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June 27, 2014

High school district offers no guarantees, promises to explore options for wait-listed students

■ Artsy E Street Café closes.

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At the June 20 open house, artist Ryan Preece finished painting a 60-by-22-foot farm mural on the back of the gym. (Above) Donors will be recognized along the wall on the side of the gym. The new kitchen (below). PHOTOS/KRISTINA HOUCK

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito celebrates new kitchen at Encinitas branch ■ Local students learning the language of computer coding.

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Artist makes splash with mural at Leucadia shop.

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BY KRISTINA HOUCK For more than five years, children have learned how to lead healthier lives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito’s Center for a Healthy Lifestyle in Solana Beach.

Opened in April 2009, the yellow cottage features a teaching kitchen, classroom space and a garden, offering children’s afterschool programming and summer camps, as well as adult classes.

Because of the center’s success, the nonprofit is constructing a second center at the Griset Branch in Encinitas. The public was invited to tour the branch’s new kitchen during an open house June 20.

Completed June 18, the teaching kitchen features a refrigerator, oven, stovetop and hood, sink, cabinets and shelves, as well as classroom space.

“I have kids of my own, so it’s very important to me that we educate our children about making healthier choices,” said Chef Matthew Purnell, who serves nutritious dishes and teaches healthy cooking classes at the Solana Beach center. He was at the

seats at two of the San Dieguito Union High School District’s four high school campuses.

“It’s top of the page.

We’re on it,” said Superintendent Rick Schmitt, addressing parents whose children were denied admission to San Dieguito Academy this fall for lack of space.

The issue arose earlier this month, when parents of some of the 65 students wait-listed at San Dieguito See SCHOOL, PAGE 20

Council rejects study, moves forward with plastic bag ban

Encinitas branch to see the new kitchen, and he was thrilled with the results. “What I do and what the center does goes hand in hand. They’re all about teaching children, adults and the community about making healthier choices.”

To expand its programs, the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito opened a garden at its Del Mar Branch in May 2011, and another garden at its La Colonia Branch in

BY JARED WHITLOCK A split Encinitas City Council moved forward with a single-use plastic bag ban on June 25, rejecting a report stating the city would need to complete a costly environmental document to proceed.

As a result of a 3-2 vote, the council will give a final thumbs up or down to a bag ban later this summer.

“We are a coastal city that has an obligation to protect our environment,” Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz said.

The report from Rincon Consultants analyzed what would happen if a bag ban took effect in Encinitas.

It found to fill the void left by plastic, manufacturing additional reusable bags and cleaning them after use would generate a significant amount of greenhouse gases.

Consequently, to address the greenhouse gases, a $30,000 environmental impact report (EIR) is required, according to the Rincon report.

See KITCHEN, Page 18

See PLASTIC, Page 18

Watching the tracks

Encinitas-based Transit Enforcement Unit triples in size, boosting education and enforcement

BY JARED WHITLOCK Just north of Leucadia Boulevard and Coast Highway 101, a woman holding a Styrofoam cup of coffee moseyed east across the railroad tracks.

Sheriff’s deputy Dawn Morabe watched from inside her parked truck 75 yards away.

“This woman right here — she’s trespassing on the rail line,” Morabe said,

BY JOE TASH School district officials stressed Thursday, June 19, that no guarantees or promises were being made to students on the wait-list for the San Dieguito High School Academy regarding attendance at the school this fall.

But they did pledge to explore options to take in more students for the upcoming school year, while also forming a task force to seek long-term solutions to the problem of too many students seeking too few

pointing forward. “I could write her a citation, but that happens all day long.”

Instead, the situation called for issuing a warning — primarily to let the person know it’s easy to underestimate the speed of trains.

“Trains could be going anywhere from 50 to 90 miles per hour in the corridor,” Morabe said. “It’s an optical illusion — since they’re big objects, you

think they’re going slower than they actually are.”

Morabe is assigned to the Encinitas-based Sheriff’s Transit Services Unit, which handles everything from trespassers to vandals to railway fatalities.

Last year, the unit had two deputies. But thanks to a new contract with NCTD (North County Transit District), it now boasts five deputies and a sergeant.

And the expanded unit has additional duties: patrolling buses and transit centers.

But Morabe noted the See TRACKS, Page 23

Pedestrians illegally cross the tracks in Encinitas.

Currently, the Sheriff’s Transit Enforcement Unit only considers citations for more egregious violations.

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Former economist convicted of murder

Encinitas doctor, wife guilty of tax evasion

•Encinitas filmmaker shot over access-path dispute

BY KRISTINA DAVIS, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE An Encinitas physician and his wife were found guilty June 20 of a decade-long scheme to evade their taxes, using ploys such as filing false claims and creating a sham trust to hide the $1 million annual income earned from the medical practice.

After a two-week trial, a San Diego federal jury convicted Dr. James Francis Murphy and his wife, Denine Christine Murphy, of four counts each relating to making false claims and interfering with tax laws. The doctor was also convicted of four counts of presenting fictitious financial obligations.

“The Murphys have found out that the old adage is true: Nothing is certain but death, taxes and prosecution if you don’t pay your taxes,” U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said in a statement June 20.

James Murphy, 53, began to practice osteopathic medicine in Omaha, Neb., in 2000 and opened a satellite office in Encinitas in 2005, according to the website for Cornerstone Progressive Health. His wife, 51, works as a bookkeeper and helps manage the practice. The company’s trust earned $2.6 million from 2003 to 2005, but the couple paid only $600 in taxes, according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

When a U.S. Internal Revenue Service agent asked for more records for an audit, the couple responded in a letter by questioning her authority and argued against the government’s power to act, prosecutors said. The Murphys also falsely claimed at one point they were not U.S. citizens.

The agent informed them they owed more than $800,000 in taxes for that period, not including penalties.

When the couple tried to pay, they did so with fictitious bonds not recognized as currency, along with letters and a forged signature of then-Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, purporting that he was their fiduciary and was responsible for paying their taxes.

Then, from 2005 to 2007, the couple fraudulently claimed refunds of $1.2 million.

Prosecutors said the doctor also sent bogus forms that claimed to show the couple had paid their taxes.

This is Murphy’s second conviction in recent years. In 2008, he tried to bypass security screening at the San Diego International Airport, presenting a fake “diplomat/ambassador” badge and saying he had a diplomatic pouch that was not subject to search, court records show.

In 2012, Murphy filed a motion to have that conviction vacated. After that, prosecutors filed the tax evasion case against him, a move Murphy claims was “vindictive.” A judge disagreed.

The couple are set to be sentenced in September.

BY TERI FIGUEROA & DANA LITTLEFIELD, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE A former Soviet economist committed first-degree murder when he killed his Encinitas neighbor in March 2013, a Vista Superior Court jury found June 20.

Michael Vilkin, 62, who contended he shot filmmaker John Upton in self-defense, is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 27.

During the trial, Vilkin testified he had grown fearful of Upton, a filmmaker, after the two men locked horns over an access path on Vilkin’s 2.6-acre vacant property in Olivenhain. Upton was renting a home next to the undeveloped land and had access rights to the path.

The dispute centered on Vilkin’s trimming of trees along the path.

Deputy District Attorney David Uyar told the jury June 16 during his closing arguments that Vilkin plotted to kill Upton, but knew he would be a suspect, so he laid the groundwork for a “fabricated” self-defense claim.

Upton — who was shot to death a few hours after his mother died of cancer — gained attention in the 1990s for his attempts to rescue Romanian orphans.

Vilkin was charged with murder, but the jurors were asked to also consider a possible charge of manslaughter, if they first acquitted him of murder.

To reach a verdict of voluntary manslaughter, the jury could have found that Vilkin was provoked and that he killed the victim in the heat of passion. Alternately, the panel could have found that the shooting was “imperfect self-defense,” meaning the defendant honestly believed he was in imminent danger, even if that belief was un-

reasonable.

Defense attorney Richard Berkon had argued that Vilkin was in a “fight or flight situation” when he shot Upton.

Vilkin testified he saw his neighbor with a gun the morning of the encounter.

Upton was later found to have been unarmed. A cellphone was found near his body.

Vilkin said he reached out to sheriff’s deputies for help in the months before the shooting, and was twice told that the dispute was a civil matter.

A week before the killing, at Vilkin’s request, a deputy went to the property on Lone Jack Road to keep the peace while Vilkin cleared brush.

On March 28, 2013, Vilkin was watching the day laborers he’d hired to trim trees on the access path when Upton came outside about 9 a.m.

Upton spoke to the workers — one said his demeanor was “calm” and “normal” — then walked toward Vilkin.

The defendant testified that when Upton was about 10 feet away, he saw a gun in Upton’s hand. Vilkin pulled out a .44-caliber handgun and shot Upton, striking his abdomen. Vilkin said Upton took another step or two toward him, and Vilkin shot him in the head.

Vilkin called 911 and told the emergency dispatcher, “The neighbor assaulted me and I shot him.”

When Upton’s girlfriend came outside, Vilkin pointed the gun at or toward her and told her not to approach. For that act, the jury found him guilty of assault with a deadly weapon.

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A notice posted on the door stated the space, located in downtown Encinitas, will be converted into two separate offices for lease. And a sign on one of the windows read: “Thanks for the memories.�

George Gowland, who owns the Encinitas property, did not respond to requests for comment. Nor did Dominique Alcorn, the cafe’s owner.

Many associate the cafe with Bob Nanninga, a popular environmental activist, poet and Encinitas City Council candidate who died in 2009 of pneumonia.

Nanninga co-owned the cafĂŠ with partner Keith Shillington, who sold it not long after Nanninga’s passing. “We had a great time running a coffee house for five years,â€? Shillington said the morning of June 24. “When he passed away, I was no longer interested in the coffee house business. It’s come to the point where the coffee house is gone with him.â€?

Shillington added: “It was a beautiful coffee house and a beautiful place.�

He also said it’s regrettable the cafĂŠ, which frequently hosted poetry readings and art showings, will be converted into office space. “It’s a great space and someone who knows what they’re doing could make a great business there,â€? Shillington said. “I know — I did it for five years.â€?

Dody Crawford, executive director of Encinitas 101, a group whose mission includes preserving historical properties, said it’s a shame to see the cafÊ go. But it’s out of the hands of Encinitas 101, since it’s private property, Crawford noted.

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Christopher “Chip� Stockmeyer, 41, pleaded guilty in April in a Vista courtroom to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit-and-run for causing the March 28 death of Rachel Morrison, an Encinitas resident.

Witnesses said Morrison, 27, a UC San Diego doctorate student who was studying at the Scripps Oceanographic Institution, was walking eastbound when Stockmeyer ran a stop sign at Camino Del Mar and Coast Boulevard about 10:15 p.m. while speeding in his Audi A4.

Morrison’s friend, who was walking with her in the crosswalk, wasn’t hurt.

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Cardiff beer-tasting room wins approval •But Planning Commission divided on midnight closing

BY JARED WHITLOCK Encinitas planning commissioners unanimously supported Port Brewing Co.’s bid to open a beer-tasting room at Cardiff Town Center during the June 19 meeting.

But they disagreed on a closing time for Monday through Thursday nights.

Eventually, the commission voted 3-2 to let Port Brewing keep the lights on until midnight throughout the week, with the two commissioners who were opposed favoring 10 p.m. closings on weeknights.

Commissioner Anthony Brandenburg said the 1,300-square-foot location would attract those looking for high-end beer, and not late-night drinkers. He added surrounding establishments are open until at least midnight, so it’s unfair to single out Port Brewing.

“Denying midnight just makes no sense,” Brandenburg said. “Two blocks away, until 2 o’clock in the morning, you can go to 7-Eleven and get all the beer you want.”

Devon Ponds, Port Brewing’s financial manager, said the location is comparable to a wine bar. People would primarily order four-ounce tasters, decide which beer they like and then buy bottles for home.

Port Brewing has a brewery in San Marcos, and the Cardiff tasting room would operate under the same liquor license. Consequently, since any problems at the Cardiff location could affect the brewery, Ponds said the company has extra motivation to be a good neighbor.

He added Port Brewing is actively discouraging beer tour buses from visiting the tasting room.

“We understand the issues that could cause the community,” he said.

Vice Planning Chair Glenn O’Grady said he has no problem with the tasting room staying open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. However, he said beertasting rooms typically close at 9 p.m. and later hours could invite noise during weeknights.

He added that 10 p.m. is a more reasonable time.

Commissioner Ruben Flores seconded his thoughts, adding that nearby restaurants close earlier than midnight, and having only alcohol available in the immediate area might create problems.

Commissioner JoAnn Shannon said the tasting room isn’t next to homes, making it conducive to later hours.

Besides four-ounce tasters, the room will also serve 16-ounce pints.

Planning Chair Kurt Groseclose said customers would probably choose pints over tasters as the day goes on. He added that’s not necessarily a reason to deny the tasting room — just something to be aware of.

“I want us to go into this thing with eyes wide open,” he said.

Ultimately, Groseclose voted in favor of a later closing time throughout the week, although he didn’t elaborate on the reason.

A Planning Commission vote last February paved the way for the tasting room.

New beer bars aren’t explicitly allowed in Cardiff. But the commission decided the tasting room is comparable to a wine bar, which is permitted in the Cardiff Specific Plan.

At the February meeting, a representative from the Encinitas Citizens Committee, a group that has sought tougher restrictions on bars, said the tasting room would generate noise and traffic.

However, during the June 19 meeting, five public speakers supported the location.

Cardiff resident Bill Rodewalt said the tasting room would save him from having to drive to San Marcos to fill his growler (a glass or ceramic jug used to transport draft beer).

“I’m 100 percent in support of this,” he said.

Live music and food won’t be allowed at the location, according to the permit the Planning Commission approved.

If the commission ruling isn’t appealed to the City Council, the beer tasting room is cleared to open. It would take a vacant spot next to East Coast Pizza.

Del Mar to host Breeders’ Cup in 2017

BY CITY NEWS SERVICE The Breeders’ Cup World Championship will be held in Del Mar in 2017 for the first time in the races’ 30-year history, it was announced June 24.

The prestigious thoroughbred races will also be held for the first time at Keeneland Race Cour-se in Lexington, Ky., next year. In 2016, the races will return to this year’s location, Santa Anita Park in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia, Breeders’ Cup officials said.

Del Mar is set to host the event Nov. 3-4, 2017, pending state approval, according to racing officials.

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Local students learning the language of computer coding

BY JARED WHITLOCK In a classroom at Capri Elementary, fifth-grader Mika Ellison punched in commands on a laptop and watched the result: A pink ice cream cone appeared on the screen.

Ellison and other students in the classroom were using JavaScript, which is at the heart of most web browsers.

“It’s not that hard once you get the hang of it,” Ellison said.

All K-6 students at Capri learn computer coding for 30 minutes each week, an initiative that launched this past fall.

Recently, districts across the nation have joined a national push to teach coding, reasoning it’s a skill that will be required for most jobs in the future.

Capri is the first to take up coding in the Encinitas Union School District, and is among the early adopters across the country.

“Thinking about it, so many fields use coding, from biotech to agriculture,” said Barbara Lamb, Capri’s coding instructor. “Even if they don’t go into a field that demands coding, it teaches them logic; it teaches them problem-solving.”

She added: “It’s teaching another language.”

To learn new concepts, students first watch a tutorial video, and if they can’t figure it out by trial and error, Lamb is there to help.

By next year, the goal is for fourth- through sixthgraders to develop educational games for K-3 with Scratch, a programming lan-

Fifth-graders Cristian Tlatempa (left) and Lucas Ek learn how to write code in a Capri Elementary classroom. Capri Elementary is an early adopter in a national push to teach elementary students how to write computer code. Photo by Jared Whitlock guage developed by MIT. Sixth-grader Zach Brown is a bit ahead of his peers in this regard.

Brown, who has completed programming camps and codes as a hobby, developed his own game in which the goal is to move past objects without getting hit.

“Some of my friends do this — it’s really fun to build something,” he said.

For younger students, the lessons don’t involve raw computer language. They use pre-built code. So they click on directions like “move right” to navigate characters through a maze, for instance.

Yet it’s more complicated than that. If the maze includes redundant steps, savvy students will click on “repeat directions” or other functions to speed up the process.

To prepare students to write code, at the beginning of the year Lamb asked for directions in making a peanut butter sandwich and simply walking to the end of the room.

“They would tell me to unscrew the jar,” Lamb said.

“I’d ask them: ‘Which way I should turn?’

“Students learn all the inputs that go into a process and the fastest way to accomplish something by coding,” she added.

Capri Principal Laura Philyaw, who spearheaded the coding initiative, said students are learning how to contribute to technology, rather than just use it.

“We want them to contribute to the world around us,” Philyaw said.

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Encinitas gearing up for housing element outreach

BY JARED WHITLOCK The city of Encinitas will soon roll out community workshops and an online forum to collect input for its housing element.

The goal is to put the housing element — a map listing locations throughout the city that can accommodate state-mandated housing — to a public vote in 2016.

During the workshops and virtual town hall meetings, residents will be asked to identify where units could be located in their respective communities.

As a starting point of conversation, the public will be presented with maps of candidate sites throughout the city, which are based on recommendations from three groups made up of citizen and business representatives.

To get the word out about chances to weigh in, the city will send out a mailer and engage residents online.

The City Council received an overview of the housing element’s next steps. In addition, the council directed staff to rewrite outreach materials at the June 18 meeting.

After reviewing a draft of the outreach language, the council agreed it should be more in-depth, but in a way that avoids land-use planning jargon.

“We need to make sure it’s in simple English that a non-planner can relate to,” Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer said.

City planner Manjeet Ranu said the aim is to communicate that the housing element “can be more than a mandate.” He noted that completing the element would make Encinitas eligible for more grants, for instance.

The housing element aims to provide low-income units.

However, two public speakers pointed out the units could be sold at market rate. That’s because the department of Housing and Community Development requires only that properties be zoned for higher density, not necessarily that the housing is affordable.

communities, and there will Shaffer said the city be a citywide meeting on should reserve the units for the topic. Feedback will also low-income residents when be collected through Peak possible. But she noted Democracy, a virtual town there are limitations: State hall service for which Enlaw says the housing projcinitas recently signed up. ects must still be feasible How many units will for developers. residents have to plan for?

“It’s going to be imporCity staff members have said tant to get the community this could depend on the apbuy-in to show this really proach. will generate affordable One idea is to “plan up, units, not just market not out,” which entails raisunits,” Shaffer said. ing the 30-foot building Shaffer went on to say height limit by three feet in the housing element parts of the city. Such an opshould take traffic and othtion would require penciling er factors into account. Resout an estimated 670 units. idents largely opposed the Another potential apfirst housing element draft As a starting point for conversation, residents will be proach — “plan out, not up” on the grounds of potential presented with maps showing where state-mandated — would keep the city’s congestion on El Camino housing could be located in Encinitas’ five height cap, with 1,000 units Real, she noted. communities. Image courtesy of the city of Encinitas. needed.

Councilman Mark But several public speakers at the June 18 meeting Muir asked city staff to include a flow chart with the outreach materials. That way, residents know what to ex- said the city should investigate alternatives that don’t require building additional units. pect next.

Resident Sheila Cameron said the city needs to take Dates haven’t been set for the workshops and online forums, but they will probably take place in late July or a harder look at amnesty for “accessory units” — illegal dwellings behind or attached to homes — because they early August.

From there, the input will go to the Planning Com- are a source of affordable housing.

Planning Director Jeff Murphy said it’s unknown mission and council for consideration. Then the council would select a final housing element map and possibly how many accessory units exist, but it’s unlikely they could fulfill the housing element numbers on their own. an alternative for voter consideration.

It would take about a year for city staff to complete In the next few months, the council will be presented the necessary environmental documents to then place with options for including the units, Murphy noted. the housing element on the ballot.

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City seeks grants to study rising sea levels Officials renew warnings of rip currents

BY JARED WHITLOCK Combating sea level rise recently became more of a priority in Encinitas.

The council unanimously directed staff at the June 18 meeting to apply for a total of $500,000 in grant funding that would map out areas vulnerable to sea level rise and investigate potential solutions such as dune restoration.

Katherine Weldon, the city’s shoreline preservation manager, said coastal erosion has been a problem since the 1980s. When beaches are parched, large storms damage roads and homes.

Because of sand replenishment projects over the past 15 years, the beaches are in pretty good shape right now, she noted. However, she added, rising sea levels pose a threat over the long term.

Weldon cited a 2012 study from the National Resource Council that found sea levels in California are expected to rise 3 feet over the next century. The combination of sea level rise and periodic El Nino events holds the potential to be “very destructive,� she said.

The city will pursue $250,000 in grant funding from the California Ocean Protection Council. If awarded, the grant would map local roads, sewage treatment plants and other pieces of infrastructure that would be affected by higher sea levels.

Building on that, the grant would illuminate adaptation strategies.

The city is also trying to secure $250,000 from the Coastal Conservancy Climate Ready Grant Program to look at natural or “green� solutions to absorb wave energy, such as dune restoration or oyster beds.

Councilwoman Teresa Barth said the grant applications should specify the need to also look at potential impacts to coastal agriculture. “The situation with the inundation — it’s not just that water comes up and sits there,�

Barth said. “It’s salt water — and that destroys agriculture.�

The city has a 50-year plan to regularly replenish beaches, a key factor in staving off sea level rise. However, the project recently missed a federal funding deadline, and the city won’t have the chance to reapply for at least two years.

In the meantime, Encinitas plans to expand a program that places local sand from construction projects and excavated lagoons on beaches.

The council approved an environmental analysis of the local sand project at the June 18 meeting, though it asked the Environmental Commission to also review the document in the future.

Zoonitas Extravaganza Exhibition to benefit Humane Society Seventeen local artists will “join paws� to help the animal victims of domestic violence during the Zoonitas Extravaganza Exhibition benefiting the Animal Safehouse Program at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society. An opening reception will be held from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Encinitas Library Gallery at 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas.

For more about Zoonitas, call 760-519-1551 or visit zooinitas.zohosites.com.

For more about the Animal Safehouse Program at Rancho Coastal Humane Society, visit the shelter at 389 Requeza St. in Encinitas, call 760-753-6413, or visit www.sdpets.org.

as summer visitors flock to beaches

BY ROB LEDONNE As summer beach season gets into full swing and more people than ever are crowding the idyllic shores of North County, officials are sounding the alarm again on the risk of rip currents — a dangerous and everpresent phenomenon that can strike without warning and drown unsuspecting swimmers.

Authorities must also deal with public misunderstanding about what rip currents are, where they are found, and what to do if they get caught in one.

Steve Harrison, a forecaster of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s San Diego office, is one of many who try to get the word out on a daily basis. “If you find yourself in a rip current, you’re going to know it,� he explained. “If you’re out on the surf and try to make it back to the shore, you’d be struggling, getting exhausted and not making much headway.

That’s when you know you’re in a rip current.�

Most recently, Bacilio Manuel-Tomas, 39, and his nephew, Geraldo Cruz-Manuel, 17, found themselves in one while swimming at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas.

Though they were rescued, Cruz-Manuel died of his injuries on June 2 and ManuelTomas passed away June 14.

Rip currents occur when water piles up on the beach with nowhere to go except back out to sea. “Usually when you have larger surf, you’ll get stronger rip currents.

However, the danger still exists in small surf as well,� said Harrison, citing one mistaken idea people have about rip currents. “That’s when people let their guard down. “When you have surf of 2 to 4 feet, you’re going to get a lot of people in the wa-

ter, and those are the days people usually get caught in them. When the waters are visibly choppy, (fewer) people are caught because they know to stay away.�

Rip currents come in various forms.

One kind can be created if there’s a dip in a sandbar; it occurs when water rushes out of a hole in the sandbar and into the ocean.

Another is formed when lateral currents converge between breaking waves, and yet another can strike along piers or jetties.

Says Harrison, “Recognizing places where rip currents typically form is the most important.�

While there’s no exact way to know in advance when a rip current will form, Harrison says that sometimes you can tell by just looking at the shore. “If you see breaking waves to both sides of you and in the middle there are no waves or foamy water — that’s an indication. Also, if you see brownish-looking water flowing back to sea, that’s a rip current.�

If swimmers are caught in a rip current, the most important thing is not to panic, but to swim parallel to the shore, towards calm water. “You’ll want to swim to the side, at an angle,� says Harrison. “Once you get out of it, that’s when you’ll be able to swim towards the shore.�

Overall, he stresses swimming only on lifeguard-protected beaches and checking with them to see whether rip currents are in evidence that day. “When you’re at a lifeguard-protected beach, your chances of drowning are reduced substantially.�

And for everyone who calls rip currents “rip tides�? Think again, he says. “A rip tide is a misnomer. I’m not really sure where that term came from.�

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Artist makes splash with mural at Leucadia shop

BY JARED WHITLOCK Cars passing by on Coast Highway 101 honked. Pedestrians stopped and gazed.

Some shouted out words of encouragement.

Those were just a few of the reactions to artist Skye Walker standing atop a lift and painting a supersize mural on a Royal Liquor Store wall in Leucadia this past week.

Surrounded by buckets of paint and splotched with an array of colors, Walker explained the inspiration behind the piece — titled “Remember California” — while finishing it up the afternoon of June 23.

“It’s an ode to Mother Nature, Southern California and the ocean — all the things that everybody loves around here,” he said.

Walker, who lives in Cardiff, based the mural on a painting he created about six years ago. By comparison, the mural will attract more eyeballs, he said.

“Murals are exciting in that way,” he said. “It’s different than a painting hanging up in your house and only friends and family seeing it.”

Even before beginning the piece, Walker had quite a few murals under his belt, including one inside Café Ipe. A long-time graphic designer and commercial artist, he started painting public murals a couple of years ago, and he’s been hooked since.

“You can bring art to public spaces and engage people in a different way,” he said.

“Being a designer is fun, but when you’re in an office on your computer, you’re limited with your interactions. It’s the beauty of a mural — people walk or drive by and honk their horn because they’re so excited.”

He said reaction has been positive so far.

“That’s great — you don’t want people walking by and going, ‘That’s not good!’ or, ‘You’re putting that up there?’”

Jax Meyers, the founder of Paint Encini-

tas, a new group dedicated to inspiring murals across the city, pitched the idea to Royal Liquor. And it just so happened the shop wanted to spruce up its exterior.

“Sometimes, businesses have thought about murals, but never purSkye Walker sued it,” Walker said. “Other times, they’ve never thought about it, but like the idea.”

That’s why Paint Encinitas is important, he added.

On June 20, Walker began by scrubbing the barren northern wall. Then he dove into painting, spending as many as 15 hours a day out there.

“That’s setup time included, but a solid 12 hours of painting at least,” he said. “It’s worth it to get all the details and make it look right.”

He admitted that exhaustion had set in by the morning of June 23.

“I was thinking, ‘OK, how can I pull this together?’” he said. “I started the outline work and it popped. I got reignited.”

A public unveiling will be held at noon June 29 at Royal Liquor.

Walker said he’d like to contribute more pieces to Encinitas’ healthy mural scene. He’s also eyeing cities that are relatively untouched in terms of murals, like Carlsbad.

“Globally, there’s been a resurgence in mural work,” he said. “Everyone has different styles. Seeing them play out in public keeps life interesting.”

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Local doctor focused on developing device to capture cancer stem cells

BY KATHY DAY Twelve years ago, Jeff Allen’s wife Denise died from pancreatic cancer. Today, with his two sons’ help, he’s working on a device that will capture cancer stem cells — with the ultimate goal of finding the root cause of the deadly disease.

With a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D. in analytical biochemistry from Arizona State University, Allen has spent the past 20 years working with biotech companies to develop clinical and diagnostic tools to study blood and biological fluids in infectious disease.

During that time, he said, he’s learned that a lot of “bright people� are working on products, but the questions of cost and who will buy them — where they fit and how they change treatment methods — often slow them down.

After his wife died in 2002, he said he realized he couldn’t “cram all of medical school and an oncology residency into months and couldn’t learn enough about cancer,� so he took a new tack. Initially, he focused on learning as much as he could about pancreatic cancer and its genetic roots, which he said he believes lie in cancer stem cells. “These are very rare but unique cells that have the ability to not only replicate themselves but to differentiate (change) into the different types of cells which make up a cancer tumor,� noted Allen, a Cardiff resident. “Relatively new research suggests that a very small number of cancer stem cells may break off from the primary tumor and begin to circulate in the bloodstream, and may become lodged in a different organ than the primary tumor.

Then they may begin to grow secondary tumors, thus spreading the cancer throughout the body.�

He said he believes that if these particular cells can be singled out and analyzed for the break in the genetic code that could be causing a tumor to form, new therapies can be designed to target the underlying cause rather than just shrinking a tumor with chemotherapy and radiation. “It’s not where the cancer starts, it’s what the breaks are in the genome that cause it to metastasize,� he said.

Two years ago, his search for an answer took another step when he formed TumorGen MDx to develop a device to isolate and capture these particular cells. His goal is to be able to sequence the genome to be able to “identify each pa-

Austin, Jeff and Alex Allen.

Courtesy photo tient’s unique mutations.�

During his studies, Allen found some discussion about a patient whose breast cancer had metastasized to the pancreas. The researcher, in England, noted that they used tamoxifen, an estrogen-blocking drug commonly used on breast cancer. The woman’s cancer cleared and she lived. “That wasn’t the case with my wife.�

That was one influence moving him to push on and devote himself full-time to developing the company. “My interest is in fighting this disease. I will never stop,� he added.

Recent research, including work being done at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan, is encouraging him.

The more involved he got, the more intrigued his sons, Austin and Alex, became.

Austin is studying mechanical engineering at MiraCosta College and wants to transfer to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

He has experience in AutoCAD design, gained while he was at La Costa Canyon High School. His interest in microfluidic systems fit right in, so he put those skills to work designing the prototype of a chip the size of a microscope slide called the Cancer Stem Cell Capture Chip.

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Alex, a Cal State San Marcos biology major with a concentration in molecular cell biology, works in the virology lab there. He’s working on a project determining whether genes in viruses are pathogenic or not. That fit in, too, giving his dad another scientific mind to help on his mission. “We don’t learn anything if we don’t look for it,� Alex said.

Familiar with the ins and outs of the biotech industry, Allen knows that one of his first steps must be to patent their device, which he contends will provide “a faster, better and cheaper method to analyze cancer stem cells.� After that comes the feasibility phase, proving its applications.

Essentially the device is a series of channels coated with antibodies that bind to specific proteins on the surface of a cancer stem cell, Allen explains in a video on the company’s website. When blood is passed over them, the antibodies snag the cancer stem cells, while remaining blood cells are directed to the waste area and washed away.

The advantage to the TumorGen MDx approach is that the “chip reveals a cell that’s still alive,� as opposed to those identified by traditional methods of staining them or breaking them apart, causing vital information to be lost, Allen said.

Now that they have a working prototype, the mission is to build the company slowly. Acknowledging it is still in its infancy — it truly is a garage-based company — he’s launched an initial fundraising effort via the website gofundme.com, aiming to raise $50,000 for the next steps.

Allen says he’s not ready to approach angel investors or venture capitalists yet because he’s “not to a data point� that they would support. He’s asking people to contribute at least $30 – the cost of producing each device — and promises they will know where their money goes. At press time, $6,065 had been raised toward the $50,000 goal.

Nearly 150 people have pitched in to date, but there’s a lot of work ahead, he said. “Research is not for the faint of heart,� he added. “There are technical risks; we are not taking the easy route.� Visit tumorgenmdx.com.

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“When I turned 13, I got the surfing bug. All I wanted to be was a surfer. Shaping is another way to be a surfer; I didn’t want to give that up.”

Working on complex math formulas and shaping are alike in many ways, he said.

Both situations are about formulating a vision and figuring out how to execute it.

“I would teach students to outline a goal and develop steps on how to get there,” Hanel said. “In mathematics, you have givens and you want a final proof. You work out the steps in between.”

However, he said there are limitations to numbers and logic. He recalled, for instance, developing a regression formula to scale up designs.

“Mathematically, the formula made sense, but the boards didn’t work,” he said, adding, “At some point numbers only get you so far — the art overrides the science.”

His first time shaping a board, he said, was anything but pretty. As a high school graduation gift in 1967, he received a longboard, but short boards came in shortly thereafter.

So, he clumsily took 3 feet off the longboard and did his best to refashion it.

It wasn’t until years later that he became a full-fledged backyard shaper. And in 1978, he landed a part-time job sanding boards with Moonlight Glassing.

Eventually, he progressed to shaping boards from start to finish, and he hasn’t looked back.

“Math just came my way when I was younger,” said Hanel. “It’s something that I’ve always loved.”

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BY JARED WHITLOCK Encinitas surfboard shaper Gary Hanel taught high school math for 32 years at San Pasqual Academy High School in Escondido.

He wasn’t exactly the typical instructor.

For one, his long, flowing hair set him apart. And early on in his shaping career, his students made up most of his customer base.

Most days when school let out, Hanel headed back to Encinitas to build surfboards. Because shaping wasn’t his bread and butter, he poured time into perfecting each board.

“I didn’t have to make eight boards a day to survive,” he said. “If I was having a bad day shaping, I could turn off the lights and walk away. Because you have to be on your game to make boards.”

He’s since retired from teaching, and shaping is his main gig. Still, Hanel continues to make boards at an easygoing pace, typically constructing two a day, a relatively small output for a shaper.

“It’s not something you can force,” he said.

Yet his profile is rising, and so is demand. He attributes this to surf blogs featuring his boards and his newer designs “striking a chord” with surfers in recent years.

Notably, his “pill” shape has made waves. It’s his take on the flat, planing hullstyle surfboards that legend Bob Simmons shaped in the 1940s.

“I believe in evolution,” he noted. “People bring back old designs without making changes. If it didn’t work then, it won’t work now. But a new take or twist on an old design, I’m all for that.

“At the same time, I’m against change for the sake of change,” he added. “Slower, steady evolution is my philosophy.”

In explaining why he split his time be-

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Scripps Cancer Survivors Day Celebration Scripps Health hosted free public celebrations throughout the month of June for local cancer survivors, families, friends and the community at large at each of its five hospital campuses across San Diego County. The events where held as part of the 27th annual National Cancer Survivors Day. Events included inspirational stories of survival, presentations on cancer care advances, refreshments and opportunities to connect with caregivers and fellow survivors. Photos on this page are from the June 21 event held at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.

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BY LUIGI SIMONE, M.D., SCRIPPS CLINIC It’s almost impossible to watch television or use the Internet these days without seeing at least one ad offering treatment for low testosterone. Judging by the number of ads, you might think “low T” is a very common problem that always requires medication — but is that really the case?

A little background: Testosterone is the hormone responsible for male characteristics such as a deeper voice, muscle growth, and development of the sex organs. Testosterone production begins in puberty and usually peaks during early adulthood; after age 30, it gradually begins to decline by about 1 percent every year.

While this gradual decline is a normal part of aging, an unusually low level of testosterone is a condition known as hypogonadism. It can cause symptoms including a decreased sex drive, erectile dysfunction and infertility, as well as depression, fatigue, insomnia, increased body fat and reduced muscle mass. Low testosterone can also cause sleep apnea and congestive heart failure to worsen, and decrease bone density.

Just because a man has these symptoms, however, does not necessarily mean he has low testosterone. Aging, thyroid problems, diabetes, depression and other conditions may also cause many of them. Before beginning any kind of treatment, men should make sure their symptoms are, in fact, due to low testosterone. A simple blood test can determine whether levels are truly low. A man’s normal total testosterone range is between about 300 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL) and 1,000 ng/dL.

If it is low, a hormone disorder is not always the reason.

Diabetes, infection, liver or kidney disease, and testicular cancer all are possible causes, as well as injury and the use of some medications.

Once other causes have been ruled out, treatments for hormonal disorders aim to bring testosterone levels back into the normal range. Before turning to prescription medication, though, men might try several lifestyle changes to see whether they can increase their testosterone naturally.

For example, lack of quality sleep can affect hormone production; aim to get seven to eight hours of restful sleep every night. Being overweight or underweight can also decrease testosterone, so getting back to a healthy weight may remedy the problem. Staying active is another way to help maintain testosterone levels — if a man doesn’t use his muscles, his body may stop producing the testosterone needed to keep them strong. (But don’t overdo it, as excessive exercise can lower hormone levels.)

Finally, men who have high stress levels may produce too much of the stress hormone cortisol, which makes it more difficult for the body to produce enough testosterone.

If lifestyle changes aren’t enough, prescription medications may help. Testosterone gels can be applied to the skin daily; the gel is absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream. Men who use testosterone gel should be very careful to wash their hands thoroughly after applying it to avoid spreading the hormone to others. A nasal gel is also available.

Testosterone patches are another option; the patch is applied to the skin daily and, like a gel, continually releases

testosterone. Implantable testosterone pellets can be placed under the skin in a minor surgical procedure, where they release hormones over the course of several months. The goal of these types of treatments is to maintain testosterone at a steady level and prevent symptoms from recurring.

In cases where low testosterone is causing infertility and a couple are trying to get pregnant, testosterone injections may be the recommended treatment. Injections are given every few weeks to stimulate sperm production at the same time a man’s partner is ovulating.

Many patients see improvement in symptoms within a few weeks. However, testosterone treatment does have risks.

The long-term effects of therapy are not yet fully known.

Because testosterone therapy can raise red blood cell count, there may be an increased risk of clots and stroke. Men with prostate cancer should be monitored regularly by their physicians while using testosterone therapy.

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Journalist brings experience as a fashion writer to new book ‘Terminal Life: A Suited Hero Novel’

BY KRISTINA HOUCK After developing the main character and plot at a local library for months, author Richard Torregrossa is set to release his first thriller July 1.

“Terminal Life: A Suited Hero Novel” follows Luke Stark, a Special Forces veteran, who returns home from his second tour in Afghanistan to learn that his wife has been murdered and his son has disappeared. Nicknamed “The Suited Hero” for his impeccable suit, Stark sets out on a path for revenge and a search for his son.

The novel is written in a “very cinematic style,” said Torregrossa.

“I wanted something fast-paced that conforms with all the conventions of the genre but transcends them at the same time,” he said.

Originally from New York, Torregrossa first moved to the area in the late 1980s. A professional writer for more than 30 years, he has spent most of his career as a journalist with his work appearing in the New York Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post and a number of other print and online publications.

In the late 1990s, he found his niche, covering men’s and women’s fashion.

“Fashion was really heating up at the end of the ‘90s.

Those were the assignments I got and became interested in,” he explained. “I combined that when I was writing ‘Terminal Life: A Suited Hero Novel.’ Luke Stark is very, very meticulous about his suit, almost as if it has magical powers. It gave him a persona, sort of like a superhero has a costume.”

Although “Terminal Life: A Suited Hero Novel” is Torregrossa’s first thriller, it isn’t his first book. He released his first book in 1996. “The Little Book of Wisdom” was his first of several illustrated books. In 2006, Torregrossa published the biography, “Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style,” with the foreword by Giorgio Armani and the afterword by Michael Kors.

A first-degree black belt in martial arts and a fan of Jason Statham crime films, Torregrossa decided to write his own thriller.

“I’m a martial artist myself and I enjoy those movies and the fight scenes,” said Torregrossa, who has practiced martial arts for more than 20 years. “I kind of combined all my passions — martial arts, men’s wear and the suspensethriller genre. It all came together in a nice, organic way.”

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

A luau follows at noon with live music, traditional Polynesian dancing from the Heali’i’s Polynesian Revue and a tropical buffet. Live and silent auctions will feature one-ofa-kind surfboards, memorabilia and vacation packages.

The program closes with the presentation of the Rell Sunn Award. The 2014 honoree is Dr. Napoleone Ferrara, a world-renowned molecular biologist, who is credited with helping decipher how tumors grow. Ferrara is senior deputy director for basic science at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

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

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‘Concert at the Cove’ in Solana Beach is July 3 Michael Tiernan will perform at the “Concert at the Cove” in Solana Beach on Thursday, July 3, from 6-7:45 p.m. at Fletcher Cover Park. For more information, visit www.cityofsolanabeach.org or call 858-720-2453.

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Lux Art Institute welcomes new resident artist

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ux Art Institute’s fifth resident artist of Season VII, Beverly Penn, recently arrived from Austin, Texas for her exhibition opening. Penn is at Lux for a month while she completes a bronze sculpture, made of cast local flora, in the Lux Studio.

A private dinner reception was held on June 6 for Penn in the artist’s residence.

Lux Art Institute is located at 1550 South El Camino Real, Encinitas, Calif., 92024. Visit www. luxartinstitute.org.

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Patti, Kami and Coop Cooprider

Daniel Bohan, Patricia Hurley, Emma Rausch

Lux Art Institute Director Reesey Shaw, artist in residence Beverly Penn Gabriel Vogeli, Irene Abraham, Daphne Hill, Anna Stump

Diep Huynk, Maria Howard

Jamie and Amy Ramaker

Artist in residence Beverly Penn

Elena and Norm Miller

Lux board treasurer Ray Ellis, Director Reesey Shaw

Fleur Schin, Julie Chippendale

Natalie and Anna Cortez

Encinitas American Legion Installation Dinner New officers were installed at the Encinitas American Legion Installation Dinner on June 7, including Steve Lewandowski as the new commander. The American Legion Party also included a buffet dinner, live auction and raffle (featuring rare Navy SEAL items), and music by The Pumps.

Photos by McKenzie Images.

American Legion post 416 1st Vice Commander George Barlow, Commander Steve Lewandowski, Encinitas Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz

Quentin Smith and Rebecca Negard

American Legion Riders immediate Past President Peter-Rolf Ohnstad, Ross Grano

Joe Biggers, Mike Wienandt

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Encinitas teen honored as Eagle Scout Pacific Ridge School Junior and Encinitas resident Will Glockner was honored as an Eagle Scout, the highest rank of the Boy Scouts of America, during a June 14 ceremony at the San Elijo Lagoon.

Only 5 percent of Boy Scouts earn Eagle Scout rank. Achieving the rank requires earning 21 merit badges, serving six months in troop leadership, developing and leading a service project, taking part in a Scoutmaster conference, and completing an Eagle Scout board of review.

Glockner, who began his scouting career in 1st grade, completed the requirements for Eagle at the end of his freshman year, and has gone on to earn 29 merit badges in skills ranging from theater to oceanography. He has also served as a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster for younger scouts, and was nominated for Order of the Arrow – the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America.

For his Eagle project, Glockner designed, landscaped, and installed an irrigation system for a native plant garden near the San Elijo Lagoon ranger center.

Completion of the project

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SDWD water rates to jump in July

BY JARED WHITLOCK On tap for most residents next month: higher water bills.

The San Dieguito Water District board recently approved a 4.5 percent increase that will take effect July 1. But the board could have raised rates even more.

Last August, the board backed a double rate hike. The first increase raised rates 8.1 percent last September for the average customer. At its May 21 meeting, the board had the option of hiking rates an additional 8.5 percent.

Last summer, district staff recommended leaving the door open for an increase up to 8.5 percent largely because of rising imported water prices, according to Jeff Umbrasas, administrative services manager with the water district.

Also, staff members at that time stated the district needs more money to pay down a 10-year capital improvement plan. This includes upgrading the Badger Filtration Plant to reduce the district’s reliance on expensive imported water.

However, it became apparent recently

(L-R) Will Glockner with fellow Eagle Scout and Pacific Ridge alumnus David Hines. required the coordination of more than 200 hours of volunteer work and fundraising of $1,000. The garden is used to educate students and visitors about native plants.

In addition to his scouting duties, Glockner is captain of the Pacific Ridge varsity cross country and track teams. He is Secretary General of the school’s Model United Nations team and will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer with the Pacific Ridge School Advanced Theatre class. He hopes to study biology or engineering in college.

that these costs aren’t as high as originally anticipated, said Umbrasas. Also, the district forecasts $200,000 in savings from refinancing a 2004 water bond.

So district staff felt comfortable suggesting the 4.5 percent increase at the May 21 meeting. “Our budgets tend to be conservative,�

Umbrasas said. “Our outlook improved as the year went on.�

The Encinitas City Council, which acts as the San Dieguito Water District board, unanimously agreed to the recommended increase at its May 21 meeting.

Average water district customers pay $62.90 per month. Factoring in the new rate, that total will rise to $65.73, according to Umbrasas.

The 4.5 percent increase is expected to bring in $586,500 annually for the district.

The San Dieguito Water District covers 38,000 customers in the western part of Encinitas. The Olivenhain Municipal Water District serves the city’s eastern portion.

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Fairy Festival Children and parents celebrated summer at the annual Fairy Festival held June 21 at the Hamilton Children’s Garden in the San Diego Botanic Gardens in Encinitas.

The Fairy Festival was presented by Great Smiles Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics and featured fairy- and gardenthemed crafts, where children could make anything from flower fairy dolls to treasure chests and more.

Visit www.sdbgarden.org. Photos by McKenzie Images

Emma, Harper

Fairy entertainer Bridget Allen with fans

Riley, Julia

Quail Gardens Marketing PR Manager Lisa Reynolds, Susanne Brueckner and Quail Gardens President/CEO Julian Duval with Siena, Grace, Emmy and Poppy

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Satya, MacKenzie, Bella

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Brian Murphy and Corrina Parry with Daryn

Jade Melchior with Chyan and Charlotte

Olivia, Audrey

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As tourists ebb and flow, Encinitas lifeguard captain helps keep beaches safe

BY ROB LEDONNE For all his adult life, Larry Giles has been close to the shores of the Southern California coast, keeping close watch on the tide. For Giles, however, life’s no day at the beach. As the captain of the Encinitas Lifeguard Department, he has the very serious job of protecting the locals and tourists who flock to the Pacific every day — the number of which he has seen skyrocket.

“Everything has magnified over the years,” said Giles, who started as a seasonal lifeguard in 1988. “From being here as a little kid, it’s grown quite a bit. I’ve watched as the freeway expanded and widened, and have seen more and more people come to the beach ... not just during the summer, but the off-season as well. The amount of calls we get during the fall, winter and spring have increased. In Encinitas, we have 2.5 million visitors a year; that number grows annually.”

Giles’ family’s roots have been in Encinitas since his great-grandfather moved to the coastal town in the 1930s.

When Giles was an adolescent, he took to the ocean like a fish, and upon graduating high school, a career as a lifeguard was a natural fit.

“I was originally going to be a welder, but decided I didn’t want to sit in some warehouse and weld all day long,” he remembers. “When I first started working, San Diego County disbanded its lifeguard service.”

At that point, it was up to individual cities to patrol the ir beaches, and Giles was smack in the middle of the transition.

“The way I would describe lifeguarding in the 1980s is that the equipment was as cutting-edge as it could be, but it wasn’t there yet. You didn’t have anything too advanced, so it was sometimes a challenge. That being said, the equipment out there today is amazing.”

Throughout the years, Giles saw himself slowly but surely move up the ranks.

“I basically started from ground zero and worked my way up,” he said of his humble beginnings as a tower guard. “I’ve worked every position from the ground floor to the very top.

Encinitas Lifeguard Larry Giles (back row, left, in sunglasses) with junior lifeguards.

‘We do so much more stuff than people realize,’ he says. Courtesy photo I didn’t move up rapidly, but I was here for a long time and became aware and knowledgeable about every position.”

Today, as the captain of the Encinitas Lifeguard Department, Giles oversees a massive team that handles a lot more than just rescuing distressed visitors from the ocean now and again.

“We do so much more stuff than people realize. From river rescues, cliff rescues and finding lost people, to name a few. It’s also such an extended group of people who make it all happen on a daily basis, from the paramedics to firefighters and the Sheriff’s department. I know that the payoff of everything is that people feel safe. I always ask myself, ‘What would I want for my family?’ That’s how I treat both the locals and visitors.”

In the coming weeks, North County beaches will reach their peak period for the entire year — Fourth of July weekend typically sees the highest volume of people, and with the holiday falling on a Friday this year, the department is gearing up for an onslaught of visitors.

“Before we even get close to the holidays, we have a plan in place,” said Giles on how he prepares the department. “I work with everyone to make sure we have our resources ready; a lot of stress can be diffused when you try to keep everything under a sustainable, organized fashion, with everyone working together. I have certain assignments for the holidays, and we

make sure we put people who are experienced in certain geographic areas. That’s how I feel calm and confident going into the busy season.”

Giles is also gearing up for growth for the department’s services and equipment. Last month, the Encinitas City Council approved a $3 million plan to finance the expansion and reconstruction of the Moonlight Beach lifeguard tower.

The top floor would expand from 144 square feet to more than 1,000 square feet.

As another summer gets into full swing, Giles looks back on 26 years of service.

“There’s been more successes than there have been situations where I couldn’t save someone,” he says.

“When I’m proudest is when my staff and lifeguards underneath me work as a team. There are days when I walk on the beach and think it’s a miracle someone didn’t drown because of the conditions or the crowds. That’s a testament to the department.”

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10th anniversary Switchfoot Bro-Am arrives July 12 The 10th Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am surf contest and concert returns to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas on July 12.

The free day-long event features activities including a charity surf contest (7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.), a nerf surf jousting exposition between surf contest heats, the Rob Machado Bro Junior, and live music from Switchfoot, The Future’s League, Run River North, and Cody Lovaas on the beach (noon-5 p.m.).

The evening will round out with a 7 p.m. screening of Switchfoot’s documentary, “Fading West,” and a performance from Switchfoot at La Paloma Theatre. Tickets are $35, which includes a signed copy of “Fading West”; or $50 VIP, which includes a signed copy of Fading West, reserved seating, and meet-and-greet with Switchfoot.

Bro-Am weekend kicks off on Friday, July 11, with an auction night at a private Olivenhain estate. Guests will savor signature dishes and sips from the area’s leading restaurants including Sea & Smoke, Truluck’s, Jake’s Del Mar, Table 926, Pacific Coast Grill, Daphne’s, Pacifica Del Mar, Lobster West, Pizza Port Brewing Company, Meritage Wine Market, and more.

Highlights include a performance by Switchfoot, opportunity drawings, and silent and live auctions featuring Switchfoot’s own Drew Shirley as auctioneer and emcee, alongside action sports personality Chris Cote.

This year’s event will also feature a rare appearance and live auction painting created on stage by internationally recognized graffiti artist, best-selling author (“Unthink”), and

TED presenter Erik Wahl (https://vimeo. com/84862277). Using his experience as a businessman and artist, Wahl has become a sought-after corporate speaker, with clients including AT&T, Disney and Microsoft. The only way to acquire a Wahl painting today is via a charity auction. Auction Night tickets are $175, or $250 for VIP, which includes a preevent meet-and-greet reception with Switchfoot and Wahl.

An annual event dear to Switchfoot’s heart, the Bro-Am was created to give back to the San Diego community while benefiting local children’s charities through funds raised at the auction night, as well as from vendors on the beach day-of, corporate surf team entries, and sponsorships. Since its inception in 2005, the Bro-Am has raised more than $900,000 for San Diego-based children’s charities.

The members of Switchfoot recently created the Switchfoot Bro-Am Foundation to continue their mission of supporting local at-risk, homeless and street kids. This year, the band will partner with SIMA, and a portion of this year’s Bro-Am proceeds will benefit SIMA’s 2014 Humanitarian Fund, which raises money to support surf- or boardsport-related social and humanitarian nonprofits focused on improving the quality of life, health, and/or human welfare.

“The Switchfoot Bro-Am is my favorite day of the year,” says Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman. “It’s an entire community of surfing and rock and roll joining together for a surf contest and concert on the beach, all to benefit home-

The Switchfoot Bro-Am has raised more than $900,000 for San Diego-based children’s charities. Courtesy photo less and at risk youth — what could be better?

And this year means even more than ever — it’s our 10th anniversary!”

This year’s event will welcome back the third annual Rob Machado Bro Junior, for ages 16 and under. Kids compete on one of Rob Machado’s boards, and stick around for the day’s festivities. Rather than a financial donation, entrants bring gently used surf clothes to the beach on competition day as their entry fee.

Four-person corporate surf teams secure their participation via sponsorship donation to the Switchfoot Bro-Am Foundation. Participants thus far are representing Hurley, Surf Ride, Shaper Studios, Dragon, Nixon, Rusty North America, Surfline.com, Univ, and Macbeth, as well as surf legend Rob Machado, and members of Switchfoot.

Thanks to Bro-Am’s relationship with Hurley H2O, the Bro-Am beach experience is a “single-use-plastic-water-bottle-free event.” Attendees are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle to fill up free at the H2O station, and Hurley H2O provides stainless steel bottles with funds raised supporting nonprofit ecopartners.

Continuing its eco-friendly efforts, the Switchfoot Bro-Am will again offer cuttingedge solar-powered sound and staging by using solar energy to deliver pollution-free concerts.

The Rob Machado Foundation, dedicated to teaching youth about their impact on the environment, will once again have a team of surfers and environmentalists managing waste at Bro-Am. The Green Team will ensure that as much waste as possible is diverted from the landfill. The team will educate attendees on proper sorting of trash and recyclables as well as tabulating the total landfill diversion rate.

The goal is to empower attendees to reduce their trash footprint beyond the event.

To continue to help ease traffic in neighboring areas, the Switchfoot Bro-Am will again offer parking and traffic solutions, which include a free shuttle from San Dieguito Academy. The event encourages attendees to use the parking lot at City Hall, at the corner of Vulcan Avenue and E Street. Attendees are also encouraged to take the Coaster.

Tickets for all events are available at www. switchfoot.com/bro-am.

Local resident’s company restores Don Diego statue at Del Mar Fairgrounds

BY KRISTINA HOUCK The San Diego County Fair attracts more than 1.4 million fairgoers each year. With this year’s “Fab Fair” well underway, returnees have most likely noticed the fair’s mascot has received a much-needed makeover.

The 16-foot bronze Don Diego statue, which stands at the fair’s main entrance, was restored prior to the start of the fair. Carlsbad-based Restoration ArTechs was hired to do the job.

“I’ve seen Don Diego degrade and not be appreciated,” said Restoration ArTechs owner Barry Feinman, who has lived in Del Mar for more than a year. “Being that I live in Del Mar, they felt I had a vested interest in wanting to take care of him and that we would be the right company.”

With the fair season kicking off June 7, Feinman and his team began the three-day restoration process May 25.

First, Feinman and his employees cleaned the statue. Then, they removed the patina, a thin and usually green layer that forms naturally on bronze when it’s exposed to air for a long time. They also removed discolorations.

“Bronze actually has natural gold highlights in the metal,” Feinman explained. “But this happened to have been painted. A lot of the faux look that he had was painting.”

The Restoration ArTechs team stripped the paint and buffed the statue to bring out its highlights, then added a clear, protective coat, which has a 10-year warranty. The coat will preserve the appearance of the statue’s tones and protect it against the salt air, Feinman said. Finally, the team added a wax coating to the statue.

“This is the work that we take pride in — restoring sculptures, keeping the area beautiful, and making places presentable and welcoming,” said Feinman, who wouldn’t disclose the exact project coast, but noted it was several thousand dollars.

Feinman has been in the restoration business for 18 years. He started his business out of his garage, and now his

Del Mar resident Barry Feinman owns Restoration ArTechs, the company behind the restoration of the iconic Don Diego statue at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

Photo by Kristina Houck

The Don Diego statue at the Del Mar Fairgrounds was recently restored. Courtesy photo company has a portfolio that includes work on the Golden Gate Bridge. From private art collections to national monuments, Feinman has restored metal, stone, tile and glass surfaces across the country. But his latest project is one that’s truly special.

“I’m a local,” he said. “I attend the fair every year.”

The Don Diego statue was unveiled nearly 30 years ago, the night before the 1985 fair. The monument was created in honor of Don Diego, the official greeter and host of the fair for decades, a caballero portrayed by Spanish actor Tom Hernandez from 1947 until his death in

1984.

The character was based on the real-life Don Diego, Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in Del Mar during the late 1800s. Don Diego was known for his grand parties, and was regarded as the local symbol of a gracious host.

Don Diego lives on today as the fair’s symbolic host and through the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation, which provides financial support for San Diego County college-bound students.

“I’m always amazed because it’s like a diamond in the rough,” said Feinman, of the restored statue. “When we take off the damages, we start to see the underlying beauty and what the artist intended. It starts to come alive. That’s what we seek out.”

For more information, visit www.restorationartechs. com.

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Education Matters/Opinion

High school student parking fees under scrutiny

BY MARSHA SUTTON

At $40 annually per vehicle, the San Dieguito Union High School District collected over $77,000 in fees this year from students for Marsha Sutton campus parking permits.

With an overall budget this year of about $107 million, $77,000 may seem insignificant. But there’s a principle at stake here, says Sally Smith, a San Diego attorney and relentless crusader for equal access in public education.

Smith has taken on dozens of school districts throughout California for what she claims are illegal fees that exclude or discriminate against low-income students.

A Uniform Complaint filed by Smith against SDUHSD on May 2 itemized five areas of questionable practices, one of which was student parking fees.

“It is strictly a fee to generate revenue directly from the students which is illegal,” her complaint reads. “[S]tudents are used to generate tens of thousands of dollars and only they bear the burden, not the adults.

No district should impose a fee which makes it more difficult for students to get to school, particularly indigent students.”

In her complaint, Smith argued that parking on campus is related to an educational activity, and schools cannot charge fees for educational activities. Supporting this claim, Smith said that “students may have their parking pass revoked for behavior issues … so it is used as student discipline.”

She also noted that staff is not charged for parking on campus, only students. “The parking fees have been imposed unilaterally on only the students,” she said. “School districts that charge fees such as colleges require visitors, staff, and students to pay parking fees. UCSD is an example. The law is fairly applied to all citizens and does not single out minors to bear the burden of the cost for parking.”

Students, she wrote, are required to use their vehicles for school events, and students who can afford the fee “have an advantage over students who cannot pay parking fees because they have access to their vehicles for extracurricular activities.”

In addition, she said the district “recognizes that there are indigent students by requiring students to identify as charity cases to get the [parking] fee waiver, thus causing humiliation and shame to a child …”

Finally, Smith said there must be a specific law that allows school districts to charge particular fees, and there is no such California law identifying parking on school property as a legitimate fee.

She also claimed that the governing board of a school district must approve such fees, and San Dieguito’s board has never taken this action.

To support her arguments, Smith cited guidelines from the Tulare high school district which state that lawful fees must be specified in the California Education Code and must be authorized in advance by the school district’s board of trustees.

“The law requires any public agency, including school districts, to hold a public hearing, at which oral or written presentations can be made, as part of a regularly

scheduled public meeting, before adopting any new fee or approving an increase in an existing fee,” guidelines state.

Smith cited a legal interpretation on the issue, which reads in part: “Title 5 says that any fees charged to students must be specifically authorized by law. …

“Although Vehicle Code 21113 has been interpreted as to allow such fees, some attorneys have suggested that without specific authorization in the Education Code, the fees may not be charged since the Vehicle Code only speaks in terms of parking regulations.

“Therefore, districts should consult legal counsel prior to the levying of such fees.”

That is exactly what San Dieguito did.

After consulting with legal counsel, Eric Dill, SDUHSD’s associate superintendent of business services, wrote in his May 30 response to Smith’s Uniform Complaint that, under the law, “schools may charge fees for items not related to ‘educational activities.’

Vehicle Code 21113 has been interpreted to include allowing schools to charge for parking.”

Case law analyzing the Vehicle Code section “allows for the governing bodies of public entities to impose regulations on cars parked on their property,” he wrote.

Despite the apparent requirement that governing boards must establish fees, Dill said Smith’s claim that the fees must be set by the governing board is inaccurate.

“The Vehicle Code section specifically allows the condition or regulation to be set by the governing board or officer of the public school,” his response reads. “As such, the principal or other school officer could set the parking permit fees without violating the California Constitution’s guarantee to a free public education.”

Dill said the practices detailed in the complaint do not violate the “free school” guarantee. “The district and its constituent schools may charge fees for parking,” he concluded. The schools, he said, are complying with the law.

Free parking Information provided by Dill showed that student parking fees collected during the 2013-2014 school year were, by school: $18,862 from Canyon Crest Academy, $25,422 from Torrey Pines High School, $11,736 from San Dieguito Academy, and $21,280 from La Costa Canyon High School.

This totaled $77,301, about the same as last year, Dill said. All the money goes into the district’s general fund and does not stay with the schools, he said.

In an interview, Dill said the district received a comprehensive review in 2004 from legal counsel that examined everything schools were charging fees for, and “we had the opinion that we were okay on parking.”

On the question of whether fees can be charged if not specifically authorized by the Education Code, Dill said, “Our position is that driving to school is not a requirement.

Nobody gets a grade for driving to school.”

He said students can get to school any number of ways. “Any student can walk, ride, skateboard, carpool, get dropped off by parents, take the bus, take public transportation,” he said.

Staff could also get to school any number of ways, but they don’t get charged a fee

to park on campus, which is precisely Smith’s point.

Whether staff should pay for parking if students have to, Dill said, “This is the first time I’ve ever seen that particular argument, that you can’t charge a fee unless you charge adults as well, so that’s a new one.”

Dill said one reason the schools charge students to park on campus is to control traffic in the student parking lot, because there can be more students wanting to drive to school than available spaces. That is not an issue in the staff parking lot, he said.

“That’s one way to control the traffic in the parking lot,” Dill said.

A simple solution to that would be to issue permits at no charge until the number of spaces available have been allotted. So it’s hard to understand how charging for parking reduces demand, unless it’s to weed out those who can’t afford the permit fee.

No legal authority Smith said Dill cited a court case that applies only to private universities.

“Colleges charge for tuition, books, parking, etc., but the Constitution does not provide for a free college education,” she said, whereas it does for K-12 public schools.

“Calif. Code of Regulations § 350 states that any lawful fee must be specifically authorized by the state legislature,” she said, claiming there is no legal authority for San Dieguito to collect these fees which are therefore illegal.

“Parking fees are particularly egregious because the school district does not require staff nor visitors to pay parking fees, just the teenagers,” Smith wrote in an email.

High school students, she said, “are singled out for the fees to generate revenue while employees pay nothing. I believe parking fees must be returned to students.”

Rick Schmitt, SDUHSD superintendent, said the district is diligent about making sure that no illegal fees are charged to students and that low-income students have equal access to all educational experiences.

“Kids never have to self-identify, and no questions are ever asked,” he said.

Several years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union requested extensive information from California school districts on the subject of student fees and reviewed the material from SDUHSD in depth.

“The ACLU agreed we do all we can,” Schmitt said.

“We’ve really gone out of our way.”

But Smith doesn’t mince words. She noted how many tens of thousands of dollars parents in the San Dieguito district donate to their schools, and said charging students additional fees is not just illegal but unreasonably excessive.

“Educators have lost their way,” she said.

Whatever one may think of Smith, no one can argue that she is not driven with a purpose and armed with steely determination to represent the under-represented.

Sally Smith keeps us honest, is a mirror to our conscience, and reminds us all that not everyone is privileged to have the economic advantages in life that some school districts take for granted.

Marsha Sutton can be reached at SuttComm@san.rr.com.

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KITCHEN continued from page 1

November 2012. Mirrored after the first center at 533 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, the second center at 1221 Encinitas Blvd. will feature a half-acre interactive organic garden, in addition to the commercialstyle kitchen classroom.

Located behind the gym at the center, the garden will feature trees, plants, an orchard, an herb garden, a greenhouse, picnic tables, benches and more. It will be completed during the summer.

At the open house, Point Loma artist Ryan Preece, known as “Zoke,” finished painting a roughly 60-by-22-foot mural of a farm, complete with animals and crops, on the back of the gym. Donors will be recognized along the wall on the side of the gym.

“It’s therapeutic and very rewarding for the kids,” said Constanze Christopher, garden coordinator at the Center for a Healthy Life-

style. A professional gardener since 1998, Christopher earned a landscape design certificate from Cuyamaca College.

As garden coordinator, Christopher works with children at the Solana Beach center. Now, she will also work with kids at the Encinitas center, leading a new camp in July, which is still open for registration.

Initially, the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle opened registration for eight summer camps. All the camps sold out in May, with almost 150 children enrolled.

Because the sessions sold out so quickly and the garden has progressed, staff recently added another summer cooking camp. Inspired

by Chef Alice Waters, a pioneer of farm-to-table cuisine, the camp will run July 21-25 at the Griset Branch. Campers ages 8-14 will learn about compost, propagate plants from seeds, and build worm bins. They will also develop culinary skills, learning to make pasta, pesto and more.

“With the children be-

ing in the garden — planting and harvesting — it inspires them to eat healthy,” Christopher said. “They’re less hesitant to try something new because of their handson experience. It expands their horizon.”

The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito has raised $135,000 for the kitchen.

The organization still needs a variety of appliances, cookware, flatware and other supplies.

With the kitchen complete, the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito will now focus on the garden, the second phase of the project. The garden is estimated to cost $115,000 and is scheduled to be complete by the end of summer or early fall. The organization needs to raise $50,000 to complete the project.

For more about the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, visit bgcsandieguito.org.

To learn about the project, donate or sign up for the summer camp, visit centerforahealthylifestyle.org.

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But the council majority said the report’s faulty methodology overestimated the impacts, and thus an EIR isn’t necessary.

Namely, they took issue with the finding that added reusable bags would demand an extra 12 loads of laundry a year per family.

The report notes: “Assuming that all reusable bags are made of cotton and that all of them are machine washed in separate loads for just reusable bags, this would create an additional 251,637 loads of laundry per year.”

“If that isn’t the craziest assumption I’ve ever read, I don’t know what is,” Kranz said.

Matthew Maddox, program manager with Rincon Consultants, said the company arrived at a dozen loads per family with unofficial surveys.

He added the number is likely lower, but the report took into account that people could wash their bags more often in the future in response to health scares over bacteria accumulation.

Maddox went on to say

the report is based on conservative assumptions and “worst-case scenarios.” And he noted that Encinitas has a low threshold for greenhouse gas emissions, triggering an EIR. Resident Jim Wong criticized the methodology, saying it’s like analyzing all vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions by “assuming every car is a Hummer.”

Mayor Kristin Gaspar, who voted against the motion, said those proposing new developments in the city have to complete an EIR if they go over the greenhouse gas limit. Hence, it’s unfair for the city to ignore its own rules, she said.

Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer disagreed. She said those rules apply to construction, while state law allows cities to waive EIRs when adopting environmentally-friendly legislation like a bag ban.

Recently, courts have found cities don’t have to complete an EIR to adopt a bag ban. In light of this, Shaffer said she felt comfortable taking the next step.

But Councilman Mark Muir said the city should wait to see if the statewide plastic bag ban passes first.

That way, Encinitas would

avoid expending any unnecessary resources.

“I hope the state does it, but if it doesn’t, we need to jump on it,” Muir said.

California’s bag legislation forbids cities from approving local bans after Sept. 1. Therefore, the council aims to vote on its ordinance before then.

Compared to California’s proposed ban, Encinitas’ ordinance would cover more businesses. One public speaker said a local ban would create a level playing field.

Encinitas’ ordinance would ban plastic bags at grocery stores, retail establishments, pharmacies and farmers markets, charging customers 10 cents per paper bag (the fee stays with the store.)

Restaurants would be exempt, along with produce bags.

Additionally, it would allow affected stores to offer a 5 cent per reusable-bag rebate.

Councilwoman Teresa Barth noted discussion of the local ban first came up in 2008.

“It’s long past due we move forward with this,” Barth said.

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iPalpiti Festival returns to Encinitas in July •Four concerts to be held at the Encinitas Library From July 10-13, five young virtuoso musicians from other countries will present four concerts at the Encinitas Library, Thursday through Saturday, July 10-12, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 13, at 2 p.m. The three-week music festival starts in Encinitas with the Soloists Concerts, then, the full 30-member orchestra gathers and performs in Orange County, Los Angeles and concludes with a finale performance at Disney Hall. “Each musician is a foremost artist in their respective countries and has won a major international competition,â€? said Laura Schmieder, iPalpiti director. iPalpiti Artists International was founded in 1997 by renowned violinists and music educators Eduard and Laura Schmieder. iPalpiti [pronounced ‘ee-PAHL-pit-ee’] in Italian means “heartbeat.â€? The nonprofit discovers and promotes talented young professional artists from around the world. Each summer, 30 are selected to travel to Southern California for the festival where they perform in solo, ensemble and orchestral concerts. iPalpiti artists is often referred to as the “Musical Peace Corps.â€?

This is the third year for the Encinitas concerts. “It was a remarkable experience for Eduard and myself, particularly seeing the pride among audience members after last year’s performances,� said Laura Schmieder. “They left the concert in awe, saying ‘We don’t have to go to La Jolla anymore. We have our own festival with such great international musicians here in Encinitas.’� “The City is honored to bring these world-class musicians to Encinitas. To witness an iPalpiti Festival is to glimpse the future of classical music,� said Jim Gilliam,

arts administrator for the city.

The Encinitas concerts will feature Irakli Tsadaia, violinist from Georgia (former USSR), Catharina Chen, violinist from Norway, Midori Maruyama, violist from Japan, Jacob Shaw, cellist from the United Kingdom/Denmark, and Timothy Durkovic, pianist from Guatemala/USA. For complete biographies on the musicians, visit: www.iPalpiti.org. “We select musicians for their talent corresponding with iPalpiti’s mission of peace and understanding through music.

Talent comes first, then personality. The camaraderie is unprecedented. There is no competition whatsoever between musicians, there is a remarkable friendship and professional respect between all of them,� said Laura Schmieder.

For example, Laura Schmieder adds, Jacob Shaw, a cellist from the UK, “is the founder and director of the Musique de Chambre in southwest France, and he invites a number of iPalpiti members to perform at his festival. This is his third season with iPalpiti artists, and it illustrates our mission: to create a cultural network among world-class musicians.�

The soloists arrive on July 8 with dinner at Moonlight Beach. “We want them to enjoy their time in Encinitas and dinner on the beach is the perfect introduction,� said Gilliam. Rehearsals begin later that night; they present their first concert two days later. All rehearsals are scheduled at the Encinitas Library. iPalpiti’s Music Director Eduard Schmieder will mentor the musicians for their Encinitas concerts. “The opportunity to experience downtown Encinitas for five days will be a blast for the soloists, while

Pictured above: Award-winning young instrumental soloists who will perform in the iPalpiti Festival in Encinitas: Irakli Tsadaia, violinist from Georgia; Catharina Chen, violinist from Norway; Jacob Shaw, cellist from the United Kingdom; Midori Maruyama, violist from Japan; and Timothy Durkovic, pianist from Guatemala. hearing them in concert will be a thrill for Encinitas audiences,� said Dody Crawford, Encinitas 101 executive director. The musicians will stay at the McNeill Guest House, one block south of the library, and eat in downtown restaurants.

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for this fall turned out to voice their objections at a school board meeting. A community meeting with parents and district officials was held on Monday, June 16, to discuss the issue, and the topic was also placed on the agenda for Thursday’s school board meeting.

Two of the district’s high schools, La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines, are called boundary schools, meaning that geographic boundaries determine which students go to each of the schools.

The other two schools, San Dieguito and Canyon Crest academies, are called choice schools, because students can apply to attend them no matter where they live in the district.

However, because more students applied to San Dieguito and Canyon Crest than could be accommodated for this fall, a lottery was held to admit applicants.

Sixty-five students were put on the wait-list for San Dieguito, and 100 for Canyon Crest, according to discussion at Thursday’s board meeting. Officials said they didn’t expect seats to open for those on the wait-list.

Some parents who attended Thursday’s board meeting live within a few houses of San Dieguito, but said they will be forced to pay to bus their children to La Costa Canyon, about six miles away.

“Flat out, the district has failed these people,” said James Bush, whose child is one of the 65 on the San Dieguito wait-list.

Jennifer Lessley, who said she lives seven doors from San Dieguito Academy, described how her daughter

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•Virtuosi Iii: The Russian Soul, Rachmaninoff And Shostakovich Saturday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. Encinitas Library. Tickets: $15 Dmitri Shostakovich, 4 Preludes from Op. 34 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio Élégiaque in G minor, No. 1 Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 •Virtuosi IV: Celebrat-

was devastated by the email informing her of being waitlisted, because most of her friends from middle school will be attending the academy. She e will have to walk to the bus stop at San Dieguito Academy and catch the bus to La Costa Canyon.

“I’m asking you, the board, right now, please help us,” Lessley said.

Her daughter, Taylor, a ninth-grader, then tearfully addressed the board.

“When I start school in August, I will be alone,” the girl said, voice quavering. “I know I will be miserable and not reach my full potential as a person and as a student.”

Chris Schwartz, another district parent, said school officials were missing the point. Rather than establishing a task force, he said, they simply need to increase capacity at San Dieguito.

“In effect, what we need are two more classrooms at San Dieguito Academy,” Schwartz said.

At least one board member, John Salazar, agreed. After public testimony, he said it was “ridiculous” that students should have to win a lottery to attend their neighborhood school.

“These are taxpayers.

They deserve a neighborhood school. We can fix this instantly,” said Salazar, triggering applause from the audience.

However, Schmitt and other board members said the issue is not so simple, because the entire school district population, composed of more than 12,000 families, must be informed and have a chance to voice its opinion before significant changes are made to enrollment policies.

“I wish we could fix it ing Strauss’ 150th, Wagner and Ravel Sunday, July 13, 2 p.m.

Encinitas Library. Tickets: $15 Richard Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder Maurice Ravel, Tsigane Richard Strauss, Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 •iPalpiti Orchestra, Eduard Schmieder, Conductor Sunday, July 20, 2 p.m.

Soka Performing Arts Center, Aliso Viejo. Tickets: $51 (Includes luxury coach transportation from Encinitas City Hall) C.P.E. Bach, Intrada J.S. Bach, Intermezzo Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater Disella Larúsdóttir, Soprano, Iceland Daniel Bubeck, Countertenor, USA Rodion Shchedrin, Carmen Suite (after George Bizet)

tonight, but we need the input of the whole community,” said board vice president Amy Herman.

The task force, to be convened by this fall and including parents, students, teachers, administrators and school board members, will examine broad issues such as whether the district should continue to have a mix of boundary and choice schools, or move to a boundary-only system.

In the meantime, officials said, they will look for ways to expand capacity at the two academies with an eye toward accommodating more students this fall.

One suggestion was to add programs to La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines to draw more students to those campuses. La Costa Canyon was built to hold 2,700 students but now has 1,950.

“Whatever you can do to recruit more students to La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines would be terrific,” said parent Julie Union.

After the meeting, Lessley said she and other parents felt rushed at the June 5 board meeting, and that officials weren’t really listening. That attitude had changed by Thursday’s board meeting, she said.

“Tonight I felt they understood there are a lot of parents with a lot of concerns,” she said. “It sounds like they’re going to work on it and take our concerns to heart.”

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bringing the Breeders’ Cup horses, horsemen and their worldwide fans to our seaside showplace in 2017 just might be our show of shows.”

This year’s series of Thoroughbred races will be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park. The 2016 races will push the Los Angeles County racetrack ahead of Churchill Downs into a record nine times as host.

Breeders’ Cup officials said Del Mar would be a good fit.

“We are very pleased to announce Del Mar as a firsttime host site for the 2017 Breeders’ Cup World Championships,” said Craig Fravel, president and CEO of Breeders’ Cup Ltd. “Over the years, Del Mar has established an extraordinary reputation for outstanding racing, entertainment and firstclass hospitality. We are excited by the energy and support of the local San Diego community and their efforts to make the 2017 World Championships one of most successful in our history.”

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Surf Girls Academy champs in Pegasus Cup The Surf Girls Academy U12, coached by Steveo Leacock, were recent champions in the Pegasus Cup. The girls outscored their opposition 11 to 1 over the weekend.

Pictured, top row: Ally G., Melanie G., Mia K., Kate O., Ari M., Casey W., Alyssa B., Angelica C., Coach Steveo. Front row: Anya R., Kelly L., Sam Q., Zaylin T., Hannah S., Angelina P., Dorian S. Not pictured: Mia G., Sophie P. and Olivia J.

Music, art and more at Leucadia’s ‘Summer Fun on the 101’ event The Leucadia 101 Main Street Association presents “Summer Fun on the 101: Leucadia’s Music Festival” on Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28.

Back in Leucadia for its fifth straight run, Summer Fun on the 101 returns with an exceptional lineup of internationally-acclaimed local musicians. This celebration of music and surf culture rolls on with major support from SPY Optic and generous help from Cassidy Turley Real Estate, Swami’s Cab, the Leucadia Beach Inn and Surfy Surfy.

Festivities will kick off at 4 p.m. Friday, June 27, with “Support Local Business Night.” There will be an art show by this year’s poster artist, Harry Holiday, at Ducky Waddle’s (414 N. Coast Hwy 101), while Amerikan Bear, the Village Squares, Darius Degher, Cleopatra Degher and many more will be rocking out in front of 454 Tattoo, Lou’s Records, Coastal Animal Hospital and Ducky Waddle’s. There is no admission fee.

On Saturday, June 28, things kick off with a beach cleanup led by Eco-Rooted.

Join this fun and social stroll as people comb trash from Moonlight Beach to Beacon’s Beach. The cleanup will start at 11:30 a.m. at the big palm tree at Moonlight Beach and will end at Beacon’s — a short walk down the hill from the main event at Leucadia Roadside Park (860 N. Coast Hwy 101). Free music will start at the park at noon and carry on until 8 p.m.

Highlights will include sets by Jack Tempchin, The Eagles’ hit songwriter; the

sensational surf/jazz brothers Mattson 2; and velvet -oiced troubadour Nena Anderson.

A beer garden with brews by The Lost Abbey, Stone Brewing Co. and Aztec Brewery will give an eclectic taste of San Diego County’s famous craft beer scene. There will be a silent auction and raffle with prizes such as a Go Pro camera, surfboards from Surfy Surfy, season passes to the Del Mar Race Track and loads of other goodies donated from local businesses. Paint Encinitas will offer art activities for the kids.

Inspired by the amazing young Encinitas talent at May’s Battle of the Bands, the Leucadia 101 Main Street Association is working with the Paul Ecke Central PTA to donate a percentage of the event’s proceeds towards their music education programs.

The association was honored to donate close to $1,200 from last year’s event, and hopes to donate more this year. Catch this year’s Battle winners Don’t Tell Mom at Roadside Park and Triceratropical at Lou’s Records!

Leave the car at home and come by foot, bike, bus, board or train to have your Summer Fun on the 101 with the whole family! Bring a beach chair and blanket, turn off your phone for a few hours and revel in the day. When you get hungry, just walk to one of the many fine local eateries along the 101 in Leucadia. Tag your photos with #loveleucadia #summerfunonthe101 to see them on the association’s Instagram page. Visit http://www.leucadia101.com.

Andy Grotelueschen, Jessie Austrian, and Claire Karpen. Photo by T Charles Erickson.

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Don Diego Scholarship Foundation invites guests to ‘Rock & Roll at July 1 Huey Lewis & The News Gala’ at the fair The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation presents its annual Dinner and Concert Gala on July 1 at the San Diego County Fair benefiting the Foundation’s educational programs.

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tracks are still the focus.

With more eyes on the rails, there’s been a step up in education, as well as enforcement.

From the start of this year to May 1, the unit issued 14 citations, including five in Encinitas, for illegally crossing the tracks. Last year, the deputies didn’t hand out any trespassing tickets, which carry a maximum $1,000 fine and require a court appearance.

“I think we’ll continue to see it ramp up as a function of more deputies,” Morabe said.

Morabe, who has been with the unit for nearly five years, has seen it all: intoxicated people stumbling across the railway; photo ops on the tracks as trains approach; joggers wearing headphones and running next to the railway.

Such egregious violations are more likely to draw a citation, she emphasized.

“If I see someone crossing, I may or may not give them a cite,” she said. “Now, if I see someone sitting on the tracks trying to take pictures, to me that’s more alarming. Because if a train is going 90 miles per hour, it’s going to cut it close.”

She preaches caution for a reason. Morabe investigates train deaths on a regular basis.

She was called to the scene when former Del Mar Mayor Lou Terrell died earlier this year trying to save his dog from an oncoming train around 11th Street in Del Mar. While inspecting the surroundings, Morabes spotted surfers crossing the tracks illegally — undeterred by what had just happened.

There were two accidental pedestrian fatalities in 2013 on the two corridors the unit patrols, according to NCTD data. 2012 saw seven.

Those corridors include the coastal line that stretches from downtown San Diego to Orange County and the Sprinter railway from Escondido to Oceanside.

Suicides are also a problem, with seven of them last year on the tracks.

The unit relies on train engineers, who call in potentially dangerous or suicidal behavior. And occasionally, residents provide timely tips.

“We got a call from a resident about two months ago about a man in Del Mar hanging around the tracks,”

“Letter of the law, we could be issuing citations. But the bigger issue is, how do we correct the problem?”

— Sheriff’s deputy Dawn Morabe Morabe said. “It turned out he was suicidal. Fortunately, we rushed out and were able to get him to the hospital.

After he was released, he was back out there. Same resident called, and we took him in again.”

Driving by Carpentier Parkway in Cardiff, she noted that transients once threw shopping carts and debris onto the tracks in protest over being asked to leave there.

While some lob objects in front of local trains, others fling things directly at them.

She recalled riding in a train and someone throwing a “huge rock at it.”

“The rock hit the window right next to my head,” she added.

Recently, Morabe has noticed an uptick in another problem: rows of cars parked next to the tracks, property owned by NCTD. It frequently happens in Leucadia and Cardiff, where spaces can be scarce in adjacent neighborhoods, she added.

Technically, this practice is illegal. Once again, Morabe opts for warnings, though she’s less inclined to do so if a car is within a few feet of the railway.

While unlikely, a car on the tracks could derail a train. Vehicles also loosen the dirt around the railway.

Trains speeding by then kick up dust, annoying nearby homeowners.

“Letter of the law, we could be issuing citations,” Morabe said. “But the bigger issue is, how do we correct the problem?”

A potential solution: The city of Encinitas and NCTD are drafting a cooperative agreement addressing parking by the tracks.

Although in the early stages, that document might make it easier for the city to lease the corridor’s outer edges from NCTD for parking, for instance. It could also involve the city setting up parking lots in affected areas like Leucadia.

The city is also seeking to construct undercrossings to cut down on railroad trespassing.

The Santa Fe Drive undercrossing opened in early 2013. Plans call for three

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more, two in Leucadia and one in Cardiff.

“Our interest is better access, better connectivity,” said Ed Deane, senior civil engineer with the city. “And it’s much safer if you have legal crossings.”

To pay for most of the El Portal Street undercrossing and another on Montgomery Avenue, the city is applying for state grants, and expects to hear back in August, according to Deane.

A possible funding source has yet to be identified for a third on Grandview Street.

Each undercrossing costs about $5 million.

A less expensive option on the city’s radar is constructing at-grade crossings with gates, but obtaining approval from the California Public Utilities Commission is difficult.

In the meantime, with only seven legal places to cross in Encinitas, it’s common to see people walking across the tracks to get to the beach.

Jaime Becerra is NCTD’s chief of transit enforcement.

He said the agency is increasing communications about the dangers of trespassing, with the help of the Transit Enforcement Unit.

Also, NCTD recently installed additional “no trespassing” signs throughout the corridors. And it partnered with Operation Lifesaver, a nonprofit dedicated to railroad safety, to distribute educational fliers.

Down the line, Becerra said NCTD’s approach could shift toward enforcement.

“Awareness and education is always the best way to start out to make a change,” Becerra said. “What we’re trying to do is not make an immediate shock to people.”

Another major reason NCTD increased the Transit Services Unit contract is so law enforcement personnel could respond to bus and transit center issues, too.

“There are issues beyond the rail lines, like vandalism,” he said, calling the new approach a change in philosophy.

Back with Morabe in her truck, she motioned toward the Cardiff railroad crossing, noting occasionally pedestrians will walk across even when the gate arm is down.

“They say, ‘Don’t worry — I’m careful,’” Morabe said.

“And I respond, ‘Well, the train can really sneak up on you, and I’m just looking out for you.’”

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Broadway and movie score favorites will compose most of the program, including a medley from the recent animated hit movie, “Frozen.” Anna Roberts, a San Diego musical theater enthusiast and singer, will be the featured vocalist.

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