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Volume I • Issue 34

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February 6, 2015

Council strikes four properties from consideration for housing element • Strawberry fields, Pacific View site among those removed

■ Leucadia Kids for Peace helps those in need. Page 5

■ Accomplished author to offer advice at CCA Writers’ Conference. Page 3

Lifestyle

■ Grants were recently donated to local charities by Hand to Hand. Pages 14-15

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BY JARED WHITLOCK Four sites that were called “non-starters” won’t be included in the Encinitas housing element, while four new ones were put on the table. During a special meeting Feb. 3, the Encinitas City Council and Planning Commission considered potential housing element sites. Those candidate properties were identified based on earlier public input posted on the city’s online forum, E-Town Hall. The state-mandated housing element looks to rezone select sites for higher density to accommodate 1,300 units, a number derived from population forecasts. If the housing element wins approval, property owners would then have the option to develop their land at a higher density. The council’s goal at the meeting was to settle on three or four different maps showing parcels that could be included in the housing element. After hours of discussion, the council delayed a decision until Feb. 5, after the Encinitas Advocate’s print deadline. Coverage of that meeting will appear in next week’s edition and online Feb. 6 at encinitasadvocate.com. However, early in the meeting, the council unanimously sided with a recommendation from Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer to rule out four parcels, including an Olivenhain property at 11th Street and Rancho Santa Fe Road that residents have objected to rezoning. “From the many discussions that have been held and the public input, we might all agree (these parcels) are non-starters,” Shaffer said. “We can just take them off the table now.” Planning commissioner Anthony Brandenburg, who represents Olivenhain, said he’s heard from quite a few in the community who were against including the Olivenhain site in the housing element. “Any issues — people calling me, stopping me in the street — it’s that spot,” Brandenburg said. He added that residents were concerned that developing that site could create traffic and displace a nearby fire station. In April, the maps will undergo environmental review. Based on the results, the council will narrow the number of sites and create a final map that will appear on the November 2016 ballot. (Top) The Annual Cardiff Kook Run 5K, 10K & Costume Contest was held Feb. 1. The council also removed a parcel just south of Leucadia Boulevard and Coast Highway 101. Shaffer said she’s heard The event is also a celebration of Super Bowl Sunday. (Bottom) Enjoying the event from residents who are opposed to that spot because it could are: (L-R) Carrie McGlashan, Scott Starkey, Mayor Kristin Gaspar, Carson Gaspar, Supervisor Dave Roberts, Steve Lebherz, City Council members Lisa Shaffer and Tony cause additional gridlock at the Coast Highway 101 and Kranz. See pages 12-13 for more photos. Photos by Jon Clark. For photos online, visit See HOUSING, page 23 www.encinitasadvocate.com.

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Impact of density bonus amendment uncertain in Encinitas BY JARED WHITLOCK A recent amendment at the state level to the “density bonus” law requires the preservation of current affordable housing, a hurdle for developers. But it remains to be seen whether the amendment will have much of an impact in Encinitas. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the updated law, AB 2222, last fall. In turn, the Encinitas City Council, which has

tried in the past to discourage developers from invoking density bonus, asked the Planning Department to analyze the amendment. Many residents have claimed density bonus results in overstuffed developments that kill community character. The California law allows developers to build more housing on a parcel than normally allowed, in exchange for re-

serving one or more of the units for low-income individuals. Under AB 2222, a developer must identify and pledge to replace any existing affordable units on a property in order to be eligible for density bonus. This includes low-income units that have been demolished in the five years preceding the application. However, Planning Director Jeff Murphy said this

provision might not readily apply to Encinitas. For one, most of the city’s density bonus projects have been built on former greenhouse sites or vacant land. Additionally, Murphy said the planning department has interpreted affordable to mean current units that have a covenant or deed restricting them as low-income units. Many of these deed-re-

stricted units are part of the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance, which requires that one of every 10 homes in a development be sold or rented to those eligible for housing assistance. Murphy also said affordability won’t be determined on the basis of household salary or prior rental rates. “With some of these See DENSITY, page 23

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Olivenhain water district to vote Feb. 11 on proposal to raise rates

Assistant superintendent of business services named by Encinitas Union School District

BY JARED WHITLOCK Residents in the Olivenhain Municipal Water District could see their water bills go up. The district’s board of directors is slated to consider a new rate structure at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at its headquarters, 1966 Olivenhain Road in Encinitas. The proposal, which needs a majority vote to pass, calls for upping meter charges and water rates. The average residential water bill is $106.72 a month. This would increase to $111.10, a 4.1 percent jump, should the plan win approval. Heavy water users would be affected the most under the proposal. Assuming a 3/4-inch meter, a 6.2 percent jump is planned for the highest use category and 9.8 percent for the tier below. Those who are in the “very low” use category would experience a 2.3 percent hike and 3.1 percent for “low.” “We’re hoping to cause more conservation, especially at those highest rates,” said Kim Thorner, district

Dannielle Brook was unanimously appointed Assistant Superintendent of Business Services at the Jan. 20 meeting of the Encinitas Union School District board. Brook will replace John Britt, who is retiring from the district. Brook has served in public education for 21 years. The most recent 18 years have been with Ojai Unified School District in the positions of Director of Fiscal Services, Chief Business Official and for the past nine years as Assistant Superintendent for Business and Administrative Services. Before joining the Ojai Unified School District, she worked for three years in a public accounting firm, mainly auditing school districts across California. Brook earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from CSU Fullerton. She holds a Chief Business

A chart shows how Olivenhain Municipal Water District customers with a 3/4-inch meter would be affected should a proposed rate hike win approval next week. Courtesy image general manager. “That’s conservation pric- has infrastructure needs, including replacing.” ing key parts at the David C. McCollom WaShe noted the highest use category in- ter Treatment Plant. cludes about 4 percent of customers, while And in 2016, the district will have to representing 10 percent of water use. begin paying for its share of the Carlsbad The rate increase plan comes on the Desalination Plant. heels of a report from Raftelis Financial The district’s most recent rate increase Consultants that analyzed the district’s fis- took effect last April, increasing bills 3 percal outlook over the next decade. The Rafte- cent. Last fall, the Raftelis report stated that lis report found that largely because of ris- 15 of the county’s 21 water districts had ing imported water prices, the district higher average bills than OMWD. should look at raising rates this year and beThe district mailed 23,418 notices to yond. residents regarding next week’s meeting. As So, OMWD will also consider rate hikes of Feb. 2, Thorner said OMWD had received of up to 5 percent each year from 2016 to one letter in support and five against the 2019. In future years, Thorner said the dis- rate plan. If approved, the increased rates trict board would review its fiscal standing would take effect in April. to determine whether an increase is necesThe district serves the eastern half of sary. Encinitas, while the San Dieguito Water DisThorner said in addition to imported trict covers the western part of the city. water becoming more expensive, OMWD

Dannielle Brook Official Certificate from the California Association of School Business Officials and is a Certified Public Accountant. In addition, Brook serves on a variety of boards, including the Ojai Valley Neighborhood for Learning, Valley Oak Charter School, Ventura County Schools Self-Funding Authority and Coastal Schools Employee Benefits Organization.

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Author to offer advice, encouragement at CCA Writers’ Conference BY LOIS ALTER MARK Horror writer Jonathan Maberry may be the busiest man in the business. Not only has the Del Mar resident written dozens of best-selling, award-winning books, short stories, articles and comics — many of which are now in development for TV shows and films — but he is also a teacher and in-demand speaker who will be giving the keynote address Feb. 21 at the Canyon Crest Academy Writers’ Conference on Feb. 21. We interviewed Maberry when he first moved to Del Mar a couple of years ago, but thought we’d catch up with him to see what the students can expect. • You’re going to be the keynote speaker at the CCA Writers’ Conference this year, which will be a real treat for the students. Why did you want to get involved in this event? It’s important for writers who have gained some measure of commercial and artistic success to share with those who are on the way up or trying to break in. No one ever succeeded without help and advice, and events like the CCA Writers’ Conference allow for that kind of sharing of tips, guidance and encouragement. • Many of the attendees will probably be fans who have gobbled up your books. What do you enjoy about writing for kids? Although I started out writing for adults, about half of what I’m currently writing is for teens, and I’m writing in several different age ranges. I find that teen fiction allows for greater creative freedom. Kids are so much smarter than most adults think. • Can you give us a little preview of your speech?

I’ve been traveling around the country giving keynote speeches, and for the most part, they are variations on a very important theme: positivity and cooperation. It’s a waste of time to focus on the downsides or to be stifled by fear. I prefer to inspire and encourage writers to work together to build a mutually supportive creative community. And to learn how the business works, because although writing is an art, publishing is a business that sells art. They’re not the same thing, and writers prosper when they grasp that and learn to work with the publishing world rather than coast the fringes. I came from rough beginnings and grew up in a violent household where education and reading were discouraged. I was determined, however, to “write my way out.” I pursued education and sought guidance from those who had achieved some measure of success. I met some great folks along the way — teachers, librarians, booksellers, published authors — and it was their support and encouragement that helped me rise above my home life and become a best-selling author. • What message do you particularly want to impart to the kids? My core message is that anything is possible. No one has proof that they can’t until they’ve utterly failed, and utter failure isn’t common. Most often, people become discouraged and accept that as failure. It isn’t. I like to share strategies for celebrating and usefully exploiting the creative potential in the next generation of young writers. • What are the differences between talking to teens who want to become writers vs adults who want to become writers?

Author Jonathan Maberry will speak Feb. 21 to fans and would-be writers at the CCA Writers’ Conference. Right: Cover of one of the books in ‘The Nightsiders’ series. Courtesy photos • Your first novel came out in 2006, Many of the adult writers have already begun to lose faith in their own success or in and you’ve had 20 more since then! How their skills. Teens don’t have that problem, do you write so prolifically? I’ve always been a high-output creative and maybe some encouragement will help them jump that hurdle. They’re more open- person. I like the fast lane, and I write my minded, more creative, and they haven’t yet best stuff when I have a tight deadline. Curbeen inundated by the negativity about rently I’m writing three- to four thousand publishing that so often stifles adult writers. words a day. This is the busiest time of my Also, there are some things they can do career. • What is it about horror and science now, as teens, to sharpen their skills, their focus and their business acumen so that fiction that attracts you? I love how you can tell very important they’ll have the best chance of coming out stories — and get large numbers of people to of the gate at a full gallop. See AUTHOR, page 20

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Special event to be held Feb. 19 at Encinitas Library for teacher-turned-author’s book ‘The Restoration’ •E vent will include music, slides, question-and-answer session and more BY KELLEY CARLSON He may no longer be in the classroom, but Bob Pacilio is still finding ways to teach. In his latest work, “The Restoration,” the retired teacher-turned-author educates his audience about life’s lessons through four fictional characters, intertwining their stories with the true tale of Coronado Island’s Village Theater. “The book is about how to restore ourselves, and how to bring life back after tragic moments,” said Pacilio, who was an English teacher at Mt. Carmel High School in Rancho Peñasquitos for 32 years and San Diego County’s Teacher of the Year in 1998. He retired in 2010. Pacilio will discuss his novel in detail from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Encinitas Branch Library, 540 Cornish Drive. But it won’t be a “typical” author presentation – there will be music and slides during this free event, which will include a book discussion, question-and-answer session and a book signing. “The Restoration” is the first adult book penned by the 59-year-old Pacilio, who began writing in 2008 at the suggestion of a student. His debut novel, “Meetings at the Metaphor Café,” and its sequel, “Midnight Comes to the Metaphor Café,” focused on high school life, yet “adults seem to like (my books) as much as the students,” Pacilio said. A couple of years ago, the Encinitas resident was watching an episode of “Ken Kramer’s About San Diego” when a segment on the Village Theater piqued his interest. He turned to the web to acquire additional information, and was further inspired by the photos of the Art Deco-style building. “I had been thinking of writing a love story – love lost and then found again – and the idea just clicked,” Pacilio said. This “factional” story – fiction, but based on fact, Pacilio noted – follows two couples from 1970 to 2008, and they are

Author Bob Pacilio

united by their love of movies, and in particular, the Village Theater. Both of the men end up going to Vietnam, and the tale follows how the experience affected them in completely different ways, from the effects on their relationships to post-traumatic stress disorder. The theater serves as an escape from the turbulence, and after it falls into disrepair in 1998, the veterans and their wives decide that by restoring it to its original grandeur, they will also restore themselves. “It steers readers to the light about how love can regenerate you and make you bloom again if you have the courage to take the risk,” Pacilio said. While “The Restoration” was actually published last April, Pacilio said he has been focused on growing his audience over the last 10 months. But he did admit that he’s thinking ahead to his next book. “This morning, I looked up the La Paloma (online) and read that (actress) Mary Pickford rode her bicycle from Fairbanks Ranch to see the first movie there,” Pacilio said. Indeed, the wheels appear to be turning. For more information about Pacilio, go to www.robertpacilio.net.

‘5K Paw Walk in the Garden’ is Feb. 21

The Coronado Island’s Village Theater. Courtesy photos

For only the third time in its history, dogs will be allowed Feb. 21 in the San Diego Botanic Garden during the third annual “5K Paw Walk in the Garden.” Once a year, the Rancho Coastal Humane Society and the San Diego Botanic Garden “join paws” to raise funds that support these two landmark organizations. Register for the third annual 5K Paw Walk in the Garden at www.sdpets.org or www.sdbgarden.org. Event-day registration starts at 9 a.m., and the first paw crosses the starting line at 9:30.

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The Leucadia chapter of Kids for Peace created cards for seniors during a Jan. 31 meetup. The group is involved in a host of causes, and is looking for more members. Left to right: Michael Loedel, Delores Loedel, Lynne Dillman, Will Loedel, Mary Loedel, Jordan Bujarski. Photo by Jared Whitlock

Leucadia Kids for Peace helps those in need BY JARED WHITLOCK The Leucadia chapter of Kids for Peace created cards with warm words and pictures on Jan. 31 for seniors who don’t leave their homes. It’s just one act of kindness the group has spearheaded since forming seven years ago. Now with chapters all over the world, Kids for Peace started in 2006 in Carlsbad. When Delores Loedel, Leucadia chapter leader, read a newspaper article about the Carlsbad group, she was inspired to start another chapter. “I was thinking, ‘That’s a really nice way for my kids to get involved in something other than school or sports,’” she said during the Jan. 31 meetup, which was at her house. “I just wanted them to think about others and how they can make a difference.” Now, the Leucadia chapter, started in 2008, has about 20 kids who regularly help out. The group meets about 10 times a year, taking part in everything from food drives to Christmas caroling for seniors to making “peace packs” — knapsacks containing toiletries and school supplies — for children in Uganda. Their mission revolves around social justice, environmental causes and charitable events — anything that helps create peace. Of all the chapter’s events, her son, Michael Loedel, said he particularly enjoyed participating in Hands of Peace. That organization brings together Jewish, Palestinian and Christian youths from Israel, the West Bank and U.S. to bolster dialogue and friendships. “It was positive — you could see the difference it was making immediately,” he said. Oftentimes, charities in need will ask the group for assistance. It also partners with other chapters, like when Leucadia and Carlsbad teamed up two months ago to feed 100 people at Bread of Life Mission, an Oceanside nonprofit dedicated to serving meals to the poor and homeless. The kids also determine which causes to take up. Zach Bujarski, 12, a regular at meetups, echoed other kids there by saying he enjoys providing food to homeless shelters. “I’ll probably ask that we do that in the next couple months,” Bujarski said while sitting at the Loedels’ dining room table and drawing a colorful card that will go to seniors. He went on to say: “You’re helping people and you can see it makes them happy.” The Leucadia chapter is actively seeking participants. To learn more or get involved, visit www.kidsforpeaceglobal.org.

Canyon Crest Academy Senior Parent Information Night to be held Feb. 17 Canyon Crest Academy will be holding its Senior Parent Information Night (SPIN) on Feb. 17 starting at 7 p.m. in the Proscenium Theater. This is a must-attend for all senior parents. The principal, Karl Mueller, will provide details on all of the upcoming senior activities, including graduation and answer any questions you may have. Jostens will be there to provide gap and gown information. The ASB will go over all of the exciting events they are planning for seniors and the Grad Nite committee will talk about this annual tradition of providing a safe, drug and alcohol-free celebration held on the CCA campus that allows seniors to revel with their Raven classmates on graduation night. SPIN will be the last chance to buy Grad Nite tickets at a discounted rate. In addition, reserved parking and covered seating for graduation will be available for purchase – last year the seating sold out quickly. There are just so many reasons for senior parents to attend SPIN! Be sure to mark your calendars!

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Painter serious about infusing humor into his work BY JOE TASH David Wiemers came to painting later in life, after a successful career as a producer and writer of TV shows in Hollywood. But when he began to interact with the art world, he found things a bit stuffy and highbrow, such as the label of “fine art” tossed around liberally by galleries and websites. As he was designing his own website, Wiemers said, “Fine art didn’t seem like it was me at all. I thought, we’ve all got to lighten up a little bit. I crossed out ‘fine’ and put ‘pretty good.’ And I was comfortable with that.” His approach, said Wiemers, is to bring humor to his art and to the way he promotes his work. “Everybody with their fine art, they take themselves too seriously. I’m gonna be the guy who cuts up a little bit,” he said. Last month, the 61-year-old La Jolla resident opened a one-man show at the Encinitas Community Center, called, “I Dare You Not To Smile.” The exhibit runs through March 19. The press release bills the show as “art that celebrates pop culture and life’s funny moments.” On his website, Davidsprettygoodart.com, Wiemers displays a range of subjects, from celebrities — Jean Harlow, Fred Astaire, Elvis and the Beatles — to a scene in a dentist’s office and a heavily tattooed graffiti artist. Wiemers spent 25 years in Hollywood, where he helped create, write and produce the popular animated series “Duck Tales” for Walt Disney Studios, and also worked on such sitcoms as “Coach,” “Major Dad” and “Harry and the Hendersons.” When he and his partner, physician Paul Turner, moved to San Diego, Wiemers was ready for a career change. He made a New Year’s resolution to take an oil painting class. “Bells and whistles went off and I said, ‘Oh my God, I can do this,” he recalled.

Artist David Wiemers calls his work ‘pretty good’ art instead of ‘fine’ art. His one-man show is running at the Encinitas Community Center through March 19. Right: A celebrity portrait takes a light look at Fred Astaire. Courtesy photos Wiemers made his first oil painting in 2010, and has since participated in a number of art shows around the country, as well as a one-man exhibition at a Laguna Beach gallery. He also won two first-place awards for paintings in the art competition at the San Diego County Fair. One of his paintings, a close-up of former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, generated a lot of buzz at the fair, including indignation by some fairgoers who felt the painting should have been removed. The painting, titled “Haunting Filner,” shows the former mayor with the ghostly images of women around his face. One image is the openmouthed horror from “The Scream,” by Edvard Munch. “I was thrilled” by the reaction, said Wiemers. “If art isn’t controversial and

doesn’t stir emotions, what good is it? It got their attention. It made them think.” Wiemer’s paintings and reproductions are available on his website, and he also sells his work at art shows, such as the Encinitas exhibit. All the works on display are priced at $500 or less, he said. His next show will be the San Diego Art Walk, set for April 2526 in Little Italy. Wiemers has taken art classes at local community colleges, and also at the Watts Atelier of the Arts, an art school based in Encinitas, which he rated as one of his best learning experiences. “I went and got my butt kicked. I wasn’t even sharpening my pencils correctly,” he said. While he does get requests from people he knows who want to be in his paintings, Wiemers said he cautions them because he

doesn’t go in for straightforward renderings. Rather, he seems to find certain characteristics in his subjects and exaggerate them, sometimes wildly. “Do you really want that? Because I’m at my best when you’re at your worst,” Wiemers said he tells his friends. “I’m not the painter to go to if you are looking for a lovely, flattering portrait of yourself.” The approach he takes to painting, he said, is very much like the way he worked as a TV writer and producer: Come up with an idea, develop it and try to sell it. “I was successful because of my sense of humor. That was my ticket,” he said. “Knowing who you are as a person — that shows up in your work.” For more information, visit www.DavidsPrettyGoodArt.com

Redbox-style library to open in Encinitas BY BARBARA HENRY SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE A bus shelter-sized kiosk that can dispense library books and movies 24 hours a day will be installed in Encinitas this summer, a San Diego County Library official announced recently. The county already has set aside the $261,000 needed for the project. There’s only one unresolved question — where exactly the county should place its “library-of-the-future” device, county library Deputy Director Donna Ohr said recently. Library officials are working with the city now and hope to resolve that issue in two weeks, she added. The proposed Encinitas kiosk will be the third in the county library system and the seventh such device in use in the nation, Ohr said. The county installed one at its Kearny Mesa headquarters in 2013 and one in Bonsall last spring. The goal is to eventually have one in each of the five county supervisor districts in five years, Ohr said. The kiosks are about 8 feet tall, 13 feet wide and 5 feet deep, or “the approximate size of a bus shelter.” They each can store up to 340 materials that can be checked out by cardholding library patrons. Materials in the vending devices vary depending on location — the Kearny Mesa one tends to stock many best-selling novels for its adult patrons, while the Bonsall location has many early-reader books and family movies because it’s located near a school. In addition to checking out new books, people can return books or renew them at the kiosks. The kiosks also offer free wireless Internet service, just like the branch libraries, Ohr said. Potential downtown locations for the new Encinitas kiosk include the county’s Encinitas branch library on Cornish Drive as well as City Hall and the North County Transit District center, both of which are on Vulcan Avenue just down the hill from the library. There’s also the option of putting the kiosk somewhere east of downtown, but the county hasn’t yet identified a location in that region, Ohr said. Library officials might consider using the city’s Community & Senior Center Building on Encinitas Boulevard, or even a shopping center, she added. One of the main limiting factors will be how difficult it is to run utilities to the proposed site, she said. People with suggestions can contact Ohr at 858-694-3786.

At the Bonsall Community Center, Annika Petersen, Ian Mitchell, and Payton Prince from adjacent Bonsall Elementary School put the San Diego Library’s new 24/7 Library To Go kiosk through its paces last spring. Photo by Charlie Neuman During its regular meeting Wednesday night, Encinitas City Council members told Ohr that they would prefer the kiosk didn’t go in any of the proposed downtown locations. “I would think it would be great to put it somewhere on the east side of town,” Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer said, noting that there is no county library service in that region. The county has two Encinitas Library branches — the big one on Cornish Drive and one to the south in Cardiff. Both are west of Interstate 5.

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Applications open for San Diego County Fair performance contests Every year the San Diego County Fair hosts performance competitions — an opportunity for local and regional singers, songwriters, musicians, dancers and all-around entertainers to strut their stuff for big prizes. “In the Spotlight” and Best Dance Crew competitions are for performers ages 8 to 17 years, broken into two divisions (youth for 8- to 12-year-olds, teen for 13- to 17-yearolds). All other contests are age 18 and up. Performers must complete an online performance contest application, found at www.sdfair.com/contests. The application deadline is April 13. In 2014, the five performance competitions had nearly 300 applicants. Close to 100 of the best of the best per-

formed live, vying for their share of almost $20,000 in cash. This year, even more prize money is at stake! If you are in a band and want a chance at the $5,000 First Place prize, apply for the Battle of the Bands. A band must have three or more musicians, and members must be 18 and older. Live rounds are scheduled for June 26. Best Dance Crew is another popular competition for professional and amateur dance groups of five or more. Technical skills, showmanship, creativity, rhythm and costume will be judged. Live competition and judging will take place June 14. For the singers out there, “In the Spotlight” is where it’s at. The live competition will be held June 23 (Youth competition) and June 24 (Teen competition).

Returning for its fifth year, the Singer-Songwriter contest is a search for the best performance by a solo singer, and a showcase for original songwriting capabilities. The winner will receive $3,000! The live competition is set for June 19. Applications for the Oratorical Contest will be online in April. This contest challenges county students from elementary through grade 12 to perform an oration (not a song) as individuals or in small groups of up to three members. Original material, a famous speech, poem or a story are examples of an oration. Regional recognition, ribbons and cash prizes are awarded to the top finishers in three divisions; Elementary (K-grade 5); Junior High/Middle School (grades 6-8); and High School (grades 9-12).

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Multitalented Encinitas artist chooses to feature sculptures in local exhibit BY ROB LEDONNE Since she was young, Encinitas resident Sholeh Ashtiani has been active in the arts. “I started drawing when I was a little kid,” she recalled. “My mom gave me a little notebook and I just loved it. I drew so much that one of the art instructors I had in school took notice and asked if I liked to start coming in early to draw, so I did.” From those early days as a young budding artist, Ashtiani has since spread her wings to become a multitalented force who’s dabbled in almost every creative field, from painting to photography. From now until March 12, Ashtiani will showcase her passion for bronze work in an exhibit of her talents at the Encinitas Civic Center. (A reception will be held Feb. 19 from 5-7 p.m. at the Encinitas Civic Center.) “I didn’t start working on sculptures until college,” explained Ashtiani, who attended Ohio’s Columbus College of Art and Design and takes inspiration for her sculptures from yet another art form. “When you see them, you’ll notice a lot of sculptures are dance-related, which I also have a passion for.” Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that Ashtiani also has a passion for acting and singing. In the acting realm, she most notably appeared the 2011 film “Leave” starring Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad” fame. She is also a regular in the North County theater scene, starring in productions as varied as “Peter Pan” and “Inherit the Wind” at various theaters across the San Diego area. As a singer, Ashtiani was inspired by repeat viewings of “The Sound of Music” as a child to pursue the craft. She recently collaborated with David Stern, a composer for the former Fox reality competition series “The X Factor,” on a variety of original songs, a few of which Ashtiani plans to sing at the reception for her bronze exhibit. “The reception is only two hours, so I don’t know I’ll have time for,” she said. “I’d love to sing at least three songs.” As for what the songs are about, that’s a no-brainer. “I asked him to write a song about an artist,” said Ashtiani,

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Right: Work by Sholeh Ashtiani. Courtesy photos whose songs will also be featured in the local reality television show “The Romance,” which airs on San Diego’s Cox Channel 4 this month. “One of the songs tells the story about who I am and what my art is about.” A constant drive to be creative has carried Ashtiani throughout her life, which stretches to her Persian roots. (Her lineage can be traced to a famed painter of the same name.) Moving from Europe to Ohio, and then to Encinitas, Ashtiani said she could never focus on just one discipline — drawing, painting, or sculpture — preferring to try them all. “Answering which is my favorite is a very hard question for me,” she said. “I love putting my fullest effort to create everything I can. I enjoy all of these disciplines. If I’m working on sculptures for awhile, I’ll want to switch to drawing. I can’t choose one over the other.” Visit Ashtiani at www.FlameTheArtist.com.

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Arts Alive Encinitas unveils banners Feb. 14 The 101 Artists’ Colony, Cardiff 101 Main Street and Leucadia 101 Main Street are once again unveiling the Arts Alive Banners to be displayed along the historical Coast Highway on lampposts from La Costa Avenue in Leucadia to Cardiff’s Restaurant Row and the Seaside Market. The unveiling takes place from noon-3 p.m. Feb. 14 at 1950 N. Highway 101 (the former Cabo Grill Building) in Leucadia. One of North County’s favorite art events, the Encinitas Arts Alive Banner Exhibit began in 2001. This is the 15th year artists have been invited to participate in the six-mile art show that will be installed immediately after the unveiling on Feb. 14. The banners will be on display until late May before the final live auction on June 7. Silent bidding on the banners begins at the unveiling, and bids can also be placed during the threemonth outdoor exhibit by calling Leucadia 101 Main Street at 760-436-2320.

‘Moms Making Six Figures’ Helps Moms Stay at Home While Still Having a Career Angie Gange had a successful career in mortgage banking. Then the recession hit. With her oldest son soon entering college, the Carmel Valley mother of three began looking for a new job. “I needed to replace my income, but I also needed to have control over my time,” recalled Gange, adding that her husband, Paul, travels a lot on business. “Although our boys are not little ones anymore, I didn’t want to give up being available for them.” That’s when Gange’s friend introduced her to Moms Making Six Figures, a San Diego-based marketing company that allows women to stay at home and either replace or supplement their income. She started with the company in 2011. “It’s probably the best decision I ever made,” Gange said.

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Hard work earns local athlete Mom on a mission to open an art studio berth on All-American rugby team BY JARED WHITLOCK Most of Owen Duvall’s days start early and end late. Much of the year, by 6 a.m. he’s in the weight room. Then it’s typically a full day of school at Cathedral Catholic, followed by either rugby practice or endurance training. Not to mention, there’s also homework to complete. But his dedication has paid off. Duvall, 16, recently earned a spot on the high school All-American rugby team. And he has a 4.3 grade-point average. “I’m really excited by it,” Duvall said of the All-American team selection. On March 28, the team will compete in France and then travel to Belgium. Duvall plays tight-head prop, which many rugby enthusiasts say is the most important position on the field. For one, the tight-head prop anchors scrums — players packing together in a battle to gain control of the ball. “I make sure we don’t get blown back,” Duvall said. Duvall lives in Carlsbad and is on the Coastal Dragons Rugby team, which is based in Encinitas. He said he hopes to play rugby in college and then professionally. “That’s the dream,” he said. Rugby player Owen Duvall “No one works harder than him,” said Coastal Dragons president Edward Petersen, who has coached Duvall for five has succeeded on and off the field. Photo by Jared years. Petersen said Duvall will have “a lot of colleges knocking Whitlock on his door” in light of his rugby talent and academic record. To make the team, Duvall had to try out more than a month ago. Even being invited is an honor, Petersen said. Duvall first received recognition from national coaches when he played on a Southern California all-star rugby team. Petersen said that Encinitas is becoming a hotbed for rugby. He added that talented players like Duvall are fueling that growth. Nick Duvall said he’s pleased with his son’s success on and off the field. “To maintain his grade-point average and then get selected for this team, I’m very proud of him,” Nick Duvall said. Coastal Dragons Rugby, founded in 2009, has U8 through U18 divisions. To learn more, visit coastaldragonsrugby.com.

BY JARED WHITLOCK Michelle Ziegler wants local kids to have more chances to create art. She’s proposing to open and run an art studio somewhere in Encinitas. To reach this goal, she recently started a campaign on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe. “We would have workshops, playgroups, events and birthday parties,” said Ziegler, an event planner and former kindergarten teacher. Ziegler is looking to raise $25,000 by Feb. 28. That money would go toward supplies, licensing and renting out a location, she said. She has yet to settle on a spot for the studio. Recently, the drop-in studio Art Soup in Encinitas closed, leading Ziegler to launch her campaign. “They did a lot of great things and I wanted to carry

Michelle Ziegler with her four boys. Courtesy photo on that torch,” Ziegler said. Ziegler believes she’s filling a need, saying tight school budgets result in fewer opportunities for the arts in classrooms. “Art is really important in the development of children,” she said. Learn more about her crowdfunding campaign at gofundme.com/saveencinitasart.

SDCCC hosts speaker on ID theft Feb. 17 The San Diego Coastal Chambers of Commerce will host a community event regarding identity theft from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the Fish Market in Del Mar/Solana Beach. Jesse Navarro from the San Diego District Attorney’s office will be the guest speaker. ID theft has been called the fastest-growing crime in America. It remains, however, difficult to quantify for a number of reasons. Many states do not have a specific ID theft statute. Even when such a statute exists, as in California, the definition of ID theft often varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The format of crime reporting can easily overlook cases, and many victims never report it to police. Lunch will be served. Cost is $25 prepaid or $35 at the door. For tickets, visit www.sandiegocoastalchamber.com.

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Writer’s Roundtable: Sports agent offers a different way to win in ‘Connected to Goodness’ BY ANTOINETTE KURITZ AND JARED KURITZ Sports agent is a title that conjures up a winner-take-all attitude, and aggressiveness. But while local resident and legendary sports agent David Meltzer, Esq., may have personified that in his early days, he shares an entirely different philosophy of success in his book, “Connected to Goodness: Manifest Everything You Desire in Business and Life,” a practical road map to defining, achieving, and maintaining success in life. Whether you are a student, parent, educator, athlete, or executive, you will find something of value in what Meltzer has to say. David Meltzer will be speaking at 3 p.m. Feb. 28 at Barnes & Noble in Grossmont Center. You are a legendary sports agent. What got you interested in this field? How easy or difficult was it to break into? I love sports and always dreamed of being a professional athlete, but being 5 feet 7 inches, Jewish, and born with more brains than David Meltzer brawn, I had a choice. With my amazing size and talent, if I wanted to be a sports professional, I either could be the commissioner of the NBA or a sports agent. As for the difficulty in breaking into the field, I don’t see things in terms of easy or difficult. Sports is a multibillion-dollar in-

dustry with tens of thousands of jobs. So there is no scarcity of opportunity. What I find is that there is a lack of resolve. That is the biggest hurdle for most people to overcome. At Sports 1 Marketing, you employ a host of interns. Why? And what do you see as the benefits of internships? My personal mission is to empower others to then further empower others, and the best way to do this is to take in young people and provide them with first-hand experience and knowledge in order for them to be successful. I am providing them with relationship capital in a very competitive industry and the situational knowledge on how to monetize those relationships. And when they do, I prove the most important reason to have so many interns is to be kind to your future self. They’ll branch out, be successful and empower others, and those that leave here will often approach me with business deals or vice versa. We tend to label many sports figures as “heroes.” How accurate or inaccurate is that and why? Within the realm of sports, all of these individuals are “heroes” in the sense that it is so ultracompetitive and difficult to become a professional athlete. Labeling them as “heroes” based on our foundational values like character, integrity, and giving is the mistake people commonly make. Personally and professionally, I look for those Hall of Famers, those winners of Major League Baseball’s Clemente Award, and the like … those individuals who possess the athletic ability and character to truly be looked up to as

“heroes.” Your book is titled “Connected to Goodness.” What do you mean by goodness, and what role should it play in our lives? Goodness is a simple way of describing whatever it is that inspires us … be it God, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad or whatever it is that you believe in. I use the concept of a personal “12th Man,” just as a football team with its 11 men on the field is inspired by the crowd or “12th Man.” What I try to avoid is to separating us by our beliefs. Instead, I attempt to bring us together by what we believe is good or decent. It should be our common guidepost to be good, kind, and decent. In what ways do you manifest goodness in your life? And how has doing so enhanced your life? Manifesting goodness takes a severalpronged approach. First we decide what it is we want; then we assess our goals in terms of contributions we can make to others and to society in general. After all, what good is achievement without greater purpose? In a practical sense, I follow the Principles and their supporting Key Elements from my book. I consciously think about what I want or want to achieve, and it becomes a possibility. Then I use my Imagination Principles — Foundation, Guideposts and Manifestation — to get inspired, and the possibility becomes a probability. Using the Action Principles of Discipline, Strategy and Understanding, I’ll now take action to make the probability reality. In today’s electronically-oriented so-

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Financial Planning in the New Year: Have You Had Your Fiscal Check-Up? A girl learns how early settlers pumped their own water at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum. Water has always been precious in the area. Courtesy photo

Yes, Encinitas has always had problems with water shortages BY BARBARA GRICE We are all aware of the water shortage challenges that we currently face. We have been taught that we all need to conserve water and be conscientious about helping to keep our water clean. Well, this is certainly not a new concept. Rainfall charts from the 1880s to the present remind us that we truly are a Mediterranean/desert climate. This was a fact that the real estate agents selling farmland to California emigrants in the 1880s neglected to mention, emphasizing instead the mild climate and acres of open land. The early settlers arrived only to find that there was precious little water for planting crops and for family use. In fact, my great-grandfather wrote an article in the late 1800s for the local paper in Encinitas describing the water system (or lack thereof). The entire water system for the area consisted of a large tank of water, filled by Cottonwood Creek, that sat by the railroad tracks in town. The only means of getting water for home use was to fill a barrel and roll it over the dusty, rut-filled road to your destination. This was the way water was transported to the townspeople. I am sure that this LOCAL LORE was a much-disliked regular chore for local boys who would have preferred to be out roaming the open countryside. Barbara Grice The story goes that guests of the local hotel were told that if they wanted to take a bath, they were welcome to go to the beach, where there was plenty of water in the ocean. And a bathing suit was not necessary, they were told, because they would be the only ones there. Those who lived on the ranches outside of town had a much more difficult time. My great-grandfather and the rest of his 10 family members had to fill two five-gallon cans and carry them back to the ranch on horseback. Those 10 gallons were for the whole family, and didn’t last long. Some of the ranches (such as the Hammond’s Sunset Ranch) had a cistern to catch rainwater. If you think about it, the amount of rain that we receive here during a year is not very significant. The children learned when they were young that it was necessary to conserve every drop of water. The Lake Hodges Dam was completed in 1918; however, the pipelines to include the Encinitas area were not completed until 1923. The Encinitas area at that time had a population of no more than 40 residents. When the water finally arrived in the area, the community began to grow quickly. Many of the older homes in the area were built soon after, in the late 1920s. The La Paloma, for instance, was built in 1927, only four years after piped water arrived. Quite suddenly, there were enough new residents to support a local movie palace. While we are lucky enough now to always have water running from our taps, it is interesting to imagine the difficulty only a little over a century ago. Water conservation has been an issue for a very long time and we need to continue to be aware of how valuable our water is to us. Please stop by and visit the San Dieguito Heritage Museum, where you can see how the original settlers captured, transported and pumped their own water. The museum is at 450 Quail Gardens Road in Encinitas, open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Barbara Grice is a descendant of Encinitas pioneers and the executive director of the San Dieguito Heritage Museum.

Coast Youth Foundation hosts golf benefit March 16 The Coast Youth Foundation is holding a golf tournament on March 16 at the Santaluz Golf Club to promote, and financially support underserved youths through community outreach, mentoring and athletics. Prizes, gifts and family fun for all. Sign up at CoastYouthFoundation.org. For donations and sponsorship opportunities, visit coastyouthfoundation.org.

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2015 Cardiff Kook Run The Annual Cardiff Kook Run 5K, 10K & Costume Contest was held Feb. 1 and is a celebration of Super Bowl Sunday. The scenic loop starts under the “Encinitas” sign and passes by the famous “Cardiff Kook” statue along the historic Highway 101 all the way down to Cardiff State Beach. Then runners get to experience it all again on their way back. Visit www.cardiffkookrun.com. Photos by Jon Clark. For more photos, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com.

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Artists explore how the deaf experience sound in ‘LOUD Silence’ BY WILL BOWEN Art can be of great value in helping us look at concepts like “difference” and “equality” in new ways. It can even speed the process of our social evolution. The Calit2 gallery on the UC San Diego campus (California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology) is one place where people are not afraid to do this, and that makes it worthy of our attention. Calit2 is a place that can help us grow. Its curators and artists make our humanity “bigger.” The latest show at Calit2 is called “LOUD silence.” It’s about sound and hearing, and explores the question, “What do the deaf really hear?” The artists in this show collectively attempt to loudly explode the myth of a silent deaf world. They aim to build a pathway that will help eradicate any oppression of the deaf and lead to new ways of thinking about sound and silence. Social scientists Carol Padden and Tom Humphries say people with deafness actually know a lot about sound, and sound informs and inhabits their world just as much it does the next person. It’s just that the deaf hear more viscerally — through vibrations and sensations. They may even see sound. Music theorist Joseph Straus says that for the deaf, “Hearing can be a much more multisensory experience.” The opening night of “LOUD silence” Jan. 22 was a very moving and uplifting experience, seeing people gaily bantering in American Sign Language. A large group of the hearing-impaired showed up for Christine Sun Kim’s “FingerTap Quartet.” Kim presented her performance piece both in ASL and by typing on a computer with her words displayed on a linked bank of 20 large-screen TVs. She shared four prompts about sound that she asked Jamie Stewart and his musical group, Xin Xin, to vocalize. The first prompt was to make “a sound that you like and think is good.” This produced vowel sounds like oh, ee and ah. The second prompt was to make “a sound that you don’t like and don’t think is good.” This lead to sounds like nasty laughs, coughs, and backward-spoken words. The third prompt was to make “a sound that you like but suspect might not be good.” This led to yawns and rapping rhythms. The fourth prompt to make “a sound that you don’t like but know is good,” produced foghorns, doorbells, telephone rings and babies crying. After the performance, show curator Amanda Cachia, a grad student studying art history, theory and criticism at UCSD and who is also a dwarf activist, was joined on stage by Kim, Lisa Cartwright and Brenda Brueggemann for a panel discussion about the performance and gallery exhibition. The panel explored deaf people’s conceptions of sound and the distinction between art and identity in deaf soundworks.

The wall of digital prints in the Calit2 gallery on the UC San Diego campus for the exhibit ‘LOUD Silence.’ An audience member asked Kim what a deaf person’s experience of rhythm was like. Kim said that she was exploring rhythm by watching a metronome swing back and forth at different speeds, but had not yet come to any conclusions. After the panel, patrons strolled over to explore the Calit2 gallery proper, which featured things like a performance video by Shary Boyle titled “Silent Dedication”; an installation by Darrin Martin called “Radiolarian”; some drawings of sound scoring by Kim; and a set of sculptures titled “Breathing Instruments,” by Alison O’Daniel. The gallery plans to host additional events with speakers and performances related to the show, which will be posted at http://gallery.calit2.net. The show runs through March 1. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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Hand to Hand Grants Over $33,000 was recently granted to four local charitable organizations by Hand to Hand, a fund of Coastal Community Foundation. Hand to Hand is now comprised of 60 women who contribute their own monies and then choose organizations to fund which enable women and girls. The fund has given $168,000 in the past six years. This year’s recipients are: New Entra Casa, Welcome Home Ministries, Girls Rising, and Just in Time for Foster Youth. New Entra Casa provides residential treatment in transitional housing for women being released from jail or prison. The program tries to interrupt the cycles which led to incarceration and which can be generational. Welcome Home Ministries provides mentoring support and an exit plan for incarcerated women in transition into the community. The program trains peer mentors for these women. Girls Rising serves 70 at-risk girls ages 6-18 to empower them though help from female mentors. The grant has enabled them to find more mentors to help more girls. The program aims for a high school graduation rate of 100 percent. Just in Time for Foster Youth organization will have 80 women participating in the “Career Horizons for Young Women” program which provides skills to build women’s independence. Additional information about these or other funds can be found at www.coastal foundation.org. Photos by McKenzie Images. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate. com.

John Robbins of Welcome Home Ministries, Betsy Jacobson, WHM Executive Director Carmen Warner Robbins, Annie Burchard of WHM

Willy Ginaven, Sue Steele, Betty Putnam

Hand to Hand fund 2014 grantees: Carmen Warner Robbins of Welcome Home Ministries, Nicole Anderson of Girls Rising, Vanessa Davis of Just in Time for Foster Youth, Kim Kelley of New Entra Casa. Katrina Dodson and K.J. Koljonen of Coastal Community Foundation

Nicole Anderson and Nicole Hmielewski of Girls Rising

Charlie Brewer and Kim Kelley of New Entra Casa Coastal Community Foundation Executive Director Sharon Omahen, K.J. Koljonen

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Linda Stanton, Donna Johnson

Lynne Calkins, Charlie Brewer and Kim Kelley of New Entra Casa, Willy Ginaven, Carole Warren

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CCF 1st chair and founding member Alice Jacobson, current chair K.J. Koljonen, immediate past chair Katrina Dodson

Katrina Dodson, Vanessa Davis of Just in Time for Foster Youth, Amy Larson, Hand to Hand fund sponsor Jody Sather

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Patriot Profiles: Fighting Ebola virus, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure what we were walking intoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; This column presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patriot Profilesâ&#x20AC;? to provide readers insight into the lives of our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heroes.

BY JEANNE MCKINNEY Rushing to a world crisis, nothing is black or white. For 1st Lt. David Andrew Tan, one of about 100 Marines called to Liberia in early October 2014, it was shades of gray, not knowing what they might face. With Ebola fever spreading rapidly, it was time to call in the big guns to help. It was a fight for lives, a war on a different battleground â&#x20AC;&#x201D; void of ear-shattering noise, blinding fire, and gagging smoke. They were going to meet a silent but deadly enemy. Tan is a Marine Corps Aviation Intelligence Officer attached to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SP-MAGTF-CR-AF). They were the military portion of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Department of Defenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to Ebola. As a mobile and self-sustaining task force, the task force is capable of responding to a range of crises. Public Affairs Officer 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon noted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The official request for forces dedicated to crisis response came in February 2013, and the Marine Corps established the force in March of the same year. As part of the Department of Defenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continuing effort to improve its crisis response capability around the world, SP-MAGTF-CR-AF developed into the force we see today.â&#x20AC;? Tan was â&#x20AC;&#x153;thrilled and excitedâ&#x20AC;? to jump on board to go to Liberia and joined with other Marines in Spain, where the task force is based. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t send an air squadron out by itself,â&#x20AC;? said Tan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We send a logistical element, combat engineers and infantry types. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a complete system. No other service does it like the Marine Corps.â&#x20AC;? Once he and his brothers were told to go, it took less than 40 hours to get there. Two days later, planes were flying missions in support of Operation United Assistance. Their goal was to build Ebola treatment units. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to isolate infected people and give them treatment while keeping them from infecting their families or infecting other people,â&#x20AC;? stated Tan. Spreading awareness was also part of the plan. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always â&#x20AC;&#x153;that hitch,â&#x20AC;? well stated by former Secretary of State Colin Powell: â&#x20AC;&#x153;No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.â&#x20AC;?

Tan confirmed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spend hours describing how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do things â&#x20AC;&#x201D; talking through the possibilities and contingencies, and (then) something always happens. You have to jump in feet first and adapt, and come up with a good way to execute once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there and have information. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure what we were walking into. Part of my job was telling the commander and informing the Marines about what threats were out there. In this case, the threat was Ebola.â&#x20AC;? Growing up in Duluth, Ga., Tan was greatly influenced by his maternal grandfather, who served as a Marine in World War II. Tan was selected for the Naval Academy, and graduated majoring in English. He joined the Marine Corps because of its â&#x20AC;&#x153;distinct mission.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone works together to get that rifleman into that last 300-500 yards where he can do his job and defeat the enemies of the United States. That â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;onenessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of goal is refreshing, and I like it.â&#x20AC;? Tan was picked for Marine Corps Intelligence School in Virginia Beach to study radar theory, aerodynamics, infrared guided

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The Marines in Liberia in November 2014 sprayed their boots with bleach water to kill the Ebola virus and avoid contaminating other areas. Photo by David A. missiles, and electronic war- Tan, USMC. fare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the baseline knowledge set aviation intelligence officers have to have in order to do their job,â&#x20AC;? said Right: First Lieutenant Tan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You also have to know David A. Tan in Liberia. how to function in the Photo courtesy U.S. world of intelligence, which has its own cycle and own Marine Corps. way of working.â&#x20AC;? At the lieutenant level, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the intelligence guy for all members of very dangerous and potentiala squadron â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about 12 air- ly lethal disease in a lot of craft. ways.â&#x20AC;? In a conflict like AfIn isolated parts of Libeghanistan, the aircraft ria, Tan said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t squadron commander relies necessarily comprehend germ on Tan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have the time and theory or understand how access to a variety of differ- things spread or even know ent systems we use in the in- what Ebola is. A non-governtelligence community to in- mental humanitarian group form and help the com- was chased out of a village mander make decisions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they were helping, because the help get him what he needs local shaman thought they to know to be safe in his job. were bringing a curse of Ebola With Intel, everyone talks to on them.â&#x20AC;? everybody â&#x20AC;Ś (I) really get to But generally, said Tan, see a lot of their world that â&#x20AC;&#x153;people are so nice.â&#x20AC;? Although way. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great experience.â&#x20AC;? instructed to limit interaction Tan saw Liberia from an with the populace, it was imOsprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft possible not to engage with that he described as faster the local drivers and security than a conventional helicop- guards protecting the comter. Able to exploit his love pound. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were really posifor photography, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tive, excited people.â&#x20AC;? took pictures of landing Tan had studied up on Lizones or places we could go, beria, and said that Liberians so when other pilots went â&#x20AC;&#x153;see themselves as a close ally in, they would know what to the United States. They the place looked like. I com- learn American history. They piled that into packets with can name most of the states.â&#x20AC;? other resources.â&#x20AC;? Problems helping these The Marines lived in people at risk stemmed from Monrovia, hardest hit by the local funeral issues, where peodisease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The striking thing ple would wash the body of was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it was mostly busi- the deceased and care for ness as usual, except there them in the traditional way. was literally a transforma- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, (Marines) did not tion In Liberian culture be- partake in that, so that was a cause of the disease. There huge mitigating factor in keepwere hand-washing stations ing us from getting it,â&#x20AC;? said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a little bleach or chlorine Tan. water â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in buckets outside On the Marinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; way out, every building. Even regular there was a very extensive prohouses had hand-washing cess to clean all their gear, stations, and people no lon- spraying bleach water on evger shook hands. They had erything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The airplanes were adapted to the presence of a washed down inside and out,â&#x20AC;?

added Tan. The 100 troops were flown to Baumholder, Germany, in December 2014, and there designated into a 21-day â&#x20AC;&#x153;controlled monitoring,â&#x20AC;? before returning to Spain. (All graduated with â&#x20AC;&#x153;wellness,â&#x20AC;? Tan said.) Tan didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind confinement in the dorm-like setting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a gym and Internet, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all I needed to stay busy.â&#x20AC;? Tan described whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardest for him: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not an operator in the sense that I go out and grapple with the enemy. My job keeps me some distance away from all that. The real heroes are the guys on the ground, holding the line. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the guy left in the tent making sure everything is safe, watching the reports and keeping up with whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on.â&#x20AC;? Marine 1st Lt. David A. Tan said responding to crises is â&#x20AC;&#x153;what we were built for.â&#x20AC;? His greatest reward is â&#x20AC;&#x153;seeing things done.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;An organization like the Marine Corps has the potential to do so much, and it has the public investment of the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big deal. Being a useful person and contributing to that organization, making things better than they were when you got there, is important. â&#x20AC;&#x153;America has been good to me. The Marine Corps has been good to me. I have very few things to complain about.â&#x20AC;?

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Sonima Wellness Center Grand Opening A Grand Opening was held Feb. 4 for the Sonima Wellness Center in Encinitas. The event featured special guest Dr. Deepak Chopra, as well as a performance by Caroline Jones and a presentation by Stedman Graham. The Sonima Wellness Center offers â&#x20AC;&#x153;an all-inclusive approach to health and wellness with services unique to each individual. Located at 575 S. Coast Highway in Encinitas, the newly designed facility features a state-of-the-art juice bar with a hydraulic cold press juicer and group fitness classes, including Yoga, Meditation, Sonima Bootcamps and more. I In addition to the core programs, the center also offers innovative and unique ancillary services such as community workshops, cooking demonstrations, Trigger Point Therapy, body composition analysis and one-on-one consultations with Sonima Health Coaches. For more information, visit www.sonima.com. Photos by Jon Clark.

Hosts Sonia Jone and Salima Ruffin with singer Caroline Jones Stedman Graham, Deepak Chopra

Ryan Bettencourt, Joy Houston, Monica Bettencourt

Eugene Ruffin

Greg Ruffin

Rachel George, Laurel Katay

Sonia Jones, Caroline Jones, Stedman Graham, Trista Thorp, Deepak Chopra, Salima Ruffin

Salima Ruffin, Sonia Jones, Joy Houston, Chef Jesus Gonzalez Jim Bunch, Teagan Bunch, Elizabeth Steen, Michele Bunch

Scott Himelstein, former Deputy California Secretary of Education Deepak Chopra

Singer-songwriter Caroline Jones Inna Parham, Carmen Blanco

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What’s going on around Encinitas this weekend and beyond These events take place in and around Encinitas this weekend. For details, visit http://bit.ly/1DjbuR4. • Concert: Joe Garrison and the Night People, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, Seaside Center for Spiritual Living, 1613 Lake St., Encinitas. Cost: $15, $12; http://www.seasidecenter.org; 760-753-5786. Composer/pianist Joe Garrison and his all-star mix of local Jazz legends. All original, creative, modern Jazz played by an All-Star band of 15 top musicians. Tickets: www.seasidecenter.org • Concert: South Coast Chamber Choir, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Freewill offering. Info: www.southcoastchamber. org A professional ensemble of 20 singers specializing in virtuoso choral repertory spanning all historical periods. The concert includes sacred and secular music across time and genres, including J.S. Bach’s “Jesu Meine Freude,” Monteverdi’s “Tirsi e Clori” and Frank Martin’s “Songs of Ariel,” from “The Tempest.” Info: www.southcoastchamber.org • Concert: Tribute to Paul Robeson by Michael Paul Smith, baritone; 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Seaside Center for Spiritual Living, 1613 Lake Drive. Freewill offering; http://www.seasidecenter.org; 760753-5786. This one-man show of songs, stories, and anecdotal narratives is inspired by the life and career of the great Paul Robeson. Smith’s glorious vocal gifts and stage presences are sublimely suited to portray this legendary American icon; http://www.seasidecenter.org (760) 753-5786. • Virtuosi Concert: Andrei Gavrilov, piano; 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Tickets: $25, $21; www.virtuosiusa.org; 858-207-6967. The legendary Russian pianist won first prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition at age 18. He has just completed a U.S. tour with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic; this is his only solo recital. He will perform Chopin’s Ballades No. 2 and 4, Scriabin’s Sonata in F sharp major, Rachmaninoff’s “Moment Musical” and “Preludes,” and Prokofiev’s “Suite from ‘Romeo and Juliet.’” • Wednesdays@Noon: Sonya Lee, piano, Melina Kalomas, narrator. Noon-12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; www.Encinitasca.gov/WedNoon, 760-633-2746. Lee, a graduate of The Juilliard School and a student of Emanuel Ax, plays piano in the grand Romantic tradition with flawless technique. Kalomas is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama and has performed with the Boston Opera. They will perform “Enoch Arden” by Richard Strauss. • Acoustic Showcase: Jeff Berkley; 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; 760-7537376 Berkley grew up in Southern California playing drums in alternative rock bands. After high school, he discovered the African djembe, which he combined with cymbals to create a barehanded style of percussion that is uniquely his own. • Family Concert, The Hutchins Consort: Aloha Means Love; 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; www.HutchinsConsort.org. The Consort is joined by Hawaiian Kahrooner Matthew Akiona in a celebration of Valentine’s Day.

• The Peter Pupping Quartet Valentine’s Concert, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Tickets: $25; http://www.guitarsounds. com/peter-pupping-band-valentine-concert-feb-14.html. Featuring many forms of Latin music, ranging from tender melodies to exciting rhythmic dances. The band will also perform hit songs by contemporary artists like Jack Johnson, James Taylor, the Beatles and more acoustic classics. The concert will explore a range of love songs and music that will make you want to dance. • Intrepid Gala, 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Green Dragon Tavern/Museum, 6115 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad. Cost: $75 single, $100 couple; http://www.showclix. com/event/3893390. Celebrate with Intrepid as it announces plans for the next five years of unforgettable theater-making! Enjoy champagne, passed hors d’oeuvres, musical theater entertainment, and an exciting live and silent auction with a peek into the future with fortune tellers, tarot card readers, and more! Dress fabulous and come ready for fun! • Tuesday Movie. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Fr ee. During an out-of-body experience, a young woman must decide whether to wake up and live a life different than she imagined. PG-13; 2014. County libraries can’t publicize titles of free screenings: Call 760753-7376, ext. 03 for info. • San Diego Shakespeare Society Monthly Open Reading: Pericles; 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; 760-753-7376. A series of fun open readings of scenes from Shakespeare’s “Pericles,” sponsored by the San Diego Shakespeare Society. Anyone can join in the reading or just come along to listen. • San Diego Italian Film Festival: “Il comandante e la cicogna,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, La Paloma Theatre, 471 S. Coast Highway 101. Tickets: $10, $8 (cash only); www.SanDiegoItalianFilmFestival. com A modern tale of contemporary Italy where a love story intertwined with family affairs collides with the materialism of our times. • Acrylic Painting with Barbara Roth; noon-3 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 12, 19, 26, March 5; San Marcos area. Cost: $100 plus $15 supply fee; Kate O’Brien at zelda1970@cox.net. Complete one 8-inch-by-10-inch painting in each meeting of this four-session workshop. Techniques that will be demonstrated include creating depth, designing a captivating composition, glazing and adding texture, and using the color wheel. Bring supplies or buy them from the teacher for a $15 supply fee. • Angela Jackson, “Blue Mind,” through Monday, Feb. 9; Encinitas Library Gallery, 540 Cornish Drive; www.angelajacksonartist.com; 760-753-7376. This exhibition of mixed media paintings uses acrylic paint and beeswax on canvas. The work is based on the ocean and its meditative and psychological healing qualities. • Grace Swanson, “From Vine to Design,” through Tuesday, Feb. 10; Encinitas Library Gallery, 540 Cornish Drive; www. GourdsByGrace.com; 760-753-7376. Gourds are carved, burned, sanded, dyed, painted, or embellished — all with natural materials such as pine needles, fos-

sils, glass, metal, feathers, and much more. Each piece of gourd art is one of a kind. • Pláticas de Vida /Talks About Life, Spanish Parenting Class with Elizabeth Pastrana, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 10 and Feb. 17. Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive; free; 760-753-7376. Pastrana is the founder and program director of My Balance. Topics include: child development, discipline topics, anger management, and school-related topics K-12. Classes are appropriate for parents with children of any age. • Free Lecture: “Pegasus Rising Project: Partnering Horses and Humans for Healing,” 1-2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, San Elijo Campus of MiraCosta College, 3333 Manchester Ave, Cardiff, room 201; lifesanellijo@gmail.com. Presented by Gary Adler, President and Director of Pegasus Rising. Del Baumgartner, Special Events Chairman of Pegasus Rising, will introduce Adler. • Discussion: “Grace for the Illness Journey: Walking a Wiser Path,” 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; 760-753-7376. With CSU Institute for Palliative Care. Today’s topic: “The New Face of Health Care, Be Prepared and Informed.” • Discussion: “We Declare World Peace,” 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; moonlightbeachdistrict@gmail.com. Hear a presentation about how Buddhist practice stands up to the test of time and influences society. Led by Eric Hauber, Ph.D. • Beginning Tai Chi. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; 760-753-7376. Tai chi is a slow, graceful dance-like form of exercise that builds strength in the deep stabilizers (postural muscles), the “mobilizers muscles” (mover muscles) and the proprioceptors through slow, purposeful movement. This class is taught by RN and acupuncturist Joy Bainbridge. • “Foods for Love Cooking Class” with Chassi Bell, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Free; 760-753-7376. Holistic health coach and chef Chassi demonstrates easy recipes and foods to boost your heart, health, and hormones. • Opening Reception: Tom Leedy, “Moments,” 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, Civic

Center Gallery, City Hall, 505 Vulcan Ave., Encinitas; free; www.tom@tomleedy. com; 760-633-2600. Working from photos, life and imagination, Leedy creates striking figurative paintings that distill moments in time, action and perception. Through March 12. • Opening Reception: Roxanna Maria, “Fanciful Figures,” 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Encinitas Community Center Gallery, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive. Free; www.roxannamaria.com; 760-943-2260. Roxanna Maria is a figurative artist who creates full-body sculptures in clay, polymer and papier-mâché, embellished with antique fabrics as well as modern pieces of metal jewelry and other textiles to bring the pieces to life. Through March 20. • Artist’s Reception, 3:30-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Off Track Gallery, 937 S. Coast Highway 101, Suite C-103, Encinitas. Free; 760-942-3636; www.OffTrackGallery.com. Enjoy wine and refreshments with a Valentine’s theme, meet the artists, and enter a free raffle for donated artwork; 10 percent off all art. If you purchase one of Jeffrey Sitcov’s photos, 18 percent of the sale will go to Photocharity. • Farm House Kitchen at The Farm, 10-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, 441 Saxony Road, Encinitas, free. Register/info: http://tarbuton.wordpress.com. Pre-Oscars and Jewish Film Festival Trailer Preview and Launch of North County Israel Cultural Group. Preview the trailers from the two Oscar Nominated Israeli Films for 2015, “Aya” and “Summer Vacation,” and several trailers of Israeli films in this year’s Jewish Film Festival. • Hands-on Activities for Families: Mosaic Art. Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, San Dieguito Heritage Museum, 450 Quail Gardens Drive; free; www.SDHeritage.org, 760-632-9711. Beans played a central role in the history of Encinitas, and many of the first families to arrive here were following dreams of agriculture. Learn more about our history while letting your inner bean-tastic artist free! • Super Smash Bros. Tournament, 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive; free; 760-753-7376. Pick your favorite character and brawl it out; only one will be crowned Champion. First prize wins a $100 gift card!

Essay contest to be part of Vereen awards Ben Vereen and Broadway/San Diego announce the inaugural Student Health Initiative Essay Contest as part of the 2015 Ben Vereen Awards High School Musical Theatre Competition. All San Diego County high school students are invited to enter and share their story, titled “The Moment I Changed My Life for the Better.” The focus will be on key topics of obesity, diabetes, low self-esteem or bullying, and can be submitted via a written or video essay. “I am so pleased to be working with Broadway/San Diego and the community on something that’s dear to my heart: helping our young people to change their life for the better through the performing arts,” says Vereen. “My hope is that the Inaugural Student Health Initiative Essay Contest will create a new path for them to find the theatre as a welcoming, nurturing, and supportive environment to excel in, and that these stories will in turn help others live a better life as a result of the arts.” Written and video essays can be submit-

ted by completing the entry form online. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 28. For details, rules and guidelines, visit the Student Health Initiative page at www.BenVereenAwards.com. Selected essays may be used to create a live musical theatre piece for presentation at the 2015 Ben Vereen Awards, to take place at 5 p.m. April 26 at the Balboa Theatre. Tickets are now on sale to the second Ben Vereen Awards San Diego Competition, where 20 student nominees will perform, and the top 10 will then compete in Tucson on May 24. The two top students from that competition go on to compete at The National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York this June. The two top national winners each will receive a $10,000 award towards a college scholarship. Tickets or the 2015 Ben Vereen Awards San Diego competition can be purchased online at www.BenVereenAwards.com or inperson at the San Diego Theatres Advance Ticket Sale Windows at 1100 Third Ave. at B Street, or by calling 858-570-1100 weekdays.

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BY MARSHA SUTTON T h e fourth meeting of San Dieguito Union High School Dis- Marsha Sutton trict’s “study group,” created to consider changes in high school boundaries, will meet Feb. 17. This meeting, as with the previous three, will be closed to the public. Illegally closed, I believe. All these meetings should have been open to the public, under California’s open meetings laws. So agrees Terry Francke, founder and general counsel for Californians Aware. CalAware (www.calaware.org) is a nonprofit, open government advocacy organization founded to help citizens and journalists understand their rights regarding the First Amendment, California’s open meeting Ralph M. Brown Act, and other laws ensuring transparency in government. “If the task force was created by the school board, then it must meet openly and with notice to the public,” Francke said in an email Jan. 26. Calling it a task force or a study group, or any other name for that matter, makes no difference. What matters is that the school board, composed of elected officials, authorized the creation of this committee. Although trustees did not take a formal vote, the board nonetheless clearly gave the go-ahead to staff to create the study group. According to the minutes from the June 19, 2014 meeting, “The board asked staff to form an ad hoc task force that would make a recommendation to the board” on the question of the district’s boundary policies. Whether a formal vote was taken or general assent was given, matters not. According to the law, the Brown Act applies to legislative bodies of local agencies and their subsidiaries, including boards, commissions, councils, committees, “or other bodies of a local agency that are created by charter, ordinance, resolution, or ‘normal action’ of a legislative body.” “This applies regardless of ‘temporary v. permanent’ and ‘advisory v. decisionmaking.’” Francke offered further

evidence that the district is in violation of the law regarding open meetings. In the 1993 California Frazer v. Dixon Unified School District case, which refers to section 54952 of the California education code, the issue was whether “the board ‘created’ the advisory committee by some type of ‘formal action.’” The prevailing legal opinion states that boards may create advisory committees (call them what you will) “to assist with ‘examination of facts and data,’ and that the mechanisms by which such advisory bodies are created will be equally varied. We must give that section a broad construction to prevent evasion.” [italics mine] The opinion further states that “adoption of a formal, written policy calling for appointment of a committee to advise the superintendent and, in turn, the board (with whom rests the final decision) … is sufficiently similar to the types of ‘formal action’ listed in section 54952.3.” The legal conclusion that applies in this case is that advisory committees are covered under the Brown Act, and to exclude the public from the meetings is in violation of Ed Code. Reluctant to speak openly Mike Grove, SDUHSD’s associate superintendent for educational services, said the study group is only making recommendations to the school board after reviewing and exploring all possible courses of action, and he justified the closed meetings because “no decisions are being made.” But, as stated before, advisory groups are to be regarded the same as decisionmaking. After my challenge, Grove consulted with lawyers who, not surprisingly, supported the district’s position that it has the right to keep the study group’s meetings closed. I’ve asked the district numerous times over the past week to provide written legal justification for this opinion, but have not received any as of press time. Grove said that opening up the meetings would inhibit the free flow of information and members would be reluctant to speak openly. “It would be difficult to have productive, honest conversations,” he said, and would bring a different dy-

namic with the press and public present. “It’s difficult to be productive when the press is there,” he added. To which I say, “Tough.” Transparency in government and open meetings are just so darned annoying and inconvenient. Opening the meetings may make group members uncomfortable, but that’s no excuse for breaking the law. As the law states, “The Brown Act embodies the philosophy that public agencies exist for the purpose of conducting public business, and the public has the right to know how its ‘collaborative decisions’ are being made.” Closing these meetings violates California’s Brown Act which guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in public meetings. Grove noted that the initial meetings provided members with background information and legal constraints concerning school boundaries, and subsequent meetings built upon the previous ones. So if parents come to one meeting without hearing an earlier one that detailed critical data that limited possible courses of action, he said they wouldn’t have the background needed to form viable opinions. That may be true. But it doesn’t outweigh the legal requirement to make the meetings public. Costly facilitator For more evidence that this committee was legitimately authorized by the school board, trustees at their Oct. 2, 2014 meeting formally approved a contract with consultant Leonard Steinberg at the rate of $350 per hour to facilitate the meetings. The contract, which is open-ended, was approved by a vote of 4 to 1, with board member John Salazar opposed. Salazar’s request to fellow board members to consider a cap on the facilitator costs was rejected. When he asked for a not-to-exceed amount, “they all said no,” Salazar said at the time. Grove said last week that Steinberg’s company has billed the district just over $12,000 for his work to date, to prepare for and facilitate the three meetings. He called Steinberg “productive and objective” See EDUCATION, page 20

It’s the leading cause of death among women, and it’s not breast cancer or any other type of cancer. It’s heart disease, and it takes the life of one woman in the United States every minute, according to the American Heart Association. Yet many women worry less about heart disease than cancer— even though nearly twice as many women die from heart disease than all forms of cancer combined. Women may underestimate their risk because of the common misconception that heart disease primarily affects men. While it is true that more men than women die from heart disease, the death rate among men has steadily declined during the past 25 years. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for women. In fact, women age 45 and older are more likely than men to die within a year of their first heart attack, according to the American Heart Association. So why does heart disease affect men and women differently? There are a number of reasons why heart disease affects the sexes differently, and we are learning more about them every day: • Hormones, especially estrogen, may play a role in protecting women from heart disease since a woman’s risk for heart disease increases after menopause. • Heart size and strength may be another factor. The right ventricle of the heart is responsible for pumping blood to the lungs to collect oxygen. If the right ventricle becomes weakened, the risk of heart problems increases. According to a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the right ventricle is smaller in women than in men, so it may be more vulnerable. • Research also tends to overlook gender differences. Women traditionally have been underrepresented in research studies, and cardiovascular clinical trials report sex-specific results only about 25 percent of the time. As a result, it can be challenging to determine how gender may influence results. Do women have different heart attack symptoms from men? Yes. Both men and women may feel chest pain or break out in a cold sweat during a heart attack, but that is where most of the similarities end. The differences are most evident in the symptoms leading up to the heart attack and women tend to have subtler symptoms. These may begin up to a month before a heart attack and include: • Fatigue or weakness

• Pain, pressure, or tightness in the center of the chest • Pain that spreads to the upper body, neck or jaw • Unusual sweating, nausea or vomiting • Sudden dizziness • Shortness of breath • Problems sleeping Because many of these symptoms can be associated with common illnesses such as the flu, women are more likely to brush them off or assume something less serious is going on. If you experience these symptoms, don’t ignore them. Play it safe and call 911. The sooner you get treatment, the greater the chances of recovery. How can women lower their risk of heart disease? From making smart lifestyle choices to working with their doctors, there are a number of steps women can take to reduce their risk. You hear a lot about eating a “heart-healthy” low-fat diet and managing your cholesterol levels, but what does that really mean? There are two types of cholesterol: LDL and HDL. • LDL stands for lowdensity lipoprotein and is the “bad” cholesterol that can clog your arteries and increase your risk of heart disease. Saturated fats like those in beef and full-fat dairy can increase LDL cholesterol, while polyunsaturated fats from plants like avocados and walnuts can help lower it. • HDL cholesterol, or high-density lipoprotein, is the “good” cholesterol that helps remove LDL cholesterol and protect the arteries. • Build your diet around foods that help keep HDL high and LDL low, and talk to your doctor about how often to have your cholesterol levels checked. Other helpful tips: • Exercise can also help lower LDL cholesterol and strengthen your heart. Aim to get about 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the week. • Obviously, avoid tobacco smoke. • Finally, partner with your physician. Follow his or her recommendations for diet, exercise and medications, if needed, to help ensure your heart is as healthy as possible. Paul Teirstein, M.D., is director of the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, opening in March on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, 9888 Genesee Ave. The public is invited to the free grand opening celebration from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 1. The event will feature free health screenings, refreshments and tours of the most advanced center for cardiovascular care on the West Coast. For information, visit www.scripps. org/grandopening. “To Your Health” is brought to you by Scripps Health. 1-800-SCRIPPS.

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South Coast Chamber Choir to perform at Encinitas Library Feb. 7 The South Coast Chamber Choir will perform on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Encinitas Library. The South Coast Chamber Choir is a professional ensemble of more than 20 singers specializing in virtuoso choral repertory spanning all historical periods. The program features four major works from the historical choral repertory by Renaissance Spanish composer, Cristobal Morales, Baroque composers, J.S. Bach and Claudio Monteverdi, and contemporary Swiss composer, Frank Martin. The works of the first three composers span important periods of time when choral composition was far more prominent than instrumental. A lighter portion of the program explores international folk song from Russian, Scotland, and France ending with a tour-deforce piece by Rossini. South Coast Chamber Concert was founded in the spring of 2012 as a pilot project by its founder and music director Gary McKercher who, for seven seasons, headed the San Diego Master Chorale. 201415 marks the SCCC’s first full season. With an emphasis on virtuoso ‘a cappella’ choral repertoire from the 16th century to the present, SCCC has performed some of the most challenging works of Max Reger, Claudio Monteverdi, J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Bela Bartok, and Rudolf Escher among others. “I have been wanting to bring my ensemble to North County for some time, as there are rewarding new arts venues emerging,” McKercher said. “Encinitas Library is one of these and we are excited to be making our debut.” McKercher, a native of the rural upper Midwest, initially came to Southern Califor-

nia in the early 1970s to pursue a singing career and later, an advanced degree in choral music at California State University, Fullerton studying with choral legend, Howard Swan. After a first college position in Nebraska, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Southern California while performing as a professional choral singer and soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, William Hall Chorale, Carmel Bach Festival, and John Biggs Consort. During doctoral studies, he conducted the celebrated ‘Music at Immanuel’ concert series at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles. For twenty-one years he held university choral conducting positions in Nebraska, California, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Kentucky. For the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Nova Orchestra, and San Diego Opera and at other career venues, he prepared major choral scores for conductors and composers Aaron Copland, Jahja Ling, Nicolas McGegan, Marvin Hamlisch, Jung-Ho Pak, John Nelson, Ken-David Masur, Massimo Zanetti, Karel Husa, Jean Berger, Matthew Garbutt, and notably, “Water Passion According of St. Matthew” and “The Fiery Furnace for composers Tan Dun and Daniel Kellogg respectively. In advance of assuming the post with San Diego Master Chorale in 2007, he founded and for 10 years conducted the Wisconsin Chamber Choir based in Madison, Wisconsin which gained a reputation for beauty of tone, technical precision, and creative programming. The Encinitas Library is located at 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas, 92024. Freewill offering. Visit www.southcoastchamberchoir. org.

EDUCATION continued from page 19 and said it was good to have him lead this effort. Grove said the decision was made to select an outside consultant to do the work rather than use someone from inside the district, to avoid the appearance that the district would be controlling the process and come to a predetermined conclusion. But the district traded one potential misperception for another, very real one – widespread, valid objections over the high-priced contract and the amount of taxpayer money being spent on the facilitator. Paying big bucks for someone to lead a task force might be more palatable if the purpose of the group was to explore options for something so complicated and impossible to sort out that no board member or staff administrator could wrap their heads around it. But this is not one of those issues. When demand for a school exceeds supply and a lottery system is used that does not offer preferential status to kids who live close to the school, the obvious solution is to give first priority to students within a certain geographic radius so they can attend their neighborhood school if they choose to do so. If more seats are available after that, then it’s open to the entire district via a lottery. Recommendation to the board, and done. Salazar supported this approach and opposed the formation of a task force, but district staff and the board decided instead to create this cumbersome 43-member committee to study the issue – a move that has delayed for one full year any change in current policy. And then district staff decided to close the meetings to the public. This is a highly contentious and emotionally charged issue, with hundreds of parents anxious about the deliberations. Discussions should not be kept secret. There have already been three illegally held meetings. Let’s not see a fourth. Marsha Sutton can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.

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read them and consider the underlying metaphor — if you wrap them in a ripping yarn. Fantastical storytelling is our oldest form of writing. Even “Hamlet” is a ghost story. • You moved here a little over a year ago, which seems like the perfect place for you, because San Diego is the home of Comic-Con! Have you gotten to attend? I was a guest at San Diego Comic-Con last year and will be again this year. It was a blast. I’ve done the New York Comic-Con several times, and although that matches SDCC in terms of attendance, San Diego has a different feel. Much more fun, less aggressive, and spread out enough so you can catch your breath. I had a terrific time. I was hosted by IDW Comics, a San Diego-based comic company that is now the fourth largest in the world. • What’s the one best piece of advice you would give an aspiring writer? Learn everything you can about your craft; and learn everything you can about the publishing industry. Do those two things and you’ll be way ahead of the pack. And another thing: Have fun. Even if it’s hard work, have fun with it. Always. To learn more about the projects that are keeping Maberry busy this year, visit www. jonathanmaberry.com. The CCA Writers’ Conference will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 21 at Canyon Crest Academy, 5951 Village Center Loop Road, San Diego. Students can learn more about the conference and register at http://ccawritersconference2015.weebly.com/

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and effective communication … which does not mean text messaging. It means making sure that we all understand one another. We also need to teach them gratitude and empathy. Gratitude is teaching them to be thankful for what they have, and empathy is teaching them to be able to forgive themselves for the mistakes that they will make and, in doing so empowering them to forgive others. What three things can both parents and executives learn from the best coaches? Strategy, discipline, and understanding. They need to understand all of the underlying Key Elements to these Principles as spelled out in “Connected To Goodness” in order to manifest or attract everything they desire in life to be happy. How do you define success? Quite simply, success is happiness. I look at my journey as “successive events” … there are no successes or failures. Everything will come in the right way at the perfect time, but our main mission needs to be staying focused on connecting to goodness and being happy. Who is your personal hero? Why? Despite being surrounded by Hall of Famers such as Warren Moon, Troy Aikman and Steve Young, my personal hero is my mother. She empowered me with gratitude and empathy, and no one else has believed in me or sacrificed more for me than my mom … and she loves the San Diego U-T, so I know she’s reading this. Hi, Mom. Thank you and I love you! What do you hope readers take away from “Connected to Goodness”? I hope they come away with a pragmatic approach to look at faith and fact … a simple way to first prioritize and then manifest or attract everything they desire or want in life accurately and rapidly. I hope they’ll be able to turn possibilities into probabilities and then make this their perspective or realities. Antoinette Kuritz and Jared Kuritz are the team behind STRATEGIES Public Relations and the La Jolla Writer’s Conference (www.lajollawritersconference.com).

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‘Hearts, Hats, Heels’ fundraiser to show love for former racehorses BY KELLEY CARLSON Ex-racehorses will be getting extra love this year, thanks to a Valentine’s charity fundraiser planned in Rancho Santa Fe. Proceeds from the third annual “Hearts, Hats and Heels” will benefit After the Finish Line, a Toluca Lake-based group that assists in the rehabilitation and care of former racehorses until they are adopted, saving them from slaughter and neglect. “Hearts, Hats and Heels” — which consists of a fashion show, a luncheon, and silent and live auctions — is slated from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, 5827 Via de La Cumbre. Founded in October 2007 by Dawn Mellen, who has a home in Rancho Santa Fe, After the Finish Line contributes funds to thoroughbred rescue and retirement organizations across the country. In 2014, the nonprofit spent nearly $100,000 helping about 300 horses. “After the Finish Line continues to be the founding organization rescue organizations call upon and rely upon to help their rescued ex-racehorses,” Mellen said. Through charity events, “we’re able to maintain our ability to help horses in need,” she said. Mellen noted that people in the community may have previously attended one of After the Finish Line’s fundraisers during the Del Mar race meet, but this is the first time the organization will benefit from “Hearts, Hats and Heels.” Those who attend this Valentine’s event will be treated to a day of glamour and shopping. A fashion show will feature clothing by local retailers Satori Designs, Jessie Georgina, Peaches En Regalia and Deja Vu Love Boutique. Tables will be set up for guests to buy apparel from these vendors, with items in varying price ranges. “There will be something for everyone,” Mellen said. She noted that After the Finish Line will receive 20 percent of the sales. Also, there will be silent and live auctions. Among the items up for bid are gift certificates and gift cards for restau-

Dawn Mellen is founder of After the Finish Line. A charity fundraiser is planned Feb. 12 for the group.

Alyrob, right, once a successful racehorse who competed in the Kentucky Derby, is one of many who have been helped by After the Finish Line.

rants, beauty and spa services, hair salons, fashion retailers and rounds of golf at local country clubs; equestrian and horse racing items; bottles of champagne (such as Dom Perignon); art; and jewelry. Lunch will also be served. The main dish is an Asian chicken salad with grilled chicken, pea pods, mandarin oranges, bean sprouts, crispy wontons and cashews; however, there will be options for vegetarians, Mellen said. The meal will wrap up with dessert.

The fundraiser’s format is free-flowing and unstructured, according to Mellen. Guests are welcome to bid on items during the fashion show, and peruse the boutique fashions at their own pace. “This is a very happy, leisurely, enjoyable type of event,” she said. Tickets are $75, available at www.afterthefinishline.org/fundraiser.htm. Mellen asks people to RSVP by Feb. 6. She noted that “Hearts, Hats and Heels” has sold out in previous years.

People who are unable to attend but still want to support After the Finish Line are welcome to donate, Mellen said. “I’m looking forward to expanding our donor base,” she said. “I look forward to meeting more people who want to support ex-racehorses, and meeting people who in the past didn’t know that we existed and want to come support us. “We’re here to save racehorses, and rehome (them) for a second career off the racetrack,” she emphasized. “Many (people) don’t realize the horses are up for adoption. “The horses are full of fire and race fast, but … they’re truly gentle, loving, wonderful companions that can be your best friends.” For information about “Hearts, Hats and Heels,” which is sponsored by FINE Magazine, or After the Finish Line, contact Dawn Mellen at dawn@afterthefinishline.org or 858945-1371.

‘A Letter to Wedgwood: The Life of Gabriella Hartstein Auspitz’ to be screened Feb. 10 at San Diego Jewish Festival •D ocumentary features moving true story of how a British politician helped a young Jewish girl BY KRISTINA HOUCK The story of how one San Diego woman survived the Holocaust will make its local film debut during the 25th anniversary of the San Diego Jewish Film Festival. “A Letter to Wedgwood: The Life of Gabriella Hartstein Auspitz” is the true story of how a progressive British politician became the protector of a young Jewish girl. “I wanted to tell a moving story that leaves the viewer with a least one or two new facts,” said Director Yale Strom. “Many people know quite a bit about the Holocaust, but there’s always something new to be learned. Even if we think we’ve seen, heard or read about the subject a zillion times, there’s always something new to be unearthed and understood.” Born in Budapest in 1914, Auspitz grew up in Mukachevo, a city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with a thriving, cosmopoli-

tan Jewish community, where secular Hungarian Jews co-existed with Hasidim and Zionists. With the end of World War I, the city became part of Czechoslovakia. Because Mukachevo was such an important center of Zionism, British Col. Josiah Wedgwood visited the city in 1922 to give a speech on why he and other Christian Zionists from England supported a plan to create the State of Israel. For the occasion, the Jewish community selected young Auspitz, whose maiden name is Hartstein, to present Wedgwood with flowers and a speech. Although she had memorized her speech, Auspitz, then an elementary school student, was overwhelmed and started to cry. Wedgwood picked her up and wiped away her tears. The connection she made with Wedgwood would later save her from the same fate

British Col. Josiah Wedgwood and Gabriella Hartstein Auspitz. Courtesy photos of most of her family. In 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismembered and Hungarian fascists allied with the Axis powers took over the Mukachevo area. Auspitz, at the time, was a teacher at the Hebrew gymnasium. As conditions worsened, she wrote to Wedgwood in an effort to save herself and her family. He sent her a British visa and, months later, sent another visa for her brother, who fought in the Czech Brigade of the British army. Auspitz’s sister, sister’s child and her parents died at Auschwitz.

Today, she lives in San Diego, having recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Using archival footage and photographs, Strom told Auspitz’s story in a 55-minute black-and-white film. He interviewed Auspitz in the summer of 2011 and edited the film the following year. “What was the challenge, and kind of the fun of it, was being able to create a moving story by using archival photography and archival footage,” said Strom, who as a violinist and composer, also wrote the music for the film. “You see life as it was.” Strom, who also lives in San Diego, met Auspitz through his father. David Strom had been working on memoirs and helped Auspitz organize her 2004 book, “My Righteous Gentile: Lord Wedgwood and Other Memories.” About five years after publishing the book, Auspitz contacted Strom, wanting to film a documentary. He agreed her tale would translate to film. “I hope viewers appreciate not only what the survivors went through, but how they were able to reconstitute their lives and really make something of themselves, going above and beyond,” Strom said. “A Letter to Wedgwood: The Life of Gabriella Hartstein Auspitz” will be screened at 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, located at 4126 Executive Drive in La Jolla. General admission tickets cost $13.75. Tickets for nonmember seniors and students cost $12.75. To purchase tickets, call 858-362-1348 or visit www.sdcjc.org/sdjff. For more about Strom and the film, visit www.yalestrom.com.

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Leucadia Boulevard intersection. Also, the Manchester Strawberry fields were exempted. Caltrans has proposed building a direct-access ramp and parking lot on part of the strawberry fields as part of plans for the Interstate 5 corridor. And, the grandfathered-in fields are zoned as residential, so nothing is preventing the property owners from putting low-density housing on the land. Shaffer said the fields aren’t suitable for the housing element’s high-density zoning, since they’re near the San Elijo Lagoon. And the Pacific View school site at 608 Third St. in downtown Encinitas was removed as a possibility. The city just spent $10 million acquiring the property to transform it into a public gathering space. The Pacific View site and the strawberry fields weren’t on the list of candidate housing element sites. However, some in the community fretted they’d be inserted, leading the council to exempt them alongside the other two. Because four parcels were taken off the table, the council will look at other sites to meet the housing element numbers. On that note, four landowners at the meeting expressed an interest in rezoning their property for the housing element. Council members said one such parcel, at 195 Quail Gardens Drive, could be a good spot for senior housing. The council directed city staff to review the viability of those sites, look at how many housing element units the parcels would potentially contribute and bring back that information at the Feb. 5 meeting. Also, staff was asked to review council deliberation during the Feb. 3 and put together a list of candidate sites for council consideration at the Feb. 5 meeting. The council voted 3-2 in favor of that motion from Deputy Mayor Catherine Blakespear. Blakespear said staff should rank the sites, with properties lacking consensus at the bottom. Mayor Kristin Gaspar and Councilman Mark Muir voted against the motion, but didn’t state their reasoning. City staff said the housing element is needed to provide diverse housing options for seniors and young professionals, a sentiment echoed by some public speakers. Those opposed said it’s based on faulty population projections and would hurt the city’s character.

OPEN HOUSES CARMEL VALLEY $469,000 2BR/2BA

12358 Carmel Country A108 Evelyn Edelstein / Coldwell Banker

$989,000 Lot/Land

Carmel Valley Rd. between Via Grimaldi & Portoﬁno

Chris Lin / Berkshire Hathaway

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

$1,249,000 5BR/4BA

13113 Winstanley Way Charles & Farryl Moore / Coldwell Banker

Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-395-7525

Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 619-261-7302

$1,295,000 - $1,348,000 10515 Gaylemont 4BR/3BA Amy Green / Coastal Premier Properties

Sat & Sun 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-342-3068

$1,298,000 4BR/3BA

13645 Winstanley Way Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Susan Meyers-Pyke / Coastal Premier Properties 858-395-4068

$1,499,000 5BR/4.5BA

13064 Sunset Point Place Charles & Farryl Moore / Coldwell Banker

Sat 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-395-7525

$1,549,000 5BR/5BA

4854 Bradshaw Court Charles & Farryl Moore / Coldwell Banker

Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-395-7525

$1,549,000 4BR/3.5BA

5444 Valerio Trail K. Ann Brizolis / Paciﬁc Sotheby’s Int’l Realty

Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-756-4382

$1,598,000 - $1,698,000 13476 Wyngate Place Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 4BR/4.5BA Susan Meyers-Pyke / Coastal Premier Properties 858-395-4068 $2,099,000 4BR/4.5BA

6505 Caminito Stella Jerry McCaw / Berkshire Hathaway

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units, you might have high turnover,” Murphy said. “Maybe you had different families living there that paid more than others. It’s then difficult to make that determination.” Murphy said AB 2222 came about in response to clusters of deed-restricted, low-income units being torn down in other cities to make way for density bonus developments. This resulted in a net loss of affordable housing. Former Councilwoman Teresa Barth said she would be disappointed if the city only takes deed-restricted properties into account when implementing the amended law. “If it’s only previously deed restricted, that’s not going to help a lot,” Barth said. “It’s within this new law to protect housing stock currently occupied by low and very low-income households.” She said density bonus developers scoping sites that aren’t deed restricted should be required to provide rental rates of the current housing occupants. That way, the city can determine whether a property is indeed affordable and needs to be replaced, she said. In a presentation to the San Diego Housing Federation last October, Barth said one reason density bonus is unpopular is that it sometimes results in a net loss of affordable units. Barth pointed to an older 11-unit development on Hermes Avenue that once had low-income/moderate rental rates, despite not being deed restricted. However, it was replaced by a density bonus project that included eight market rate homes at triple the rent, with one affordable unit that’s deed restricted. “Overall, you’re losing affordable housing,” she said.

AB 2222 also requires that affordable units within density bonus projects must be set aside for low-income individuals for 55 years, up from 30 years previously. Once 55 years pass, the amendment allows low-income units to be resold at market rate, with the city and seller splitting the resale equity value. On Jan. 30, Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer said she had yet to closely review the Planning Department’s memo. From an initial reading, Shaffer said she liked that the period of required affordability was extended. But she added allowing low-income units to be resold at market rate runs contrary to the spirit of the law. Shaffer added that in Encinitas density bonus means large developments that don’t fit the community character, while in other cities the law often complements mixed-use developments around transit stops. “They use it in a completely different way that actually results in low-income housing,” Shaffer said, adding planners from other cities are “shocked” to hear how it’s implemented in Encinitas. The council last summer sought to shrink the footprint of density bonus projects with a number of changes to city rules. One was to round down on a calculation to reduce the number of homes in a development. A lawsuit from the Build Industry Association of San Diego followed in October. It seeks to negate the city’s changes, arguing they unnecessarily hinder developers. The court hearing date hasn’t been set. AB 2222 took effect Jan. 1. The amendment doesn’t cover density bonus applications submitted or processed prior to that date.

$795,000 - $875,000 5BR/3BA

1634 Landquist Dr Sat & Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Susan Meyers-Pyke / Coastal Premier Properties 858-395-4068

$865,000 3BR/2BA

329 Rancho Santa Fe Rd. Gary Wildeson / Paciﬁc Sotheby's Int’l Realty

RANCHO SANTA FE

Sat 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-692-0242

RANCHO SANTA FE

$1,285,000 - $1,345,000 3945 Via Valle Verde 3BR/2BA Shannon Biszantz / Coldwell Banker

Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 619-417-4655

$1,600,000 - $1,800,876 16646 Sweet Leilani 4BR/4.5BA John Lefferdink / Berkshire Hathaway

Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 619-813-8222

$1,625,000 3BR/4.5BA

17014 San Antonio Rose Court

Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-361-5667

$1,647,500 4BR/4.5BA

8133 Twilight Point Way Jerry McCaw / Berkshire Hathaway

$2,200,000 4BR/3BA

17144 Via de la Valle Gary Wildeson / Paciﬁc Sotheby's Int’l Realty

Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-692-0242

$2,399,000 6BR/6.5BA

8195 Doug Hill Melissa Anderkin / Paciﬁc Sotheby's International

Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 760-213-9198

$2,995,000 4BR/4.5BA

17038 Mimosa Janet Lawless Christ / Coldwell Banker RSF

Sat 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-335-7700

$3,750,000 5BR/6.5BA

5940 Lago Lindo Sat 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Sun 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Jennifer J. Janzen-Botts / Paciﬁc Sotheby’s Int’l Realty 760-845-3303

$3,795,000 5BR/5.5BA

14296 Dalia Sun 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Becky Campbell / Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Cal 858-449-2027

$4,995,000 4BR/4.5BA

6550 Paseo Delicias Janet Lawless Christ / Coldwell Banker RSF

Laurie McClain / K. Ann Brizolis & Associates, Paciﬁc Sotheby’s Int’ Realty

SOLANA BEACH $1,075,000 3BR/2.5BA

Sat & Sun 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. 858-735-4000

Sat 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 858-335-7700

SOLANA BEACH 1112 Santa Ruﬁna Ct. Sat 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Sun 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Gracinda Maier / Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 858-395-2949

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