photography Effects: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Members $59, nonmembers $71.

Learn how to shoot HDR (high dynamic range) from photo-tipster Bob Bretell.

HDR is an amazing photography technique that is ideal for any subject matter including flowers, portraits, architecture and still life.

• Encinitas Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. Free. Call 760-633-2746.

The family-friendly event will include four hours of continuous performances: Danza Azteca, Ballet Folklorico el Tapatio, Los Cuatro Amigos, Ballet Folklorico la Fiesta del Puebla, Grupo Folklórico Tapatío de

Oceanside, plus hands-on workshops, artist demos, Day of the Dead exhibit, food trucks, and a prize drawing every hour. Surfing Madonna Community Ofrenda — honor the memory of a loved one or friend by contributing a copy of a photo or non-valuable remembrance. Info in English or Spanish.

• Families Making History Together: Fall Art. Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, San Dieguito Heritage Museum, 450 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Free. Call 760-632-9711.

This month, have fun with an art project for the fall. There are so many beautiful colors, even here in our drought-stricken area, to use to create your own image of the changing season.

• “Mickey Malone & the Medallion of Maldu,” Park Dale Players, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, Park Dale Elementary School, 2050 Park Dale Lane, Encinitas. Donation: $4. Call 760-672-3581.

Don’t miss this production by the Park Dale Players children’s theatre. A musical fantasy where Mickey and his band battle the mighty Zoron and his evil minions for control of the magical Medallion of Maldu!

• First Sunday Concert Series: Gickey and the Monsters, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. Free. Call 760-753-7376.

A fun stylized jazz-fusion multi-layered horn band, made up of music teachers and professional performers. The Monsters play all styles, from the ’20s through the ’40s Big Band era, to the ’50s-’80s, to present-day hits.

• San Diego Filmmakers Scholarship Fundraiser, 5-9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas. Tickets: $20.

The Gala fundraiser will include a sneak peek of the new rock ’n’ roll documentary “Free to Rock” by Emmy Award-winning director Jim Brown, a panel discussion, delicious food, plus dancing as Cold War Rock Warrior Valery Saifudinov and his band Elektrik Tank rock the house.

• La Paloma Theatre, 471 S. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas: “The HundredFoot Journey,” “This Is Where I Leave You,” and Friday Midnight Movie “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Tickets $9, $7. Call 760-436-SHOW (7469).

The Del Mar-Leucadia Branch of the American Association of University Women will present “A Passion for Mentoring” at its Nov. 8 meeting from 10 a.m. to noon at the Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas.

The presentation will follow a social time from 10 to 10:30 a.m. The public is welcome.

Member Dianne Nichols will share her inspiring educational journey from The Parliament of World Religions Confer- Members of the Girl Rising Club at the Grauer School. ence in Barcelona, Spain, to the Girl Rising Club at the Grauer School, Encinitas.

After retiring from a career in education as a teacher and principal in Berkeley, San Francisco, Jackson Hole, Wyo., and locally in Cardiff, she created a new and passionate life as a mentor to young girls. Nichols was influenced by the female peacemakers at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice and the Youth Programs directed by Debbie Martinez. Girl Rising Club is a dynamic learning experience for girls to develop leadership skills and global education to become active and knowledgeable global citizens. Debbie Martinez from Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice and two girls from the Girl Rising Club will also be part of the presentation.

Membership in AAUW is open to all graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university. The Del Mar-Leucadia Branch reflects the varied interests of its members with informative, educational monthly meetings and special interest groups such as Great Decisions, Walkabout, dining groups, book groups, film groups, Gadabout, and Theatre trips. For information visit http://delmarleucadia-ca.aauw. net.

Founded in 1955, the local branch serves the North Coastal communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Rancho Santa Fe, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Encinitas, Olivenhain, Leucadia and Carlsbad. The branch raises funds for scholarships for students attending Mira Costa College and California State University San Marcos, as well as local middle school girls attending AAUW’s Tech Trek, a math and science camp at the University of California San Diego. The national AAUW organization, founded in 1881, advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.

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of Don Diego donors, the Board of Directors has been able to greatly increase its scholarship program over the past few years.”

For several years, Don Diego provided one $5,000 scholarship to a student in each of four categories — 4-H, FFA, Fair Employee and Fair Exhibitor/Participant — for a total of $20,000. In 2013, the program increased by giving the most outstanding of the four recipients an additional $5,000 Spanjian Family Scholarship

honoring founder Robert Spanjian, bringing the total to $25,000.

In 2014, the program substantially expanded to providing one $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000 scholarship in each category, bringing the total to $39,000.

Now in 2015, with the vocational ed scholarship, the total annual award has more than doubled: from $20,000 to $41,500.

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Surfing Madonna Save the Ocean Beach and Moonlight Beach Fest The annual Surfing Madonna Save the Ocean Beach 5K/10K Fun Run/Walk and Moonlight Beach Fest was held Oct. 25.

The low tide course was dubbed one of San Diego’s best races in 2013, and the festivities raised enough to donate $50,000 back to the community, according to race organizers. This year’s goal is to give back $100,000 to help save the ocean.

Moonlight Beach Fest activities included live music, the “Science of Surf n Skate” exhibit by Arnette and Hansen Surf Shop, a skate ramp with Pro Skaters, a classic “Woodie” Car Show in cul-de-sac “C” above Moonlight Beach, a pro Sand Castle Expo and kids’ activity Fun Zone.

The race included a costume contest with $1,000 in cash prizes, a Zumba warmup before race by Total Woman Gym & Spa and a yoga cooldown after the race with Prana.

Visit surfingmadonnarun.org or www.MoonlightBeachFest.com.

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Artist Peggy Sue Zepeda and husband Bob with her painting of the Surfing Madonna

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Sandy Calvin, Susie Green, Stacie Ryer-Calvin, Elaine Conway, Michelle Roberts

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Headlines The Salon presents ‘Art is Alive’ fundraiser Headlines The Salon, located in Encinitas, presented its first “Art & Hair Event” of the fall, “Art is Alive,” on Oct. 23 at the Salon. The night featured the artwork of local renowned artist Richard Hawk. Recent watercolors and oil paintings on copper were on display and available for purchase.

Headlines Hair Design Team also displayed live models imitating Hawk’s artwork was a major focal point of the evening. Many items also were available for silent raffles.

Proceeds from the event benefit benefit Hello Gorgeous!, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that provides complimentary, professional makeovers and cosmetic education to all women battling all cancers. Visit www.hellogorgeous.org.

Headlines the Salon is located at 121 N El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024. Visit www. headlinesthesalon.com. Photos by Jon Clark. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com.

Mayor Kristin Gaspar, artist Richard Hawk, salon owner Gayle Fulbright

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‘Art N Soul on 101 Open House Extravaganza’ Art N Soul on 101 celebrated eight years of local art and community partnerships at an “Open House Extravaganza” event held Oct. 11 at Art N Soul. The evening featured special guest Paint Encinitas (a new and innovative mural arts group that is beautifying the town one mural at a time), new artists and jewelry designers, interactive art projects, foot massages, intuitive readings, art raffle, live music, and food/beverages.

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Encinitas artists host Holiday Bazaar Nov. 15 Fashion contest kicks off first Bing Crosby racing season Artists of the San Dieguito Art Guild present their fourth annual Holiday Bazaar from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas (corner of Balour and Encinitas Boulevard, just west of El Camino Real).

The San Dieguito Art Guild, an all-volunteer 501(c)3 nonprofit with more than 200 members, operates the Off Track Gallery in the Lumberyard Shopping Center in Encinitas and offers art workshops, classes and demonstrations by outstanding professional artists.

Gourd artist Grace Swanson, one of the event organizers, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This event gives local artists a venue to offer their hand-crafted artworks to the public and gives the shoppers a chance to purchase one-of-a-kind treasures. There are no imported items at this Bazaar. The buyer is purchasing work directly from a local artist and can meet them face to face.â&#x20AC;?

Guild President and fused glass artist Carol Korfin says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if you have been to our Holiday Bazaar in the past, there are new artists and new items to see. We try to have a balanced mix of mediums, so you will find photography, watercolors, oils,

acrylic, mosaics, ceramics, hand-tooled sketch books, greeting cards, gourd art, jewelry and much more.â&#x20AC;?

New to the bazaar this year are hot apple cider and holiday treats, a canned goods collection (guests will receive one raffle ticket per unexpired can brought to the bazaar), and a silent auction of art donated by the participating artists.

Several jewelers will be displaying their creative work, including Linda Melvin, Cindy Alcoset, Dolores Renner, Susan Schulte, Karla Nederloff, Cheryl DeLain, Nira Levy, Laura Stearn, Diane Abadie, and Carolyn Cretella.

Ceramic artists Karen Fidel, Lily Pourat and Ronni Pitt join glass artists Carol Korfin, Kate Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and Bobbie Hirschkoff.

Completing the line-up are: fiber artists Ellen Cramer, Eva Zuzuarregui and Nancy-Jo Klaphaak, mosaic artist Terry Oshrin, photographers Kathy Chin and Pam Waldman, painters Toni Williams, Ellablanche Salmi, Julie Bubar and Judy Salinsky, leather sketch books by Steve Lutzker, computer artist Cye Waldman and gourd artist Grace Swanson.

Admission to the Bazaar and ample parking are free. Visit www.OffTrackGallery. com or contact swanson121@cox.net.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tech Trekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; set for Nov. 15 with SD Conservancy Do you love nature and technology? If so, grab your gadget, download your favorite nature app, and get outdoors with us on our first San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tech Trek.â&#x20AC;? This free public hike set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, is intended to be a fun, social way to get closer to nature, improve your tech savvy, stay cutting-edge, and collect valuable scientific data within the San Dieguito River Park. The distance is 1.6 miles and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rated â&#x20AC;&#x153;easy.â&#x20AC;? Meet at the Bernardo Bay Staging Area: Take I-15 and exit at West Bernardo/Pomerado Road. Turn left (west) and the staging area will be on the right, just before Rancho Bernardo Community Park at 18448 W. Bernardo Drive. Trail map link: http://www.sdrp.org/ wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Map-Piedras-Bernardo.pdf.

To register, email Conservation Manager Jess Norton at jess@sdrvc.org.

Del Mar opens its gates a second time this year for four weeks of exciting Thoroughbred horse racing, free concerts and epicurean events. Opening Day will be Friday, Nov. 7, and one of its highlights will be a Vintage Hollywood Fashion Contest. Fans and fashionistas will have the opportunity to enjoy and embody the spirit of the trackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic Hollywood roots by taking part in classic styles reminiscent of the cinematic Golden Age. For details about the Vintage Hollywood Fashion Contest, visit www.dmtc.com/calendar/detail/fashion. For more information on the fall racing season, visit Call 858-755-1141 or visit www.delmarscene.com. Follow Del Mar on Twitter @DelMarRacing, Instagram @DelMarRacing, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/DelMarRaces.

Photo Essentials class offered at senior center Learn how to take better pictures with a digital camera with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photo Essentials,â&#x20AC;? a threeweek class offered at the Encinitas Senior Center.

Master the settings on your camera and practice techniques to get the best photos possible. Downloading and organizing your photos will be covered as well as basic photo editing. Free Picasa software will be used for photo editing, which will also be demonstrated during class time. The course is offered to adults 50 and up and runs from 1-3 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 3-17, in the Computer Lab at the Encinitas Senior Center, 1140 Oakcrest Drive. Join the fun and learn to take better digital photos, taught in a clear, upbeat and entertaining way. For information regarding this class and program opportunities for seniors, call 760943-2250.

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Olivenhain Oktoberfest Attendees enjoyed great food, beverages and entertainment at the Olivenhain Oktoberfest held Oct. 12 at Olivenhain Town Hall. Photos by Jon Clark.

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”Die Oompah Katzen” The Davis Family Carrie Winters, Kiersten McLean, Addison Allin, Gina Allin, Cindy Dupper

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Barktoberfest benefits Rancho Coastal Humane Society Barktoberfest was held Oct. 25 in honor of Rancho Coastal Humane Society. The theme of this year’s event was “Haunted Hollywood.” Some of this year’s activities included Klub Karlof beer and wine garden, Kidz Games and pumpkin decorating, a variety of vendors, prize wheel, amazing raffle prizes, Rathbone’s Bistro, and the K9 Kostume Kontest. All proceeds from this event will go straight to Rancho Coastal Humane Society Visit www.rchumanesociety.org. Photos Tyra Martinez with Remy

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Medical marijuana user against Measure F As a breast cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy this past year, I obtained a legal certification to purchase medicinal marijuana.

If I hadn’t been a clueless mom buying medicinal marijuana for the first time, I might have realized there are already a half a dozen dispensaries that deliver to Cardiff, Encinitas, Leucadia and Olivenhain. Instead, I went to the first brick-and-mortar dispensary someone told me about, which was in Kearny Mesa.

Although the drive wasn’t exactly convenient, the dispensary was located in an ideal part of town for such a business — an industrial area, away from schools and residences.

I never experienced any difficulty obtaining marijuana at this location, and one look at the website WeedMaps.com shows there are dispensaries like it all over the county (not to mention those handy delivery services).

Although you might think someone like me would support Measure F, you’d be wrong. Here’s why: Encinitas lacks a natural location for such dispensaries. Unlike in Kearny Mesa or other areas, there are few storefronts that are not near residences, schools or retail locations that cater to families.

I’m unapologetic about using marijuana to mitigate side effects from chemo, but that doesn’t mean I want my kids walking past a dispensary on their way to school (I’d rather they avoid walking past liquor stores, too).

Second, when I think about the types of businesses that make for a vibrant community, dispensaries are not on my list. While they do provide a valuable service (hey, so do Big Box drugstores), that doesn’t mean I want to see them popping up all over town (same goes for the Big Boxes).

I’d much rather see retail space go to something that builds community or contributes to our town’s unique character. You have to show ID and be buzzed in and out of a dispensary — that doesn’t exactly scream “community gathering place.”

It’s not difficult to buy medicinal marijuana in San Diego. There’s really no good reason — even for cancer patients — to make it any easier.

Tiffany Fox

Vote Yes on F I am a longtime Encinitas resident and proponent of Measure F. I wrote Measure F, because I believe in compassion for the sick along with community oversight and accountability.

In 1996, voters in California decided to allow for the compassionate use of medical marijuana for patients who need it. However, there were no regulations passed to make it accessible to these patients. Now, 16 years later, patients in Encinitas are still without safe and regulated access to a medicine that can improve their quality of life and often, save their lives. Even worse, they’re forced to go to the black market for a treatment they rely on.

These patients are our friends and neighbors. The sister of my neighbor, who passed away from cancer, was able to be present with her family, in her final days, due to medical marijuana. Another neighbor, who suffered from severe, debilitating migraines, housebound due to the pain, has returned to operating her successful business. The young man, with damage to his nervous system, due to Lyme tick disease, who found relief with medical marijuana.

Measure F enacts clear regulations, so we can feel safe, knowing medicine is being dispensed in a limited number of properly zoned outlets with clear public safety re-

strictions, including proper lighting, alarm systems, discreet signage, and city oversight.

Delivery services are not the solution. Delivery services are unregulated. The city has no way of tracking these organizations. We don’t know who is driving our neighborhoods in unmarked vehicles with unknown quantities of marijuana and cash or whether they are following state law. Patients don’t know if they are getting a quality product, which they cannot examine, prior to delivery. Delivery is dangerous for the drivers, who are set up by “patients” who request they come to a certain location at a certain time, only to rob them upon arrival. Patients, and the community, deserve better.

We’ve been told patients can get access “elsewhere.” But if every community says “elsewhere,” then where? How far must patients go to find a community that is not afraid to regulate the distribution? Los Angeles? South San Diego city? And if they can provide regulated access with municipal oversight, why can’t we?

Vote “Yes” on Measure “F”, because it provides safety for the community, and safe access for you and your loved ones when you need it.

James Schmachtenberger

Jake’s Del Mar Fun Run set Nov. 8 to benefit two groups Jake’s Del Mar restaurant will be hosting its 32nd annual Jake’s Del Mar Beach Fun Run, starting at noon Saturday, Nov. 8.

The 5K (3.2 miles) fun run, takes place on the beach, starting and finishing at Jake’s Del Mar. Race awards will be given to first place for men and women, along with oldest and youngest persons to finish and the baby stroller division. Entry fees for the run are $25 for adults; children under 12 are $15. The fee includes a Fun Run T-shirt, healthy barbecue, drinks on the beach, entertainment, awards and raffle prize opportunities. Mail-in deadline is Nov. 4. Sign up the day of the race from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the three palms by The Powerhouse. Late registration fees are $30 for adults and $15 for children under 12. Participation is limited to 300. Proceeds from the race will be donated to the La Colonia Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito and Friends of the Powerhouse. To receive a race entry form or donate to this fundraiser, visit Jake’s Del Mar at 1660 Coast Blvd., call 858-755-2002; jakesdelmar.com.

Correction In the Oct. 24 Encinitas Advocate article, “Council urges shift toward enforcement for bars breaking rules,” it incorrectly identified Union Kitchen & Tap as the establishment that violated city codes when its employees placed a large fan near or in front of a fire exit during inspections over the summer. Shelter was the establishment responsible for those particular violations.

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timeline isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It makes you cut to the chase and focus.”

He hopes the mosaic continues the momentum of the Surfing Madonna Oceans project, a nonprofit that Patterson and friends started to sponsor events and raise funds for ocean-related causes.

This year’s 5K/10K and a Surfing Madonna wine label deal generated more than $103,000 for the nonprofit. That money will go to, among other causes, a program where local elementary students develop plans to prevent stormwater pollution and bolstering recycling programs at local schools.

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that each gave her $250.

A political action committee called Public Safety Advocates, which has been active in elections across San Diego County, has expended $6,697 on mailings to support Gaspar.

Despite the committee’s name, it’s largely funded by development interests. Of the $10,000 in contributions the committee received for the Encinitas election, $2,500 came from the construction management firm Seville Group, $5,000 from building company Cornerstone Companies and $2,500 from San Diegobased diamond dealer CK Diamonds.

Encinitas has a $250 cap on individual campaign contributions. Labor unions, political action committees and corporations aren’t allowed to give directly to candidates, though they can contribute to independent committees like Public Safety Advocates.

Nancy Haley, the committee’s treasurer, did not return a request to comment on why the organization has taken an interest in the Encinitas election.

The committee also paid $3,298 for mailers backing council candidate Alan Lerchbacker.

Lerchbacker loaned himself $25,119, accounting

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based Jump Production Group contributed $5,000 worth of services for a campaign video, according to paperwork.

A notable contributor: EUSD board member Maureen Muir, whose term expires in two years and who

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Last year, the nonprofit donated $50,000 locally.

Bob Nichols, president of the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project and race director, along with Megan McCarthy, the nonprofit board’s treasurer and assistant race director, spent long days organizing the 5K/10K and other events. But Nichols said all that work was more than worth it in the end.

“We’re seeing all the great ways this benefits the community,” Nichols said, adding that he’s especially proud of the new Surfing Madonna Surf Camp for Special Needs Children.

“The kids get out there and just completely relax,” he said.

More Surfing Madonna

5K/10Ks are planned. Plus, Nichols and Patterson are eyeing a new “duathlon” event with stand-up paddleboarding to raise additional money locally.

Eventually, they also want to spread the oceancentric message up the California coastline by encouraging artists in other cities to reinterpret the Surfing Madonna as they see fit.

And Patterson said he might just have more murals in him over time.

“A lot of good is coming from the art,” he said.

For information about the nonprofit’s programs, visit surfingmadonna.org.

Find race details and medal recipients at surfingmadonnarun.org.

for most of his $29,932 contribution total. He has spent $30,429.

Seven of his 22 contributors have Encinitas addresses. Steven Baldwin, the president and chief executive officer of Heritage Building & Development, put up $250 for his campaign.

Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz, who kicked off his campaign for mayor in August, reported $14,738 in contributions, with $8,963 in expenditures. Sixty-three of his 75 contributions, or 84 percent, were from Encinitas.

Notable contributors who each gave Kranz $250: the Democratic Club of Carlsbad-Oceanside; Encinitas councilmembers Teresa Barth and Lisa Shaffer; and resident Dave Peiser, who’s running against Darrell Issa in the 49th District congressional race.

Mayoral candidate Sheila Cameron, who also announced in August, raised $13,740. That figure includes two loans totaling $8,104 from Cameron to her own campaign. She has spent $12,235.

Encinitas residents accounted for all but three of her 28 contributors.

Familiar names among Cameron’s contributors include former county Supervisor Pam Slater-Price; Bruce Ehlers, the spokesperson for the land-use initiative Prop-

osition A; and former Councilman Dennis Holz. They each gave her $250.

Holz also gave Kranz $250, but he clarified in an email that he switched his support to Cameron once she entered the race.

Mayoral candidates Munawer “Mike” Bawany and Alex Fidel haven’t raised more than $1,000, and thus weren’t required to list contributors.

Julie Graboi, running for council, took in $11,818, with $4,100 in loans to herself. Her expenditures totaled $10,527.

Forty of her 44 contributors live in Encinitas, and she shared the same notable contributors as Cameron.

Bryan Ziegler, another council candidate, reported $2,990 in contributions and $2,891 in expenditures as of Sept. 30. His latest contribution paperwork wasn’t filed by the Oct. 23 deadline, according to Claudia Bingham, the city’s deputy clerk.

Bingham said in an email that she sent him a letter asking for the campaign disclosures. If it is not turned in, he faces a fine of $10 per day and potential penalties from the Fair Political Practices Commission.

His September paperwork shows most of his contributions flowed from outside the area.

is running for the San Dieguito Union High School District board, gave $100.

Eight of Hamler’s 11 contributions named district addresses. Her expenditures: $9,317.

Hamler has advocated for increased transparency, stating she’s in favor of recording board meetings and posting them online.

That’s one way to get more parents involved, she has stated.

Andrade, Sonken and Strich point to the district’s recent record as an indicator of success, including EUSD earning the 2014 Green Ribbon District Sustainability Award, one of nine districts in the country to do so.

Scripps’ 85th Candlelight Ball to be held Dec. 6 at The Grand Del Mar The 85th Annual Candlelight Ball will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, at The Grand Del Mar. Proceeds from the event will benefit life-saving care at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, which is recognized as one of the nation’s best hospitals for heart care and heart surgery.

The Candlelight Ball’s rich history in support of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla dates back to the hospital’s early years and is one of the most prestigious and anticipated events at Scripps Health.

The Grand Del Mar is located at 5300 Grand Del Mar Court, San Diego 92130. The Candlelight Ball will begin with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. and will be followed with dining and dancing from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. For tickets and more information, contact Alyssa Aragon at (858) 678-7346 or at aragon.alyssa@scrippshealth.org. Or visit www.scripps.org/ candlelightball

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