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EUSD reducing number of students in accelerated math

BY JARED WHITLOCK Michael Rodin’s daughter, a fifth-grader at Flora Vista Elementary, was in the accelerated math program last year, meaning she skipped ahead a grade level in the subject.

But he worries she won’t be able to continue on the accelerated path.

“These kids have put in a lot of work, and most can’t move up to the next grade level in math,” Rodin said at an Aug. 26 parent forum at Park Dale Lane that drew about 80 people.

Rodin and other parents in a similar position are upset the district has significantly raised the bar for math assessments that determine who’s accelerated. In effect,

this has reduced grade skipping.

Last June, the Encinitas Union School District announced in a letter to parents, “Our former approach of acceleration by grade skipping will no longer be the best practice.”

It went on to state that the district wants more students to stay within their grade level for math class.

“We’re not going to accelerate as a general rule of thumb,” said Leighangela Brady, EUSD’s assistant superintendent of business services, during the forum.

The change was largely prompted by recommendations from a group of teachers representing EUSD and neighboring disSee MATH, Page 20

Parents listen to EUSD officials talk about new math acceleration standards. Because of the new rules, some are worried about students having to repeat what they’ve already learned. Photo by Jared Whitlock

City subcommittee exploring ways to accommodate urban produce sales ■ California 10/20 run back on for Encinitas.

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■ Cardiff School District students head back to school.

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BY JARED WHITLOCK How might the city make it easier for residents to sell produce they’ve grown on their properties?

The question took center stage during an Aug. 25 Encinitas City Council subcommittee meeting dedicated to shaping an urban agriculture ordinance.

City laws state that residents can plant crops, but selling that produce requires a $1,600 minor-use permit.

In response to those who believe regulations like that are too restrictive, the city recently began working on the agriculture ordinance

with the aim of relaxing its decades-old laws.

Council candidate Catherine Blakespear, a vocal advocate of reforming agriculture rules, said homeowners should be able to sell their own produce from roadside stands on their property without special permits.

“We have so many people with gardens and access to fruit, and they could sell those things,” Blakespear said.

Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer said sales rules should strike a balance between the rights of farmers

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Art lovers flocked to Leucadia 101 Main Street’s 10th annual LeucadiART Walk on Aug. 24. The event featured 101 art exhibits, live music, live mural painting, a children’s art pavilion, and a craft beer garden. See more photos on page 12. For more details, visit www.leucadia101.com. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com. PHOTO/JON CLARK

and surrounding neighbors.

“Yes, we support agriculture — it is our heritage,” Shaffer said to around 40 urban agriculture proponents at the meeting, which was held at City Hall.

“And we also have people, who are not in this room, who don’t grow food, and want to live peacefully.”

Shaffer added that the subcommittee is looking for traffic, noise and odor thresholds to determine what farmers can and cannot do in residential areas.

For instance, she said trucks rumbling in the morning through a neigh-

borhood to pick up a farm’s goods probably wouldn’t sit well with residents. But people coming by once a week to pick up food would probably be deemed OK. Feedback from the subcommittee, made up of Shaffer and Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz, will inform the ordinance. Eventually, it will be presented to the council for consideration.

Eric Larson, executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, said Encinitas already has regulations governing traffic and See PRODUCE, Page 20

Chickens roam at Coral Tree Farm and Nursery. A council subcommittee and residents discussed ways to encourage residential farming Aug. 25 at City Hall. PHOTO/JARED WHITLOCK

Local water districts will enforce drought rules without adding staff

BY JARED WHITLOCK Some water agencies across the state have added “water cops” to patrol for waste.

But that’s not the case for the two districts serving Encinitas.

The San Dieguito Water District is asking existing employees to enforce mandatory water-use conservations measures. Same goes for the Olivenhain Municipal Water District.

When OMWD’s eight utility workers are fielding calls, if they happen to notice a home in violation of new drought restrictions, they hang a notice on the door. A warning letter is then sent to the house.

“What we’re basically saying is, go about your normal business, but if you see a violation, then go ahead and notify them,” said Kim Thorner, district general manager.

The employees also investigate based on residents’ reports of water waste, which can be filed at omwd.com or by calling the district at 760-753-6466.

In contrast to the approach, water agencies in Santa Cruz, Los Angeles and Sacramento have recently gained attention for hiring water cops who proactively search for violations in marked cars.

OMWD has been at a Level 2 drought status since Aug. 1. So residents are prohibited from irrigating more than three days a week or overwatering their lawns. Those who ignore a warning letter and a phone call face fines starting at $100 and escalating up to $500.

As of Aug. 26, the district’s workers had documented 36 violations since moving to Level 2. However, offenders have been quick to correct offenses; no fines have been issued.

“Our goal is to get them to correct whatever is wrong, not to fine them,” Thorner said. She added she isn’t aware of any water districts in the county that have brought on employees to enforce Level 2.

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Council taking proposals for former fire station property •Eco-center and workspace are early ideas

BY JARED WHITLOCK The Encinitas City Council is looking to sell or lease a small Cardiff property where a shuttered fire station sits empty.

At its Aug. 26 meeting, the council directed staff to draw up a document inviting the public to submit proposals for the land.

“It’s worth exploring and hearing from our residents,” Mayor Kristin Gaspar said.

The site, located at 1867 MacKinnon Avenue, is zoned as public-semi/public, allowing for uses like a hospital or small museum.

Although the council has yet to formally ask for proposals, two residents expressed interest in the property at the meeting.

Patti Smith is the co-founder of H20 Trash Patrol, a local nonprofit that deploys standup paddleboarders pick up trash from the ocean.

Smith said the nonprofit would like to buy or lease the property and convert it into an eco-center featuring educational programming. It could also showcase “green” architecture, she added.

Jenelle Zingg of Cardiff proposed the city rent the property as a co-working space for entrepreneurs.

“It would be an opportunity to keep local talent here,” Zingg said.

Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz said he’s concerned the lack of parking in the area could limit the property’s use.

Depending on the type of establishment, the city requires a certain number of accompanying parking spaces.

A council-ordered appraisal of the .17-acre site from Vanguard Realty Advisors pegged the worth at $410,000 under the current zoning. However, if rezoned for housing, the value would increase to $560,000, taking into account demolition and rezoning fees.

A rezone request, though, would have to win voter approval due to Proposition A, the slow-growth initiative that passed last year.

City staff will analyze ideas to see if they fit in the current zoning.

An old fire station on the property closed last year when Fire Station No. 2 debuted on a nearby lot.

The old fire station property was then deemed surplus, leading council to ask for an appraisal.

As part of the same agenda item, the council considered whether it would like an appraisal of a 9.5-acre site at 634 Quail Gardens Drive at a cost of $5,500.

Kranz said it’s premature to ask for an appraisal for that land.

He said it could eventually accommodate park space and possibly senior housing. But he added the council should wait to see how the housing element — a blueprint for growth — shapes up.

This Cardiff property, home to an old fire station, closed last year. The Encinitas City Council is looking to sell or lease it. Photo by Jared Whitlock

San Dieguito district against proposed school-reserve cap

BY KAREN BILLING The San Dieguito Union High School District has come out against the cap on school district reserves proposed by new legislation in the state. On Aug. 21, the board approved the adoption of a resolution in opposition to the local reserves cap, part of the Proposition 98 Rainy Day Fund.

Proposition 2 will go out to voters on the November ballot. If it passes and the state’s Rainy Day Fund is established, as soon as even a dime is dropped into the fund, school districts will be required to spend down the reserves.

Eric Dill, associate superintendent of business services, said this could have a negative impact on the district.

“Boards are opposing the reserve cap up and down the state,” said Dill, who drafted the resolution approved by the board. “The education community doesn’t want to let it drop …

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Encinitas misses out on first round of funding for rail crossings • City now hoping to get SANDAG funding

BY JARED WHITLOCK The California Transportation Commission recently awarded grants for infrastructure projects. Yet a planned undercrossing in both Leucadia and Cardiff didn’t make the cut.

City officials, though, are hopeful Encinitas will receive local funding from SANDAG in September.

The city applied for $5.4 million at the state level to cover the full cost of an undercrossing at El Portal Street.

Likewise, the city sought $6 million for a $6.6 million undercrossing at Montgomery Avenue.

The city also requested $1.38 million for a roundabout on Hymettus Avenue, which didn’t receive funding.

City officials have said rail crossings are key for pedestrian safety and improving access to the coast. Last year, an undercrossing across from Swami’s Beach debuted to the public.

“They reduce unauthorized rail crossings,” said Ed Deane, senior civil engineer with the city.

Encinitas also has a crossing at Grandview Street on the drawing board, but a funding source hasn’t been identified.

Every two years, the California Transportation Commission approves the statewide grant program. It’s designed to pay for key infrastructure projects.

This marked the first time Encinitas has applied for this particular state program.

While the city successfully secured grant funding to pay for the Santa Fe undercrossing years ago, it’s had no such luck with the other crossings.

The commission prioritizes projects that are cost effective, increase walkability, promote health, have the potential to reduce accidents and are located in disadvantaged communities.

“For that last category it requires that you have a nearby school with 75 percent of the students who are eligible for free or reduced cost meals,” Deane said. “At Paul Ecke only 28 percent of the students are eligible for this, so we don’t score well in the category.”

Since Encinitas missed out on this round, now funding for the three projects is in the hands of SANDAG. However, SANDAG requires cities to contribute an 11 percent match for the projects, which wasn’t the case with

An undercrossing at Santa Fe Drive. After failing at the state level, the city is looking to secure funding from SANDAG for two other crossings. Photo by Jared Whitlock the state program.

So, for the $5.4 El Portal Street undercrossing, if the city’s application is successful, it would get $4.8 million and have to cover the rest.

Deane said the projects were close to receiving funding at the state level, and he believes they have a good shot with SANDAG. “We weren’t off by many points,” he said. “Plus, the state awarded funding to 14 projects in San Diego County.

So there’s fewer to compete with at SANDAG.” SANDAG will announce grant recipients Sept. 20.

Deane said the city is particularly interested in moving forward with the El Portal undercrossing. The goal is to coordinate construction with the Leucadia streetscape and the coastal rail trail in 2016 or 2017.

“You would have a roundabout at El Portal, which would lead to the rail crossing, which would coincide with the rail trail, and this would all help get people to Paul Ecke (Elementary) school and the coast,” Deane said.

SDUHSD to create committee on high school selection process

BY KAREN BILLING A new committee on San Dieguito Union High School District’s school selection process will be formed this fall, in response to frustrations expressed by parents this summer when students didn’t get into their school of choice.

The district made the decision this year to admit all freshmen on the wait lists for Canyon Crest Academy and San Dieguito High School Academy, and both schools are at capacity. But there is still much work to be done for future years, according to Michael Grove, associate superintendent.

“We want to begin work as early as we can in the fall and have a recommendation to the board by winter break,” he said.

Grove said they plan to start soliciting parent and student members soon for the committee to get to work on long-term issues. He said the committee would look at demographics and enrollment projections and discuss options for high school enrollment such as the creation of boundaries.

Grove said the committee would then be tasked to educate the community about viable options before seeking input about what options the community likes through surveys and face-to-face dialogues. The group will then make a recommendation to the board.

“We’d like to use a neutral third-party facilitator to run the group and have staff participate as members,” Grove said.

Parent Rita MacDonald spoke at the Aug. 21 meeting, asking the district to improve its communication efforts about high school selection with middle school students who are not in the district.

MacDonald, whose son attended Notre Dame Academy in Carmel Valley, said she was unaware of the procedures and requested her son be placed on the wait list for CCA on March 10, past the March 3 filing deadline. The See SELECTION, page 20

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Service dog working to help autistic youth Encinitas veterinary hospital teams with Fallbrook, Oceanside centers to train golden retriever

BY KRISTINA HOUCK After almost a year of fundraising and training, a golden retriever named Drake recently began her career as a service dog for local children with autism.

With the help of her namesake, Encinitas-based animal hospital The Drake Center for Veterinary Care and its clients, Drake was trained so she could help children at the Comprehensive Autism Center in Oceanside. She arrived Aug. 12 in San Diego during International Assistance Dog Week, officially beginning her new job six days later. “Most companion dogs are for one child, but Drake is going to help a lot of children,� said Michele Drake, owner of The Drake Center. “We’re really happy to be behind Drake is the newest assistant at that.� the Comprehensive Autism From a garage sale Center in Oceanside. to a T-shirt sale, The

Drake Center raised more than $10,000 for the 12-monthold dog’s training through a variety of fundraisers. Drake became the first of her kind at Good Dog! Autism Companions, a Fallbrook-based nonprofit that specializes in training personal service dogs for children with autism and their families. “We wanted to involve our whole practice,� said hospital manager Christine Spencer. “We had a lot of clients who jumped on board and supported us along the way.�

Though Drake is owned by The Drake Center, she will live and work with Comprehensive Autism Center regional director Susie Jordan and her family. Jordan will be responsible for Drake’s overall care, while The Drake Center will provide all veterinary care for free.

As a service dog, Drake will help increase motivation, promote gross and fine motor activities, provide opportunities for language, and calm and comfort children with autism spectrum disorders. “It’s a beautiful thing when a dog can help bridge the communication issues autistic children experience,� Drake said. “I’ve been attached to animals my whole life. They’ve certainly played a huge role in my own personal growth, development, relationship-building and trust.

Drake helps make a student feel comfortable at the Comprehensive Autism Center. “Animals are so important for kids in growing up, and certainly, this very special group of kids really benefits from them. Our practice, and all the doctors here, feels this is a great thing that’s going to benefit many kids.�

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Jason Stewart named SDA basketball coach

Cardiff Greek Festival to be held Sept. 6

BY JOHN MAFFEI, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE Jason Stewart, a member of the 1996-97 University of Arizona NCAA championship team, has been named head basketball coach at San Dieguito Academy.

Stewart, a guard on that Arizona team that included Mike Bibby, Miles Simon, Jason Terry and Michael Dickerson, served the last three seasons as an assistant basketball and volleyball coach at Santa Fe Christian.

Stewart also served as a middle school coach for the Solana Beach Cats Basketball Club.

He is also the director of Pro University, a change management company for athletes transitioning or preparing to transition from one phase to another in their career.

San Dieguito Academy was 6-21 last season after a 19-10 campaign the year before.

Over the last 10 seasons the Mustangs are 95-170.

The Cardiff Greek Festival is a 36-year tradition in North County, bringing together the San Diego community throughout the two-day span. Under its iconic gold dome, the grounds of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church will once again be transformed with the sights, sounds, aromas and hospitality of the Mediterranean.

For a $3 admission (children under 12 are free), guests are transported to a quaint Greek village, and serenaded by renowned Southern California Greek band The Olympians and other live entertainers throughout the weekend. Everyone feasts on traditional Greek cuisine.

The Cardiff Greek Festival will be from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7 at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 3459 Manchester Ave., a half-mile east of I-5 at the Manchester exit in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Free parking is available next door at MiraCosta College. Visit www.cardiffgreekfest.com.

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California 10/20 run back on for Encinitas

BY JARED WHITLOCK The California 10/20 run will bolt through Encinitas after all.

Last June, a council majority blocked the race from heading through Cardiff, arguing that street closures would affect businesses and residents. But upon a second review Aug. 20, the council unanimously gave the Cardiff leg of the 10-mile race the green light.

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Councilwoman Teresa Barth said she appreciated that race organizers modified the course in response to council concerns.

Originally, the course turned around just north of Chesterfield Drive. However, now it will stop just south of there, allowing the artery road to stay open.

“I can now support it,” Barth said, adding that closing Chesterfield Drive mere weeks after the Cardiff Kook Run was asking too much of the community.

When reached Aug. 21, Peter Douglass, 10/20 race director, said he was “very pleased” by the council’s decision.

“I think they liked that traffic could flow in and out of Cardiff,” Douglass said of the council reconsidering its decision.

In June, the council majority also expressed concern over donations.

Ahead of the inaugural 10/20 run last February, race organizers gave $10,000 to the Cardiff Mainstreet Association and other nonprofits. But due to a miscommunication, it was reported last June that Encinitas wouldn’t receive donations for the upcoming 10/20.

“I don’t see why we should be closing our streets for them if we’re not getting anything in return,” Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer said at the June meeting.

But Douglass said he has since explained that donations are indeed planned for the city.

If the council hadn’t approved the Cardiff portion, race organizers would have redesigned the course, but that would have been “tough and stressful,” he said.

“We’re happy that’s not something we have to do,” Douglass said.

Cardiff resident Dave Hutchinson spoke in favor of letting the event pass through Cardiff.

“A run like the 10/20 run is unique because there are no other 10-mile races in the county,” Hutchinson said.

He said the run would also provide a nice little boost to the local economy, referencing a recent study from National University System Institute for Policy Research. It found that out-of-towners who came to the county for runs, triathlons and other endurance events generated $64.1 million in economic activity for the region last year.

The course will start at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, and throughout the route, bands on stages bang out tunes. To register, visit www.cal1020.com.

As part of another agenda item, the council required those behind large events to supply information on their applications about potential benefits to the community, such as promoting fitness or supporting local businesses.

That information would help the council decide which events to support, said council members.

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Jeannine Marquie thrilled to be back in SD as new Canyon Crest Academy Envision Theatre Coordinator

BY KRISTINA HOUCK Jeannine Marquie landed her dream-teaching job when she began working at Canyon Crest Academy’s Envision Theatre Department in 2007. But when schools were hit by the recession and her position went from full time to part time, the actress-turned-teacher had to look elsewhere and eventually relocated to Orange County for work.

Now starting her 18th year as a teacher, Marquie is back in Carmel Valley as the new theater coordinator of Canyon Crest Academy’s Envision Theatre Department. Envision offers day classes and after-school programs for cinema, dance, digital and fine art, instrumental music, theater, and vocal music.

“I love San Diego,” Marquie said. “When I first started working here, it was a dream job. It was the best ever, so I am beyond thrilled to be coming back.”

A Ventura native, Marquie traveled across the country like many young actors after high school. It was her experience in the Big Apple that inspired her to become a teacher.

‘I have a lot of passion and “I was kind of a big deal in high school,” she recalled. energy for theater,’ says “Then I went there, and I was not a big deal anymore. I was Jeannine Marquie, who will ill-prepared to not be a big deal, so I wanted to come back be the theater coordinator and make sure other kids did not have that experience. I of Canyon Crest Academy’s wanted to make sure that my students are prepared for Envision program. what’s going to meet them in the real world of theater, so I was inspired to come back and teach.”

Marquie earned a bachelor’s in English with a minor in theater arts from Loyola Marymount University and her teaching credential from California Lutheran University. She later completed a master’s in education from Lesley University.

After college, Marquie returned to her alma mater to begin her teaching career. She helped build the theater program at Newbury Park High School, starting shortly after the school opened its 400-seat theater.

After five years at Newbury Park, Marquie relocated to San Diego to return to the stage, working with many local theaters, including North Coast Repertory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Cygnet Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Starlight Theatre and more. She also worked briefly at Taft Middle School and Monroe Clark Middle School before joining Canyon Crest Academy.

After a two-year stint as a theater teacher at Canyon Crest Academy, Marquie worked at Chabad Hebrew Academy, Pacific View Charter School and The Preuss School before moving to Orange County, where she worked at San Clemente High School and Irvine Valley College.

“My favorite thing about teaching is watching a student make a discovery about some-

thing, where they feel like they’ve done it on their own and gained something from the experience,” Marquie said. “That’s something that’s completely unique to teenagers — that joy of learning something new. I love the energy that kids bring to the arts.”

Now that she’s back in San Diego, Marquie said she is excited to have more opportunities to return to the stage.

“It’s important for teachers to be active in their field to keep the passion alive, especially in theater,” she said. “There are so many new and exciting things happening. I find that I learn a lot, and then I can transfer that knowledge to my students.”

But her students are her focus. In fact, she already has the season planned.

With four main productions on her schedule, she will direct two of the productions and guest directors will direct the other two.

“I have a lot of passion and energy for theater,” she said. “I’m excited to bring that to the program. I have high expectations, but also a lot of heart. My students can tell that I really care about them and their experiences. I think that’s something I’m going to bring to the program.”

The season will open Oct. 24 with “Zombie Prom” at the school’s Black Box Theater, directed by Marquie. She described the off-Broadway musical as “fun and goofy.”

Guest director Jason Maddy will head the fall’s second production, “Museum,” a satirical study of people viewing a contemporary art exhibit. The play runs Nov. 6-15 at the Canyon Crest Proscenium Theater.

In the spring, Marquie has planned Woody Allen’s “Don’t Drink the Water” at the Black Box Theater, followed by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Evita” at the Proscenium Theater.

In addition, students will put on a cabaret show in the fall and hold a “Shakespeare Under the Stars” event in the spring.

“We have a lot of really talented kids who know a lot about the arts,” Marquie said. “I promise that whatever we put on at the school will be enjoyable to San Diego audiences at large. People will enjoy our plays and our musicals. Come support them.”

For information about Envision at Canyon Crest Academy, visit www.cca-envision. org.

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Encinitas artists perk up downtown park

BY JOE TASH The recently completed park at the downtown County Administration Center in San Diego has a definite North County coastal vibe, thanks to a public art project that features the work of two artists and a graphic design firm, all from Encinitas.

The park sits on land that used to be occupied by large asphalt parking lots at the north and south ends of the county building on North Harbor Drive, across the street from the Embarcadero. It features a large pool with fountains where people can cool off on a hot summer day, and a children’s play area.

The county decided to replace the lost parking by building an underground parking garage, and that’s where the public art comes in. A panel commissioned by the county chose a painting by each of the Encinitas artists, Allison Renshaw and Harold Cohen.

The works were then reproduced on metal sheets, which now adorn the formerly blank concrete walls in the parking garage stairwells. The original paintings hang inside the county building.

The oversized, outdoor versions of the paintings are visible to passers-by in the park, as well as people taking the stairs to and from the parking structure. The pieces add a splash of color to an otherwise gray concrete environment. “I’m thrilled to be included. I’m very happy with it,� said artist Allison Renshaw, who works, surfs and lives in Encinitas with her husband, Rich Williams, and the couple’s son, Atticus.

Renshaw said she hadn’t known her work was being considered for the project, but she was honored when she learned her painting had been chosen by the panel. “It was a very happy, pleasant surprise,� she said.

Her painting is titled “Last Call,� and is an abstract, mixed-media work consisting of a collage of fragmented images. Renshaw uses a variety of materials in her work, such as maps, ads and posters, which she cuts up and glues into place. She also paints with oils, acrylics, spray paint and even house paint. “You use it all together.�

While it seemed strange at first to ex-

hibit her work in the stairwell of a parking garage, Renshaw said she has warmed to the idea, because it can be seen by park visitors as well as people using the garage. “I kind of like the idea it has a permanent place where a lot of people see it, it’s getting its own life, rather than hanging in my studio,� she said.

The public art project was coordinated

by Gail Goldman, a La Jolla-based consultant.

Goldman said the county contacted her about the idea six months before the park’s scheduled grand opening in May, meaning there wasn’t time to commission new works for the project.

Instead, she selected existing paintings from 20 San Diego County artists for consideration, and the panel narrowed the contenders to the two finalists.

She then hired Artefact Design, a Cardiff-based company, to facilitate the transfer of the paintings to lightweight aluminum panels that could be affixed to the concrete walls of the parking structure stairwells.

The process used to create the panels is the same one used by the state parks department to make outdoor signs, and resulted in images that are durable, able to withstand the elements, and also resistant to graffiti and vandalism, said Goldman.

In all, the county spent about $80,000 on the project, including buying the paintings, transferring them to the aluminum panels, and installation, she said. The budget also covered lighting and fixtures.

Not only do the outdoor paintings dress up a pair of otherwise drab stairwells, but they serve as directional aids, helping people remember where they parked, Goldman said. “It’s memorable, it’s colorful and upbeat. At least so far, what I’ve heard is all positive,� Goldman said of the art project.

Renshaw said this is the first time her work has been included in a governmentfunded public art project, but she has exhibited her paintings in numerous museums and galleries. She’s also an associate faculty member at MiraCosta College, and will teach a class this fall on mixed-media painting at the Lux Art Institute in Encinitas.

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Scripps president, CEO makes list of most influential in health care Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder has been named No. 65 on Modern Healthcare’s annual ranking of the nation’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, which was published in the magazine’s Aug. 25 edition.

This is the sixth time that Van Gorder has landed on the prestigious list. Van Gorder oversees almost 14,000 employees at five acute-care hospital campuses and 25 outpatient clinics. Since becoming president and CEO in 2000, he has been instrumental in positioning the organization among the nation’s leading health care institutions.

Joining Van Gorder on the list is Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps, who is ranked at No. 94. A world-renowned cardiologist and scientist, Topol leads Scripps’ efforts to test and validate genetic and wireless health technologies that promise to improve patient outcomes, individualize treatments and potentially lower the cost of health care.

Distributed nationally, Modern Healthcare is one of the nation’s largest health care trade publications. Nominations for the recognition program were accepted from March 17 through April 18. Readers submitted more than 15,000 submissions. The final ballot of 300 candidates was based on those receiving the most nominations.

Readers then voted for their top five candidates from May 5 to June 13. More than 31,000 ballots were cast, representing 155,000 votes for individual candidates. Readers’ votes, combined with the opinion of the senior editors at Modern Healthcare, determined the final ranking.

In January, Van Gorder was honored by the American College of Healthcare Executives with the Gold Medal Award, the organization’s highest honor. Last year, he received the Innovation Award from Press Ganey, a national firm specializing in patient experience improvement.

Board-certified in health care management and an American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow, Van Gorder also served as 2010 chairman of the association, an international professional society of more than 40,000 health care executives who lead hospitals, health care systems and other health care organizations.

In 2010, Van Gorder launched a new direction for

Chris Van Gorder Scripps. In anticipation of dramatic changes in health care, he “turned the organization on its side,” creating a horizontally matrixed management structure to identify and significantly reduce unnecessary variation in patient care and health care operations. The new “One Scripps” approach led to $141 million in performance improvements in 2011 and 2012, and more than $79 million in performance improvements in fiscal 2013.

Van Gorder’s forthcoming book, “The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization From the Ground Up,” to be published in November, chronicles Scripps’ turnaround and Van Gorder’s journey from police officer to CEO of a major health system.

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(L-R) Shelly Kelly, Encinitas Educational Foundation; Sandy Houk, Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival co-chair; Mike Walsh (at rear), president, Encinitas Rotary Club; Richard Houk, Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival co-chair. Courtesy photo

Food, fun, philanthropy mark annual Rotary Club festival

BY JOE TASH Good food and wine, several hundred good friends, a beautiful garden setting, and tens of thousands of dollars raised for nonprofit groups.

That’s the formula for the annual Encinitas Rotary Wine and Food Festival, which has proven to be spectacularly successful over the past 11 years.

This year’s edition, held in June, attracted 1,100 guests and raised $121,650 for 21 different charities, said Richard Houk, a Rotary member and co-chairman of the annual event with his wife, Sandy.

The charities received their checks from the Rotary Club at a luncheon held in August.

“It’s a wonderful organization; I can’t thank them enough for all they’ve done for the Jonathan Tarr Foundation,” said Robin Tarr, founder and CEO of the Encinitas-based group, which raises money for scholarships for students graduating from alternative high schools in San Diego and Imperial counties.

The foundation is named after Tarr’s 17-year-old son, Jonathan, who died in an auto accident. This year, the foundation raised $5,200 from the Rotary event, enough to pay for seven scholarships of about $150 apiece, said Tarr. Each year, the foundation hands out a total of 25 to 30 scholarships.

To participate in the Rotary Club’s annual fundraising event, groups such as Tarr’s are asked to help sell tickets to the event, find sponsors, provide items that can be sold at the silent auction, and volunteer with setup and cleanup. In return, they receive financial support, without having to organize and stage their own fundraisers.

The nonprofits also get a chance to promote their causes to the attendees, and across the community.

“Where would we get this kind of exposure except for the Encinitas Rotary Club? It’s worth it all around,” said Tarr.

The event has grown exponentially since it was first held in 2004. That first year, Houk said, the event helped four or five charities and raised $27,500.

Over the 11 years, he said, the event has raised more than $800,000 total.

“We’re hoping to break a million in funds raised after next year’s event,” he said, which is already in the planning stages.

The groups that participate are called “charity partners,” and fall into two categories: community and children’s charities.

This year’s partners covered a wide spectrum of causes and activities, including the Cardiff Soccer League, the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA, San Diego North Coast Singers, Community Resource Center, Intrepid Shakespeare Company and Microloans for Mothers.

Some 30 organizations and individuals sponsored this year’s event, including the Rainsford Foundation, Scripps Health, Charlie’s Foreign Car Service and Pacific Eye Care.

People can register online for the event, and designate which charity they want to support, said Houk. For this year’s event, tickets were available at the $90, $135 and $500 levels.

The Encinitas Rotary Club has about 90 members, and everyone gets involved in the various aspects of putting on the annual event.

“We say, ‘All hands on deck,’” said Houk. “It’s a pretty intensive type of operation.”

The charity partners, or beneficiaries, work right alongside Rotary members.

“We want them to have stake or skin in the game — they have an investment in the success of the event,” he said.

The Rotary Club is actively involved in a number of philanthropic endeavors, in addition to the wine and food festival. The group holds an annual youth soccer tournament, and also has its own foundation that provides scholarships and services for seniors.

“These people are committed to making a difference,” said Houk about his fellow Rotarians. “‘Service above self’ is the Rotary motto, and they take it very seriously.”

For more information about the Encinitas Rotary Club, visit www.encinitasrotary.com.

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Little League manager reflects on the long road to tournament

BY TOM PFINGSTEN, SPECIAL TO THE ENCINITAS ADVOCATE When Chaz Gagne’s Little League All-Stars played their first postseason game in June, no one could have anticipated how far those 14 boys would carry the team.

Ten weeks and 20 games of baseball later, the Encinitas boys came within a few runs of advancing to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.

As a father of one of the players and the team’s manager, Gagne had unique insight behind the scenes, and he told me last week that the experience became especially challenging once Encinitas had qualified for the West Regional tournament.

It was late July, and the boys had just rolled a Long Beach team 9-3 to clench the Southern California title.

“I had no idea any of this was coming — I thought it was just another tournament you drive to,” Gagne recalled.

“We won the state tournament on Sunday; on Wednesday, we had to report to San Bernardino, and you couldn’t leave.

You can sign kids out, like to go out to dinner with their parents, but you have to get permission even for something that simple.”

He used the word “sequestered” to describe what it was like sleeping in a dormitory at the Little League complex, which was the team’s home for 10 days.

“A lot of these kids haven’t been away from mom and dad, and they’re under my lock and key, basically,” he said.

“There are a lot of challenges behind the scenes in keeping the kids organized, having them take care of their own stuff.

You know, mom’s not going to show up and bring you your glove, your cleats and your water bottle. You’ve got to train them.

“You also have a lot of perils with social media — they’re all on Instagram, and they’re all being followed, so anything you say that’s inflammatory is going to get out,” he added. “I do this to teach kids, and that’s an opportunity to teach kids how you manage your cell phone, and your social media, and your time.”

When we met at the Encinitas Little League complex, which is part of the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA, Gagne looked and spoke like every baseball coach I’ve ever met.

By day, he works in sales for Fed-Ex, and he confessed that he hasn’t always been this passionate — or knowledgeable — about America’s pastime.

“I played two Division I sports, and neither of them was baseball,” he said. “Soccer and lacrosse. But I committed myself not to force my kids into soccer or lacrosse, and they liked baseball early.”

As a young dad and rookie coach, he said, “I always found someone to help me at each level: ‘Here’s how you do it. Here’s how you run the team. Here’s how you run a practice.’ All the way along.”

Even during this summer’s foray into national-level competition — after 10-plus years in the league — Gagne gave most of the coaching credit to his two partners, Brian Mazone and Joe Pimentel, a long-time local coach who steered his own Rancho Buena Vista team to Williamsport in 2005.

“Frankly, I recognize that I’m not a baseball genius,” said Gagne. “I’m a dad who has kind of taught himself how to run a Little League team, but I’m not going to succeed with an All-Star team without more baseball knowledge.”

The Encinitas “Majors” weren’t the only All-Star squad to succeed in this summer’s tournaments; in all, Encinitas Little League fielded four postseason teams, which played a combined 52 games.

But it was the 12- and 13-year-olds under Gagne’s management who rallied the community to show up at the local sports bar for televised Little League games, and whose success prompted Mayor Kristin Gaspar to proclaim Aug. 10 “Encinitas Little League All-Stars Day.” Friday, Aug. 8 brought the fateful 5-1 loss — the end of the road for Gagne and his team.

“We out-hit them, but made some errors,” he said of that final outing, against Mountain Ridge of Nevada. “I’m killin’ myself. They’re in the Little League World Series now, so we were that close. The kids bounced back quickly. We lost on Friday evening, and on Saturday they woke up hap-

Chaz Gagne managed the Encinitas All-Star team that made it to the Western Region Semifinals, one game shy of the Little League World Series, earlier this month.

Photo by Tom Pfingsten py, jumped in the pool. It’s the parents who were torn up. The kids are good.”

It was a long road for Gagne and his players: Four years ago, he recognized the collective talent in his son’s age group and began training the top players together.

“Last year, we did not do well, but we should have, so at that point I committed myself to changing the way I was thinking about this All-Star team,” he told me.

“We hit every Friday night over in Vista in a cage — 25 Friday nights we spent hitting, in preparation for this.”

Contrary to what you might imagine, Gagne is not a sports fanatic.

He told me that youth sports, at their best, are about friendship and community — and he drove his point home with a story about his grandfather, a Dutch soccer player named Carl ter Weele.

“He played soccer and had a family, then World War II broke out. He lived within driving distance of Berlin, so he had an assassination plot on Hitler, which was found out,” Gagne said.

“So there was a reverse assassination plot against him, and a friend of his who he played soccer with — he was in the German army — called him up and said, ‘Here’s what’s going to happen.’ For me, that’s what sports is. That’s what I hope these kids get out of it.

“There’s some battles in there, and I think that’s where you forge real friendships.”

Surf Girls U12 take the chilly challenge The Surf Girls Academy U12 team, coached by Steveo Leacock, accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise funds and awareness to fight ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). The team was challenged by Coach Steveo’s U8 team, and in return nominated three other teams for the challenge. Coach Steveo and the girls’ parents also accepted the challenge (by donating, being doused, or both).

Back row: Sophie Pilarski, Hannah Samuels, Olivia Jandreski, Alyssa Bryant, Zaylin Tsakiris, Kelly Liu, Ariana McLean. Front row: Mia Grust, Melanie Gresser, Mia Koczur, Ally Greenhalgh, Samantha Quinlan, Kata O’Hara. Not pictured: Anya Roy and Casey White.

Culinary scholarship applications being accepted The San Diego Chapter of The American Institute of Wine & Food looks forward to accepting culinary, oenology/viticulture, and beverage studies scholarship applications through Sept. 29 for study in 2015.

AIWF (www.aiwf.org) is a national educational nonprofit founded in 1981 by the late Julia Child, the late Robert Mondavi, the late Richard Graff, and others to promote a forum for the study and enjoyment of gastronomy.

The chapter awards scholarships, generally in the amounts of $1,000 to $5,000, for full or part-time study at accredited schools offering relevant hands-on, in-person experience in San Diego or nationwide. To be eligible, applicants must be connected to the San Diego area through school, work, or recent involvement in food and wine/beer/spirits.

Past recipients have studied at The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park and Greystone, San Diego Culinary Institute, UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Johnson & Wales, New England Culinary Institute, Neptune School of Wine, International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California-San Diego, Master Court of Sommeliers, and the Pastry Program at Grossmont College. Last year, AIWF awarded scholarships to 17 residents of San Diego County.

The AIWF San Diego Scholarship Program has been the beneficiary of funds raised through auctions at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival (www.sandiegowineclassic. com), since the festival’s inaugural year in 2004, thanks to AIWF San Diego Board Members and festival founders Ken Loyst and Michelle Metter. Through the generosity of the John M. and Sally B. Thornton Foundation, AIWF San Diego offers an annual scholarship in oenology studies in their honor.

For scholarship applications and details, visit www.aiwf.org/sandiego/scholarships.html or email llipton21@gmail.com.

Napa Valley wines featured at tasting, dinner Sept. 6 Wine lovers of all levels will get a chance to experience a palette of different vintages on Saturday, Sept. 6, at a Napa Valley Vintners Grand Tasting.

The event starts at 3 p.m. at Meritage Wine Market at the Rancho Santa Fe Plaza, at Encinitas Boulevard and Manchester in the Olivenhain community of Encinitas. That will be followed from 6-9 p.m. by a VIP four-course wine-pairing dinner at Bentley’s Steak and Chop House in Encinitas.

The event is sponsored by Encinitas Chamber of Commerce and Meritage Wine Market.

The tasting will feature David Arthur, Thirteen Appellations, Hiatus, Arkenstone, Bouoncristiani, The Grade Cellers, Reynolds Family Winery, Terra Valentine and St. Supery. These wineries are some of the best on the market.

Admission ranges from $65 for a regular ticket, $120 for couples, to $220 for a group of four. VIP tickets are $200 per person, which includes a ticket to the wine tasting from 3-6 p.m. and the four-course wine dinner at Bentley’s.

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Chocolate sets the scene for local writer’s new mysteries

BY SAMANTHA TATRO Author Kathleen Krevat wakes up every day before the crack of dawn at 5 a.m., sits down at her desk, and starts writing.

“I love how quiet it is, before the neighborhood is stirring,” Krevat said. “I love the promise of a new day.”

While everyone else is finishing up a night’s sleep, Krevat, a local resident, is already typing away on her computer. Krevat, whose upcoming book, “Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates,” hits bookstores Sept. 2, says waking up early developed naturally and then became a habit.

“My energy is best in the morning, as well as my ability to focus and get into a rhythm,” Krevat said. “Writing at the same time makes it easier to settle down and get into the book the next day without spending too much time figuring out where I was in the story.”

In “Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates,” chocolatier Michelle Serrano and bookstore owner Erica Russell work together to discover who murdered the town photographer. Krevat wrote the book under a pen name, Kathy Aarons, and is the first in the Chocolate Covered Mystery series by Berkley Prime Crime, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The book will be available Sept. 2.

Though she’s been writing on and off for 10 years, the hardest part for Krevat was writing the book in the time her contract gave her: one year.

“Writing every day makes it a lot easier to continue writing,” she said. “Right up at deadline, I was writing Kathleen Krevat for 12 to 15 hours a day.”

The best part, however, was doing all the delicious research. Krevat spent a lot of time with Isabella Knack, the owner of Dallmann Fine Chocolates, while researching. Knack gave Krevat chocolate classes and answered questions about what it was like being a chocolatier and running a chocolate shop. Annette Palmer, co-owner of the now-closed Earth Song Books and Gifts, answered questions about being a bookstore owner.

“Both of these owners feel like they are doing more than just selling,” Krevat said.

“They are selling little gifts of happiness, and that’s what I tried to portray in my book.”

The newly published author received her very first copies of the book last week. When she got home one afternoon, a medium-sized box was sitting on her doorstep.

“It was thrilling,” Krevat said. “My daughter was home, so I got to share it with somebody. We saw the box on the porch and I said, ‘I know what that is!’”

But Krevat did not grow up dreaming of becoming an author. She grew up in rural

Pennsylvania and read what books were around as a kid. It wasn’t until college that she considered it a potential career path.

“I liked writing, but at the time I didn’t think of it as a career,” Krevat said of her youth. “When I went to college, I had a lot of writing classes, so I knew I wanted to get into some writing.”

She went into marketing and public relations and worked in New York City after college. After several years, she moved to San Diego with her husband, where she had two daughters. Once they went to school, she immediately became involved in the arts, becoming a self-declared super-mom.

She was PTA president and the Reflections Arts chairwoman, school foundation fundraiser, student newsletter editor and more at local elementary schools. She handled publicity and created costumes for J*Company and the Canyon Crest Academy Envision Theater programs, in addition to assisting with the Canyon Crest Academy Writers Conference. She recently joined the board of Playwrights Project, too.

Krevat started writing as a hobby when her daughter went off to preschool, but didn’t take it seriously for many years.

She spent a lot of that time working with the San Diego chapter of Romance Writers of America, who helped motivate her. She joined the chapter back when she first started writing. The first year she joined, the chapter offered workshops on all the writing basics: plot, dialogue, outlining.

“I was writing everything down because I hadn’t heard so much of it, and I was looking around and I was the only one writing stuff down,” Krevat said. “I was like, ‘What?

This is good stuff, why aren’t they writing it down?’ but it’s because once you belong for a while, you’ve heard a lot of it before.”

When she started, she would attend conferences eagerly. “Anytime I went to workshops, I would most likely buy the book,” Krevat said. “I have every writing prep book.”

She would spend years mastering those skills before taking a year or so to casually submit proposals. If she didn’t hear back, she would start “diving back into her writing hole again.”

“When I took it seriously, it paid off,” she said of the story behind her first contract. Her agent on Twitter opened up submissions for just a weekend. Krevat jumped on the opportunity and submitted to her — and the agent gave her a call.

“I haven’t had free time since the contract,” Krevat said with a warm smile. “Writing used to be my hobby, but now it’s my job.”

Krevat may be exceptionally busy at the moment — she’s writing the third book, receiving edits for her second book, working on marketing for her first book and sending her daughter off to college, all at the same time — but she shows no signs of feeling overwhelmed.

“I’m still new to all of this. I’m not tired of it yet,” Krevat said with a laugh. “I’m excited for all of the next things.”

The Mysterious Galaxy bookstore in San Diego will host a free book launch party for Krevat at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, where she will sign books, read an excerpt, and answer questions from the public.

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Top catcher and Canyon Crest grad Riley Adams brings a thoughtful approach to baseball

BY ROB LEDONNE When Encinitas native Riley Adams was merely 4 years old, his father introduced him to a baseball coach.

“When you’re a kid, your parents try to put you in all different sports to see what you like,” Adams said.

“My dad was friends with the baseball coach from UC San Diego, and he’s the one who got me into baseball.”

Fast forward about 15 years, and today Adams is one of North County’s brightest baseball stars who’s getting both local and national recognition for his talents on the field. This fall, Adams is set to attend the University of San Diego to play baseball, which is just the latest chapter in a long history for the young player who even lured the interest of a plethora of Major League Baseball (MLB) teams earlier this summer.

“All my life I wanted to pursue baseball, but that’s every kid’s dream coming up,” Adams said. “It was definitely the sport I caught onto the most.”

It’s that passion that led Adams through his career playing recreational ball as a kid and earned him a spot on the well-known Encinitas Reds travel team at 7 years old. Adams’ baseball trajectory hit another milestone when he was a freshman attending Canyon Crest Academy.

“I made varsity as a shortstop,” Adams said, looking back. “After that first season, our team didn’t have a catcher. So my head coach asked me if that was something I was interested in.”

The varsity team’s coach that year was Ryan Sienko, who made a career as a catcher himself in the minor leagues. As a result, Adams learned how to catch from an ideal teacher.

“He’s the one who showed me the ropes concerning all things catching,” Adams said. “That’s how I really got noticed.”

At the same time, Adams became a star player on the Canyon Crest Academy basketball team, and throughout his entire high school career, he improbably dominated both sports while attending Canyon

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However, Adams’ varsity career in baseball was always his main focus, and his time in high school coincided with the trajectories of a variety of North County athletes who began receiving national attention, adding up to a sort-of golden age for regional high school baseball; whether it’s Cathedral Catholic’s Brady Aiken (June’s No. 1 MLB draft pick); or Maxwell McNabb, the La Costa Canyon alum who was recruited by the Padres.

Adams is quick to point out, however, that his only plan was to take full advantage of whatever came his way, noting, “My whole belief going through high school was that if you’re good enough, someone will find you.”

That basic belief served Adams well. During the fall of his senior year, professional teams around the nation started to take notice of his talents.

“They started following my progress and coming to my house to meet me,” Adams said. “I’ve had conversations with pretty much all the Major League teams leading up to June’s MLB draft.”

The result of that wooing gave Adams a spot during the coveted draft, where the cream of the nation’s baseball crop are up for grabs to be recruited. His name was called during the 37th round, when he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

During later negotiations, however, Adams wasn’t keen on the deal the Cubs offered.

“When a team drafts you, they try to negotiate a signing bonus with you,” he said. “In the end, the money wasn’t enough to take me away from college,” where Adams had a scholarship waiting to play for USD. “I decided to uphold my scholarship.”

It’s that keen sense of thoughtfulness about baseball that has propelled Adams throughout his career so far. “It’s a crazy thing to get drafted, and just to be in the mix is a special thing that not many people get to experience,” Adams said.

“According to MLB rules, you have to go to college for a minimum of three years in order to enter the draft again.”

Fortunately, Adams has fans in high places over at USD. “I think he’s got special talent,” said Rich Hill, the wellknown coach of the school’s baseball team during a January interview with U-T San Diego. “It’s pretty impressive watching him during batting practice... He’s a young kid with tons of potential. He’s just scratching the surface of how good he can be.”

Until the next time Adams can enter the draft, he plans on continuing to grow in his sport and take what comes to him day by day.

“As of right now, I’m not worried about getting drafted again in the future,” he said. “I know that everything will work out in the end.”

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Correction In the Aug. 22 article “Ballot arguments submitted over medical marijuana dispensaries,” James Schmachtenberger was misidentified as the chairman of the Patient Care Association.

The Patient Care Association no longer exists. Schmachtenberger is a resident supporting Measure F, an initiative to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Encinitas.

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LeucadiART Walk celebrates the art and soul of Encinitas Art lovers flocked to Leucadia 101 Main Street’s 10th annual LeucadiART Walk on Aug. 24. The event featured 101 art exhibits, live music at six locations, live mural painting, a children’s art pavilion, and a craft beer garden. For more information, visit www. leucadia101.com.

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Jim Curry and Michael Hall

Jude and Vanessa Matsalla

Carlee and Wyatt Jolly

Amy Freeman, Kelly Lothringer, Christie Valois

The McGhee Family

Jasper Street booths for LeucadiART Walk

Qiao with Dallas and Larry with Kara

Morgan and Mike Fischer

Stan and Bart Salatka

Artist Jim McConlogue

Charley Marvin and Nick Winfrey (President of Leucadia101 Main Street association)

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ENCINITAS Serving North County Since 1967 Left, Summer Spiro, Rosina Reynolds (director) and Joanna Strapp rehearse for the Sept. 3 opening of “Fallen Angels”. Photo by Aaron Rumley; above, the logo for ‘Freud’s Last Session’ at North Coast Rep.

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BY LONNIE BURSTEIN HEWITT In numerology, No. 33 is what’s called a “master number” — a balance of powers, transforming the consciousness of many. North Coast Repertory Theatre’s 33rd season looks to be all of that.

Starting with Noel Coward’s “Fallen Angels” on Sept. 3 seems numerologically perfect: No. 3 means creativity, charm, wit and humor, and Coward’s plays have no shortage of those.

This one features a pair of married BFFs anxiously awaiting a blast from their once-romantic pasts, with a passionate Frenchman, a sassy housekeeper and two clueless husbands adding to the fun.

Not as well-known as other Coward classics like “Blithe Spirit” or “Private Lives,” “Fallen Angels,” which first opened in London in 1925, has lately been making the rounds of theaters here and abroad and scoring rave reviews.

“It’s a champagne cocktail of a play, one of Noel Coward’s earliest, and it’s directed by Rosina Reynolds, who played one of the leading ladies herself in the late 1980s at the old Gaslamp Theatre,” said NCRT’s Artistic Director, David Ellenstein.

During the run, there will be a one-night reading on Sept. 15 of one of Coward’s last plays, “Song at Twilight.”

“The later play is much darker,” Ellenstein said. “It was written near the end of his life and reveals some of his inner demons. It will be performed on the ‘Fallen Angels’ set.”

Later in September, there will be a special event, presented in connection with the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture — an updated version of “The Rothschilds,” the 1970 Broadway musical that turned out to be the last collaboration of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, best known for “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Composer Bock died in 2010, but lyricist Harnick and bookwriter Sherman Yellen have been reworking the play, now titled “Rothschild & Sons,” for the past few years. Local audiences can see the results in a two-nights-only workshop production Sept. 22 and 23, before

the show returns to New York, and possibly, Broadway.

Next up, on Oct. 15, is the San Diego premiere of the 2011 off-Broadway hit, “Freud’s Last Session,” with Ellenstein directing. In this imagined encounter between the aged, cancerridden father of psychoanalysis (a devout atheist) and the brilliant young author/professor C.S. Lewis (a former atheist turned devout Christian), their meeting on the eve of World War II turns into an intellectual duel almost to the death on the subjects of love, God, and the meaning of life.

Closing out the year is “This Wonderful Life,” a one-man tour de force based on the popular Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

“Jim Leaming — the Narrator in our recent production of “Who Am I This Time?” — plays all the parts himself,” Ellenstein said.

“He’s very charming, very Jimmy Stewart, and he’s been taking the show around the country since 2008. This is the smallest theater he’s performed in, so it should feel very intimate here.”

The new year kicks off with “Gunmetal Blues,” a musical spoof of 1940s film noir, followed by Neil Simon’s autobiographical romcom “Chapter Two” (the first play ever produced by NCRT), and “Unnecessary Farce,” a zany escapade involving molls, cops, hit men — and bagpipes.

Harold Pinter’s powerful “Betrayal” arrives next June, followed by the musical “Side by Side by Sondheim” in July.

Response to Season 33 has already been very positive. “It’s an audience-friendly season, and our subscriptions have really gone up,” Ellenstein said. “But we’re still looking out for a new space. We have 194 seats here, and we’d like to have at least 350, plus a larger stage and more backstage facilities — a bigger and better space to do what we do.”

North Coast Repertory Theatre is at 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive (a block east of I-5, within the Vons shopping plaza in Solana Beach.

For more about Season 33 or to purchase tickets, visit www.northcoastrep.org or call the box office at 858-481-1055.

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BY KELLEY CARLSON hen Wade and Kristi Hageman decided to open Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizzeria, they took a gamble and emerged as winners. “We put all our money into it,” Wade Hageman said.

Fortunately, “We had a line coming out of the door from Day One. The community has been nothing but really supportive.”

Hageman — a protégé of Wolfgang Puck — was looking to set up a restaurant that had the same food quality as the high-end restaurants in which he was accustomed to working, but one that was more affordable and comfortable for his family and friends.

So he established a casual pizzeria that is often animated with chitchat and rock ‘n’ roll tunes, where people can enjoy cuisine worthy of fine dining.

With the menu, Hageman takes an organic, sustainable approach, and he uses as many locally sourced ingredients as possible. “People can taste the difference,” the chef said.

Guests can try for themselves through offerings that range from appetizers and pizzas, to soups and salads.

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But the center of attention is the artisan pizzas, which are not the typical Italian Neopolitan pies: they’re more Americanized, with a browner, crispier crust. Made from dough that undergoes a three-day fermentation process, the pies bake next to burning white oak in a all-wood oven.

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Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizzeria’s Heirloom Wisconsin Black Seed Popcorn Hageman’s Signature. The “sauce” is extravirgin olive oil and lemon zest, and the trio of cheeses is composed of homemade mozzarella, ricotta and Parmigiano Reggiano. It’s finished off with red onion and fresh basil.

Meat lovers may appreciate My Father’s Pizza (named for Hageman’s dad) with tomato sauce, mozzarella, house-made fennel sausage, pepperoni and red onion.

And there’s the Abe Froman Pizza (a tongue-in-cheek reference to the “sausage king of Chicago” in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) that features tomato sauce, mozzarella, fennel sausage, smoked garlic sausage and roasted Vidalia onions.

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In November, Blue Ribbon began presenting happy hour once (and sometimes twice) a day (except Sundays). No matter which of those times a customer comes in, they can find personal-sized pizzas and appetizers for $7, craft beers for $5, and glasses of red and white wines for $6.

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A Celebration of Persian Culture Encinitas Friends of the Arts launched its first public event, A Celebration of Persian Culture, at the Encinitas Library on Aug. 23.

The event began with exotic tea and sweets on the patio at sunset, followed with a performance by DorNob — a collective of musicians, currently spanning two generations, who have been playing Persian music in San Diego since 1985. Simultaneously, a dance video by Banafsheh Sayyad was screened. Banafsheh aims to express the ancient with the contemporary and the within dance, creating a language that communicates the Persian mystical tradition universally to all regardless of cultural background.

The featured event was a reading and theatrical rendering from the book “Rumi Fables,” by Dr. Nagar Niazi. Additionally, Encinitas artist Lily Pourat’s Rumi-inspired ceramic sculpture was on display at the event.

Featured artist Lily Pourat This event is the first of a series of artistic cultural programs allowing EFA to fulfill its mission in celebrating different cultures through literary, performing, visual and culinary arts for the benefit of the community. Encinitas Friends of the Arts is a fund of the Coastal Community Foundation and is a non-religious and non-political, non-profit organization, established in April, 2014. To become a member, please visit: http://coastalfoundation.org/programs/friendsof-the-arts/ Photos by McKenzie Images. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com.

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Superintendent Schmitt plans to update the greater San Dieguito Union High School District community monthly through our local media. Topics will include curriculum, facilities, budget, safety, and other specific and special interest issues.

Today’s update focuses on welcoming all to the new year and our 2014-15 priorities.

BY RICK SCHMITT On behalf of our Board of Trustees, I want to welcome you and our 12,400-plus students to the 2014-15 academic year. The start of a new school year is always exciting. We have spent the summer eagerly preparing for your student’s return on Aug. 26 and look forward to sharing new Rick Schmitt learning experiences with each of you. For parents/guardians whose students are entering our schools for the first time, I would like to extend a special heartfelt thank you for the trust you have placed in us.

For generations, the San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) has been the educational home to students across our community, as well as a critical part of what makes our cities and towns such a great place to live. As superintendent, I am thrilled to live in our community and be part of a school district whose traditions are honored and where keeping current with the best teaching and learning practice is valued. Our priorities include communicating and delivering our vision for success …

1. by offering a cohesive curriculum, instruction, and assessment program aligned to Common Core; 2. by deliberately prioritizing budget stabilization and recovery; 3. in world-class, 21st Century facilities aligned with instructional priorities, school safety, balanced enrollment capacity and our multi-year Prop AA projects.

Here is a brief update on Common Core, Prop AA, and school safety.

Common Core Our district continues our gradual, multiyear transition to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, Mathematics, and Literacy. These standards represent a significant shift in what we expect our students to know and be able to do, and the standards apply to all of our subject areas. The CCSS ask students to think deeply and critically about information, to apply knowledge and skills in solving real-world problems, and to master key skills essential to success in college and the workplace. 21st-century skills such as creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication are central to the CCSS and will help ensure that our students are prepared for whatever path they choose when they leave our schools.

One major area of focus for us this year will be ensuring that the learning outcomes we identify for each course are aligned with CCSS and that the assessments that we use to measure student learning are also aligned with CCSS expectations.

We will also begin to implement our new CCSS-aligned integrated math courses in grades 7-9, and we will support student learning in these courses with new instructional materials.

Finally, we will focus our professional development efforts on helping our teachers make the shifts in instructional and assessment strategies inherent to the CCSS. All of these shifts will be gradual, collaborative, and will be supported by ongoing comprehensive professional development for our teachers and staff. With this in mind, we expect students to find new levels of engagement in and ownership of learning.

For information about our district’s transition to the Common Core State Standards please visit our CCSS website at https://sites.google.com/a/sduhsd.net/ccsscommunity/.

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Prop AA Over the last two summers, Proposition AA has funded improvement projects at every one of our schools. We have updated several media centers, expanded bandwidth and wireless access, built new fields and stadiums, and added air conditioning to hot classrooms. Our newest middle school, which will open next fall, is under construction, and building continues on new high school science classrooms. I’m proud to report that so far all of our projects have come in at or below budget.

As we head into this school year, we are excited to expand upon that work and prepare for the next series of projects which will focus on new science and academic buildings, renovations of older classrooms, accommodating enrollment demand at our academies, and completing technology infrastructure upgrades at all of our schools.

We will be working with the Board of Trustees throughout the year to align instructional priorities with project budgets for the next two years. We will keep our Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee and the public informed of our progress. For detailed information, refer to our regularly-updated Prop AA website.

School Safety Last year, I reported to you on our efforts to increase student safety at our schools.

Teachers and principals worked together to identify areas to improve security on campus.

We addressed many of those items over the summer and will continue to target the remaining issues this year. Some improvements will take longer to plan, and Prop AA projects will certainly play a part in bolstering our physical security. Principals will keep all informed of our plans and interim solutions as we continually refine our focus on safety.

We are also reinforcing a culture of safety. We will continue to work with law enforcement on our emergency response planning and training. Visitor and staff identification policies are being revised to help distinguish adults on campus better. The most important factor, however, is that students, parents, teachers, administrators and staff talk about what is happening at school and work together to ensure that school is a safe place for every student.

Our continuous improvement efforts are critical to our students, ensuring that the high quality of our schools is maintained. Improving student achievement goes beyond academics, co- and extra-curricular activities, and student performance. It means conservative budgeting and seeking new ways to protect taxpayer investment in our schools.

SDUHSD has earned a reputation for efficiency and quality.

Please know that we always work to address critical issues transparently and involve community members in decisions that must be made on behalf of students. We will maintain our track record of inclusion and collaboration with our parents and extended community. Back-ToSchool nights are a great chance for you to be involved and hear from your children’s principals and teachers.

When I reflect on what we have to be proud of in San Dieguito, I always think about our talented students and staff who are regularly recognized for their achievements.

They make us all proud. One way to follow all of our amazing students, staff and programs is to follow SDUHSD updates on Facebook, Twitter, the SDUHSD website, through our local media outlets, and by attending our school and community events.

On behalf of our district, please accept my thanks for your support of our schools and our students, and on a personal level, for the opportunity to lead and work with you as your superintendent.

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Letters to the editor/Opinion

Clearing the airwaves and the water Locally and globally, we have created a plastic pollution pandemic. The scientist credited with the discovery of garbage accumulation in the ocean just returned from his 20th anniversary research trip and confirmed that the Gyre is growing. Of course it is, because we keep feeding it.

A surfer/fisherman friend called my attention last week to KOGO radio where a substitute “shock jock” was spewing what she claimed was the truth about this — the Gyre is a lie, plastic bags aren’t even plastic, suffocation isn’t possible by putting one over a child’s head, grocery stores are profiteers, etc.

Some folks can’t live without their plastic bags, hate the grocers for extorting 10 cents per bag (paper and plastic), need them for pooper scooping, and suggest reuse as a brilliant idea.

As legislation (SB270) is pending in Sacramento, KPBS aired a more rational interview with a Surfrider representative and a plastic industry spokesperson. Hawaii has a ban, but not officially statewide.

After 20 years of studying the research, publishing in another local paper, and addressing my own plastic addiction: I have never purchased a plastic bag and never will, I changed my habits such that I rarely need one, I don’t line my trash cans with them, I use junk mail paper to pick up behind Rover, I get a 5 cent credit for bringing my reusable bags to Sprouts and Ralphs. And if I owned a plastic factory, why wouldn’t I retool and produce something better than poison packaging and hire more people, not less?

Recycling can only account for a fraction of the waste we create, because the majority of plastic garbage is either landfilled into someone else’s neighborhood or “baled and shipped to China.” Quoth the VP of EDCO in 2010.

Of course plastic is a necessary product, but there’s too much of it in the waste stream. We cannot continue polluting like there’s no tomorrow, then wonder why the water is fouled and our kids are sick. I care how I leave the planet for the next generation and the health of the fish on my plate.

Thank you, Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson, for singing us back to our senses with efforts to protect the garden and the sea. They are leading where others have their heads stuck in the sand. Sadly, that sand is full of plastic.

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American Cancer Society hosts ‘Relay For Life’ event The American Cancer Society hosted a Relay for Life event Aug. 23-24 at Diegueno Middle School in Encinitas. Each year, more than 4 million people in over 20 countries raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer through the Relay For Life movement.

Relay For Life teams camp out overnight and take turns walking or running around a track or path at a local high school, park, or fairground, according to the organization’s web site. Events are up to 24 hours long, and because cancer never sleeps, each team is asked to have at least one participant on the track at all times. For more information, visit www. relayforlife.org. Photos by Jon Clark. For photos online, visit www.encinitasadvocate.com.

The Selinka Family (with survivor Travis at right)

Survivors (in purple) and friends walk the track to support cancer research

Tom and Jean Hinton

Oncologist and survivor Dr. Antonio Grillo-López with Miguel Grillo Beth Castiglione and survivor Allison Bially

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After several months of meetings last spring, the group found that over-accelerating has resulted in too many students with gaps in fundamental skills. Consequently, they struggle when they reach higher math levels, draining instructors’ time.

Brady cited another reason the district revisited math acceleration: the shift to Common Core standards.

Common Core emphasizes analysis and demonstrating understanding over rote memorization. For instance, Brady relayed a sixthgrade sample problem in which students are asked to come up with equations to maximize wind turbine production. They’re then told to write an article explaining how the technology works.

Rodin, the parent whose daughter attends Flora Vista Elementary, expressed worry over previously accelerated students having to rehash the same material this year.

Because previous years’ lessons weren’t as in-depth, accelerated students are likely to lack the deeper understanding that’s necessary to move forward, district officials stated.

Another parent said the new math standards are “bringing those top students down.”

In response, Brady said district teachers spent many hours this summer retooling the math curriculum so it’s more individualized. Hence, students can move ahead of the pack if they’re ready, she added.

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district could not legally fulfill her request.

“Had my son been added to the wait list, he would’ve been admitted to CCA” with all the other wait-list freshmen, MacDonald said. “I ask that the board correct this oversight … My family was treated unfairly even though we’re taxpayers living in the district.”

She said her family was discriminated against because her child did not attend a district school and didn’t receive the same noti-

nent of personalization, Brady noted.

This year, every student now has an iPad, paid for by Proposition P, a $39 million bond passed in 2010.

“If a student is ready to keep going, why not let them go?” Brady said.

Although the district has discouraged acceleration, there is an “outlier clause” for students who can clearly demonstrate mastery on an assessment test.

Students who were previously accelerated or those hoping to skip ahead for the first time aimed to receive a score of 90 percent or greater on an assessment that teachers administered last week.

EUSD officials said the districtwide results have yet to be compiled. But according to preliminary reports, few students at each school have earned at least a 90.

District officials said past years’ acceleration assessments weren’t as comprehensive, explaining why more students were accelerated compared with this fall.

In prior years, as many as 30 percent to 40 percent of students in a given class were accelerated in math.

Brady said too often it became a “numbers game” in which students moved forward before they were ready.

Those currently on the cusp of acceleration can take a companion test. Also, math teachers could help determine where students should be placed.

“It’s looking at lots of different data points,” EUSD Superintendent Tim Baird said after the forum ended.

“However, if the student is at 50 percent and someone wants them to be promoted to the next grade level, we’re not likely to do so, as they don’t have the requisite knowledge to be successful.”

Baird said other districts like the Del Mar Union High School District now have a similar approach to math acceleration.

EUSD has received $1.1 million from the state over two years to implement Common Core standards, most of which has gone to professional development and technology-centric instructional materials.

Jennifer Hamler, a candidate for the EUSD school board, said over the phone Aug. 25 that the district rushed into the new math acceleration standards without getting enough parent feedback.

“It feels like too much of a change all at once,” she said, adding that she has contacted parents regarding the issue over the summer.

Two parents at the meeting said they were relieved by the district’s answers during the forum. But they also stated that initial communications were confusing.

Others expressed frustration over the lack of notifications for the upcoming changes. The district, however, has said it tried to inform parents with a letter, an email blast, and notifications via its website and social media last June.

So far, the district has held three public forums on math acceleration and plans to continue outreach.

Carol Skiljan, an EUSD board member, said after the forum she was glad that quite a few parents came out to learn more about the topic.

She added high schools and colleges are eager to see districts like EUSD implement Common Core.

“Students are going to be better prepared for higher education,” Skiljan said.

fications as district parents.

Board trustee John Salazar asked Superintendent Rick Schmitt whether something could be done to admit MacDonald’s son, since all other wait list freshmen were accepted.

“All freshmen were admitted off the wait list this year, but there are 167 students in the upper grades on the wait list who followed all the laws and have priority,” said Schmitt. “We can’t bring in someone who did not participate.”

He said that staff cannot add a student to the wait list after the deadline — it has been the district’s poli-

cy for more than 18 years that if families don’t participate in the high school selection by the deadline date, they are ineligible. Schmitt noted that six other Notre Dame students participated in the process and were accepted into their school of choice.

Grove said that parents are notified of the process on the district website, through traditional and social media, as well as an internal email system for district parents.

“There are many ways to become familiar with the system and legally apply,” Schmitt said.

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noise. Consequently, he said, the urban agriculture ordinance doesn’t warrant a lot of extra rules to address impacts.

He added that the amount of food harvested on an acre of land in a year could fit within one or two trucks, far from being a disturbance.

Rather than write a host of new regulations, Larson said a better approach is to pass rules saying residential farm stands can sell only what they have grown.

“Don’t go too far overregulating yourself,” Larson said.

Several other public speakers echoed his sentiments, saying the city should first write rules based on what’s permitted, and

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Bill O’Donnell, assistant general manager of the San Dieguito Water District, said education has proven effective to deter water-wasters.

The last time the district was at Level 2, which was July 2009 to April 2011, the district sent out 19 warning letters after a first violation. Of those, two customers were fined $100 each for a second violation. One customer was fined $800 as a result of four violations.

When OMWD was previously at Level 2, customers corrected violation notices, and so it didn’t have to issue fines.

Thorner said OMWD hasn’t ruled out employees just for enforcement. However, that’s only a possibility if the drought worsens and its wholesaler requires sig-

CAPS continued from page 2 we want school boards to have control of their own financial solvency and management in good times and bad.”

In June, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law SB 858, the education budget trailer bill that requires districts to spend reserve balances down to no more than two to three times the minimum level of statutory reserve for economic uncertainties.

In SDUHSD’s case, its reserves could not be more than 6 percent of its total general fund expenditures.

The statutory minimum for school district reserves is 3 percent, less than 20 days of total cash flow.

“We wouldn’t be able

not get too caught up in restrictions.

As opposed to a onesize-fits-all set of rules for urban agriculture, city officials said the city could opt for a tiered approach.

For example, in San Francisco, neighborhood gardens of less than an acre require a $350 permit without a public hearing. But for gardens larger than one acre, the fee is steeper. Public hearings become necessary, and additional permits are required for some zones.

Daron “Farmer D” Joffe, director of development at the Leichtag Foundation Ranch, said other cities throughout the nation have recently passed urban agriculture rules.

So, Joffe said, Encinitas doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel, but could instead pull from various cities’ or-

dinances and tweak where necessary.

“There’s been a lot of good work done and resources expended by cities across the country that we could leverage,” Joffee said.

Along with residential farming, the ordinance will address rules for community gardens and setbacks for bees and livestock. However, those were only briefly touched on during the meeting.

Beehives are permitted in neighborhoods, but must be kept at least 600 feet from surrounding homes.

The buffer is 35 feet for chicken coops and goat pens.

The date for the next urban agriculture subcommittee meeting hasn’t been set. For more information, visit ci.encinitas.ca.us.

nificant cutbacks in water use.

In such a scenario, the district would face fines if its water demand didn’t fall below a set target.

The State Water Resources Control Board recently required that local districts adopt mandatory conservation measures. But the voting body didn’t identify how much local districts’ consumption should decline.

O’Donnell said although it’s not in the cards right now, a move to Level 3 would lead the district to consider water cops. Level 3 entails tougher regulations, like limiting irrigation to one day a week in the summer.

“At Level 3, all bets are off,” O’Donnell said.

Joey Randall, management analyst with OMWD, said enforcing Level 2 takes little time from workers’ schedules.

“It takes as little as five minutes to stop the truck, document the occurrence, hang the door hanger and move on with their business,” Randall said.

Customers have largely been understanding of the restrictions, he said. “They realize everyone needs to roll up their sleeves and conserve. Sometimes it’s just a matter of folks reprogramming their sprinklers.”

Most OMWD violations so far are customers watering on the wrong days.

Odd-numbered houses within the district can irrigate Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, with even-numbered homes taking the remaining days. For multifamily units, the schedule is Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

For a full list of drought restrictions or details about free water audits, visit omwd.org or sdwd.org.

to cover our payroll,” Dill said of the 3 percent level.

Dill said SDUHSD maintains a reserve of about 12 percent, and the reserve cap would severely limit the district’s ability to respond to future economic downturns.

The resolution states the district’s belief that prudently setting aside money for economic uncertainties is good financial planning.

“We built our reserve so we could be prepared if there was an economic downturn, and we had a big one in 2008,” Dill said.

Because the district had prepared and maintained its reserves, it didn’t have to lay off teachers, issue furloughs, shorten the school year or reduce salaries, as many districts were forced to do.

The reserve came into

play this year when the district faced an uncertainty it hadn’t planned for when its California State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) contribution was increased.

“If we didn’t have the reserves, that would be $800,000 to $900,000 that we would’ve had to find somewhere else,” Dill said.

Supporters of the cap on reserves say that it would promote transparency, local control and accountability. The California Teachers Association has come out in support of the cap on reserves, arguing that taxpayer dollars should be spent in classrooms and not “sitting in bank accounts.”

A bill from the opposition side to repeal the reserve cap, AB 146, failed last week.

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International Kids’ Film Fest coming Sept. 5-7 The 2014 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival will take place from Sept. 5-7 at the AMN Healthcare Theater, 12400 High Bluff Drive in San Diego. This year’s festival will screen more than 60 films from 38 countries.

More than 48 shorts have been chosen, including one by an Oscar-nominated animator, John R. Dilworth, called “The Fog of Courage” (USA). In addition, there are more than 10 wonderful feature films, such as “The Friends” (Korea), “Little Sami” (China) and “Thunder and the House of Magic” (Belgium), nominated as finalists.

American filmmakers, as well as film delegations from China, Korea, Taiwan, Canada and many more countries, will appear at the event.

With goals to promote positive educational impact on children and youth, the San Diego International Kids Film Festival actively supports innovative films made by filmmakers from around the globe. Besides the film screenings, the 2014 film festival will host an opening night gala, cultural forums, industrial panel discussions, and an award ceremony. These events will help interactions between filmmakers and the local students. Students and audiences will critique the films after each screening, and volunteer interpreters will assist with non-English speaking filmmakers at all events.

The cultural forums will focus on topics such as film production in different countries and cultural contexts. The film juries consist of an outstanding committee of industry personnel. Film distributors will also be present at the festival to secure other desired material.

For complete details and information of this year’s event, visit http://www.sdkidsfilms. org, call 310-541-8040 or e-mail info@sdkidsfilms.org.

RC Humane Society to hold fundraiser Sept. 20 “Help Us Grow” will be the theme when the Rancho Coastal Humane Society hosts its annual Celebration of Second Chances from 4:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe. Community leaders, businesses, and supporters of RCHS will put their “best paws forward” as the shelter steps into the future.

“In the 54 years since Rancho Coastal Humane Society was founded, a community has grown around us,” says President Jim Silveira. “Our main building is still the house that was on the property in 1960. Our Humane Education center was a barn. We’ve worked hard to meet the expanding needs that surround Rancho Coastal Humane Society. Now we’re asking our friends and neighbors to Help Us Grow.”

For tickets or information and to learn how you can “Help Us Grow,” visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza St. in Encinitas, visit www.sdpets.org, call 760-7536413 or e-mail Nick Winfrey at nwinfrey@sdpets.org.

15th annual Gala in the Garden to be held Sept. 6 San Diego Botanic Garden’s 15th Annual Gala in the Garden will be from 5-9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6, with the theme of “Right in Our Own Backyard.” The 2014 Paul Ecke, Jr. Award of Excellence Honoree is Eric Larson, executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau.

Larson is being recognized by the Garden for his valuable and important work in San Diego County’s agricultural industry, as well as his leadership of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, the San Diego County Water Authority, Carlsbad City Council and the Encina Wastewater Authority.

For more about Gala in the Garden or sponsorship opportunities, call 760-436-3036, ext. 218 or visit the website at www.SDBGarden.org. Tickets to the event are $200 per person. Tickets are available online at www.SDBGarden.org.

Brandeis group to host Sept. 10 luncheon The San Dieguito Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee will hold its first event of their year, the annual Opening Meeting/Study Group Showcase luncheon at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, 1505 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach.

Anyone interested in joining or learning more is cordially invited.

Coffee and muffins will be served at 11 a.m., followed by a presentation of the year’s study groups and lunch. These informal learning sessions on a large range of topics attract many new members to the committee. Almost all groups meet at Seacrest Village, Encinitas.

Cost of lunch is $35. For information or reservations by Sept. 1, call 858-309-8348.

‘Pup-pare’ to make waves at HWAC surfathon Susan and Ziggy show ’em how it’s done! The Helen Woodward Animal Center throws its ninth annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon, presented by Blue Buffalo, on Sunday, Sept. 7 at Dog Beach in Del Mar. This year, in addition to the “hang twenty” competition, Stand Up Paddleboarding Pups will be in a Paddle Paws Parade, led by Laura Nativo of Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family.”

A semi-pro Stand Up Paddleboarder, she’ll be with her Pomeranian SUP-ing pup, Preston. The Surf-A-Thon runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with more than 80 dogs surfing in four different weight class competitions.

Other activities include the Beach Bum Bikini Babe Canine Costume Contest; more than 70 interactive vendor booths; and a Special Kids Activity area.

There’s still time to enter the surf-dog contest! Visit www.animalcenter.org or call 858-756-4117, ext. 350.

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Grand opening held for new La Costa office by Coastal Premier Properties Coastal Premier Properties held the grand opening of its La Costa office on Aug. 21 at 7670 El Camino Real #102.

The party was held in conjunction with the Houston team, headed by Julie Houston.

Founded in 2009 by successful real estate agents Amy Green and Susan Meyers-Pyke, Coastal Premier Properties has continued to grow with the addition of two new offices in North County this year. One office opened earlier in the summer in Del Mar Village. The La Costa office makes the third location for Coastal Premier Properties, which also has an office in Carmel Valley.

“This has always been our dream, to expand our company and to continue providing great service to the people of San Diego in many convenient locations across North County,” explains co-owner Amy Green.

“We’re so grateful to our clients, past and present, that have helped Coastal Premier Properties grow into what it is today. And to all of our great agents and staff who are committed to the vision that Amy and I have for our company,” adds co-owner Susan Meyers-Pyke.

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