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Board aims to ink fiber-optic deal by March Project expected to increase home values. BY KAREN BILLING
■ RSF's Jackie Friedman honored by Ivy League coaches as 2015 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. See page 7.
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The Rancho Santa Fe Association board is getting closer to signing a deal to bring better broadband connectivity to the community through a fiber-optic network. At the Jan. 7 Association meeting, board member Philip Wilkinson said the technology committee will complete negotiation of a detailed term sheet with two bidders in February with the
hope for the Association board to award the project to the best vendor by March. Pre-construction activity is expected to take three to nine months depending on permitting and the construction will take 12 to 15 months. Wilkinson said the tech committee has made a lot of progress since beginning work in 2014. Wilkinson said the committee did its due diligence, “exhausting a number of the major providers”— Rancho Santa Fe faced challenges in that the major providers were only looking to build in high-density areas. Major providers were also asking that Rancho Santa Fe pay to build the infrastructure — basically paying for them to
expand their business — without the Association maintaining control or the revenue sharing benefit. In February 2015, the committee began exploring alternative options such as Rancho Santa Fe building and owning the infrastructure in a partnership with a provider. This partnership allows Rancho Santa Fe control over the network and a sharing of the revenue. Once the estimated $15 million project is paid off, Wilkinson said the Association could expect to see a huge cash flow. After putting the broadband project out for a SEE BROADBAND, A21
Association to boost Dodgeball superstars cell phone coverage Committee considering two proposals BY KAREN BILLING The Rancho Santa Fe Association is looking to improve cell phone reception for Covenant members with new faux tree cell phone towers. The Association’s technology committee is considering two proposals, from Verizon and American Tower Corporation (ATC), to provide both better quality coverage and multiple carrier
■ For photos of a variety of community events, see pages B1-24.
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co-location options. The improvement would come courtesy of three to four faux pine or eucalyptus trees placed in optimum sites throughout the Covenant to significantly enhance coverage. Board member and tech committee member Philip Wilkinson said that over the years there have been countless complaints to both the Association and to providers about the “very, very frustrating” lack of cell coverage in the Ranch. The tech committee tackled this issue by meeting with several SEE TOWER, A21
The Rancho Santa Fe Community Center hosted an action-packed Adult Dodgeball Tournament Jan. 8 at the center. The fun-filled event included food and beverages. Photos by McKenzie Images. See page B8 for more photos. For photos online, visit www.rsfreview.com.
Committee gives update on Covenant Club’s design Goal is to have design finalized soon
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The Rancho Santa Fe Association board played to a packed house at its first meeting of the year on Jan. 7, with some of the overflow crowd at the Association office sitting on the floor in the aisles. Many people were there to hear the latest update from the Covenant Club’s design sub-committee — chair Jerry Yahr gave a very detailed presentation about
the club’s design schematic that they are in the process of refining. “This community is so fortunate to have you with your expertise leading this project,” RSF Association President Ann Boon said of Yahr. “This is my first look (at the design plan) and I think it’s pretty thrilling.” Yahr was given applause by the audience but he said credit is also due to the subcommittee who has given a lot of time and energy on the project. In December, the subcommittee approved the initial design schematic for a 12,200-square-foot club with
a 27-5 to 300-stall parking lot, situated in between the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club’s players’ club and the Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club. Yahr said the goal is to have the design finalized in the next two months so cost estimates can be completed. A 3-D model is being prepared and a comprehensive package will be done by spring so the Covenant voters can make an “intelligent decision.” Yahr said the plan is to have at least one town hall meeting once all of the information is together to present facts before the vote. SEE UPDATE, A21
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RSF Association Board Biz: The Village VIBE is all about your participation BY ANN BOON, RSF ASSOCIATION BOARD PRESIDENT If you don’t visit the Village of Rancho Santa Fe regularly on Saturday mornings, you may have missed the fun on Nov. 7. The fourth in a series of Saturday morning events hosted by the Village VIBE, the fun included lawn games provided by the RSF Association, arts and crafts in collaboration with the RSF Community Center and a Spa Trunk Show provided by The Inn at RSF. More than 80 attendees enjoyed the bluesy-country music of ZB Savoy and the delicious Neapolitan pizza of Red Oven Pizza. So what exactly is the Village VIBE? Some people have asked me, "Is the Village VIBE just about putting on ‘parties in the park’?" Well, it is about putting on events in the Village parks area, and the VIBE is about much, much more than that. The Village VIBE’s assignment is Community Engagement. In the words of professional urban
Ann Boon planners and community developers, this means: "Using activation to engage the community, to collect and quantify data, to inform planning and to guide immediate results." There are three main components to this method of community engagement: Stakeholder Outreach, Activation and Quantification. If this method sounds scientific to you, that’s because it is. Scientific research depends on creating laboratory experiments and analyzing the data that they produce. That is exactly what the VIBE is doing. It seems that as a community, we are all interested in having a
vibrant Village. As a board, we have been funding several methods to try to achieve this. The Revitalization Committee is reviewing zoning and parking alternatives, including enforcement of existing ordinances as well as the possibility of writing new ones. The job of the VIBE is to try to determine what exactly a "vibrant" Village means to us as residents and what we as a community might support in terms of retail, restaurants and activities. Let’s get back to the three main components mentioned above. The first is Stakeholder Outreach. At every VIBE event, you will find an outreach station where you will be able to share your thoughts about our Village, either in writing or in conversation. Whether you are "young" or "old," a resident or a merchant, your opinions are sought and valued. The VIBE is providing a casual and ongoing opportunity for all the diverse members of our RSF community to offer their ideas about life in our Village. What do you like
most about it? How could your everyday experience of the Village be enhanced? The members of the VIBE committee gather these comments and study them as they plan for the next event. The second main component is Activation. The events are the most obvious evidence of Activation. So far, we have experienced the Saturday morning gatherings as well as the Oktoberfest party held in collaboration with The Inn and the Halloween trick-or-treat festivities held with the merchants. What have these "activation events" accomplished? Most important, the events were fun for all who participated! While we all wait for real progress to be made in the development of a vibrant Village, the VIBE events are providing entertaining examples of what a "vibrant" Village might look like: games and music in the park, food and beer on the lawn, trick-or-treating at every door — with merchants, nonprofits and residents interacting and connecting in new and
different ways. In addition to events, activation has also meant individuals getting involved. Residents formed the initial core of the Village VIBE leadership. Now, merchants and individuals from various nonprofits have joined forces with these residents. Together, they are coordinating their activities and their goals. The hope is that greater collaboration and partnering will lead to greater participation in all community activities. Activation also involves using the "pop-up" nature of the VIBE events to test ideas of retail and restaurant concepts. For example, a food truck that sells pizza might experience so much business at a Saturday-morning gathering on the lawn that the owners might consider actually moving into a "bricks and mortar" space in our Village. This is a laboratory experiment — if you want retailers and chefs to be attracted to our Village, then support them when they pop up at a VIBE event! Quantification is the third and ultimately decisive
component of this grand experiment. We all say to each other that we want a more vibrant Village. Many of you communicate directly with board members, expressing your desire for us to take action to make that vibrant Village happen. As an Association, we are spending money to determine what you want and how we can deliver on our promise to you. This laboratory experiment, while it might seem simply like throwing a few parties, is actually a complex process that requires professional guidance to be done well and to produce reliable results that can provide a blueprint for future Village enhancement. We have contracted with Rancho Santa Fe resident Stacey Pennington and her firm, SLP Urban Planning, to lead us through the Community Engagement process. In the end, it will all come down to numbers and data gathered at our VIBE events. How many of you residents will turn out for the VIBE events? How many residents SEE BOARD, A30
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RSF School board receives update on gymnasium Several financing options under consideration for facility at R. Roger Rowe School
BY KAREN BILLING The Rancho Santa Fe School District board continues to discuss its options with R. Roger Rowe School’s aging gym facility. At the Jan. 7 board meeting, the board members learned if they opt to do nothing, over the next five years it would cost $623,000 to maintain the existing facility, which would include repairs to the roof, beams, walls and maintaining the gym floor. Debra Vaughn-Cleff, of Webb Cleff Architecture and Engineering, said without any repairs, the useful life of the existing building is five to 10 years. The building can continue to operate under the code under which it was constructed in 1973, but any revisions to the structure would trigger an accessibility upgrade for it to be in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Per the district’s master plan approved in December, the current gym is undersized for physical education activities and the dance and wrestling
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A rendering of the proposed three court gym at R. Roger Rowe School. programs need their own spaces — dance is currently taught in a teacher training room and wrestling occurs at the community center. The board has considered both a two-court and three-court new gym facility, which would include the amenities of
wrestling and dance rooms, and locker and changing rooms . The two-court option is estimated at $16.2 million while a three-court option would be about $19 million. As Superintendent Lindy Delaney noted, the architecture of the new gym is proposed to be
a beautiful building that fits in with the rest of the campus façade and that does come with a higher price tag than just building a box. Financing options for the new facility include private funding or going for a general obligation bond in June or November 2016
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RSF School board considers solar power options BY KAREN BILLING The Rancho Santa Fe School District could be moving forward on its solar energy project this year as it faces historically high electricity prices. Rather than a direct purchase of a system of panels for the campus, at the Jan. 7 board meeting Superintendent Lindy Delaney recommended the district consider leasing, also known as a power purchase agreement (PPA). A PPA is a way for the district to go solar without having to pay the capital investment of $800,000 to $1 million.
In a PPA, the district would host a system that is paid for and owned by a provider. The district would enter a contract with the provider to purchase the electricity generated by the system on the school’s property. The price of the electricity is typically set at or below the current utility rate for the first year, increasing annually during the 25-year lease. With a PPA, the provider and not the district would be responsible for repairs and maintenance, which Delaney considered a big plus. Debra Vaughn-Cleff, of Webb Cleff Architecture and Engineering, said there
are several options for solar panel arrays on campus. Phase one would include a mounted array over the blacktop lunch and play areas. Phase two would include arrays on top of the roof; phase three would include structures over the staff parking lot on the Dacus property on El Fuego; and phase four would be mounts on top of a possible new gym. Should it opt for the Dacus property, the district would need to conduct an Environmental Impact Report, which would cost about $100,000 to $150,000 for the nine months to a year process. The existing dirt lot would also be paved as
part of the project. At its Jan. 7 meeting, the board members requested more information, such as visuals, before they make their decision. “I have no problem putting it on the roof but putting large structures across the blacktop, I worry about what that would look like when you’re in it or under it,” Vice President Todd Frank said. Vaughn-Cleff said they would look like shade structures or carports and would be similar to those done at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School in Carlsbad. Frank and RSF School Board President SEE SOLAR, A21
RSF Association 2016 board RSF condo owners’voting rights reconsidered election schedule set BY KAREN BILLING The Rancho Santa Fe Association board set the schedule for the upcoming elections at its Jan. 7 meeting. A five-member nominating committee of President Ann Boon, Vice President Heather Slosar and three former board members will be tasked with finding quality candidates to serve on the board. The nominating committee has until March 14 to report nominations and the
mailing of election materials is set for April 29. Residents have until May 2 to register to vote in the election; ballots will be mailed following the Annual Meeting on May 12. Ballots must be returned by June 13 at 5 p.m. and will be counted by appointed election inspectors on June 14. Three seats will be up for election in May, held by Slosar, Philip Wilkinson and Jerry Yahr.
BY KAREN BILLING The Rancho Santa Fe Association’s Governing Documents Committee is no longer recommending giving condo owners the right to vote at this time, according to Fred Wasserman, who spoke during his committee liason report at the Jan. 7 RSF Association board meeting. Wasserman said that the committee determined there is not enough
information to make the condo owner change to the bylaws and articles of incorporation right now, but they would like to move forward with the other amendments which include deleting the “cumbersome” registration process and ensuring all property owners receive one Association membership with two votes. Amendments are also being proposed to bring Association documents in line SEE CONDO, A22
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Tennis club to provide special experience for children in need BY KAREN BILLING The Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club is giving an advantage to kids in need. Starting in February, the club will put on free lessons and clinics for homeless children from the San Diego Rescue Mission. The Mission will handle transportation up to Rancho Santa Fe and the club will take it from there, with all of the professionals giving hands-on, quality instruction and young members of the booming juniors program will come out to play with the kids as well. “They have no idea what’s coming,” said excited Head Pro Derek Miller. The idea for the new outreach program came out of RSF Tennis Club board member Dave Van Den Berg's first-time visit to the San Diego Rescue Mission last year. He was blown away by the Mission's President and CEO, Herb Johnson, and all of the things the organization does for the community. The Mission has been serving San Diego for 60 years, helping people address the challenges behind their homelessness and return to their communities as “fulfilled, contributing members of society.” They provide housing,
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place long enough to do that,” Van Den Berg said. “It had a tremendous impact on me personally.” The children from the Rescue Mission will be able to take part in what Van Den Berg calls an “outrageously” good junior tennis program and learn the game from some of the top professionals in the world, such as Christian Groh,
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RSF's Jackie Friedman honored by Ivy League coaches Jackie Friedman, Dartmouth College senior, recently received highest Ivy League Honors as she completes her final season as captain of the Dartmouth College Women's Soccer Team. Voted upon by all Ivy League soccer coaches of the Ancient 8, Friedman was chosen from among all Ivy League Women's Soccer Players as Ivy League Defender of the Year. Dartmouth Coach Ron
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Success Rate,(GSR), for the fifth consecutive year. Dartmouth is the only Division I school in the U.S. that has ever been the National leader in both GSR and APR in the same year. As Friedman enjoys her final year at Dartmouth, she looks forward to the position she has accepted in finance following her June graduation.
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Robotics tourney held
Rancho Santa Fe had two teams in the competition, including the Portal Pounders and the Intergalactic Dragons.
R. Roger Rowe School hosted the second qualifying tournament of the season for the First Tech Challenge (FTC) on Saturday, Jan. 9. Rancho Santa Fe had two teams in the competition, including the Portal Pounders and the Intergalactic Dragons. The all-girls team, the Pounders, includes Caneel Y., Taber B., Katherine A. and Arielle S. The Intergalactic Dragons consists of Lucas L., Clara R., Daniel S., Justin Y. and Conrad D. The Rowe junior high school students competed mostly against high school teams. In spite of their winch system breaking down, the Intergalactic Dragons won five of six matches and placed second behind the Furious Falcons. The Portal Pounders, after placing first overall in the last
R. Roger Rowe School hosted the second qualifying tournament of the season for the First Tech Challenge. tournament, faced a number of adversities including snapping their fiberglass poles, getting their winch string tangled, having the game controller on the wrong setting, and losing their treads but, through it all, maintained a positive attitude, which Coach Dave Warner said was a true
testament of the team’s character. Warner thanked all of the parent coaches and volunteers for their tireless efforts to help run the tournament. Robotics co-directors Pamela Meistrell and Cory Hoover also helped make the tournament a success.
Bible study group to hold meetings at Garden Club BY KAREN BILLING For years, Rancho Santa Fe resident Lindsey Clifford has believed in “putting feet to her faith,” using her faith to help make a difference and to help others find strength. The founder of The Jesus Lifestyle and editor of “Just Jesus,” a book of only the words of Jesus from the Bible, will be taking her Bible study outside of her home for the first time with a new study group running Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. from Jan. 21 through April 28 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. The group is a real life study addressing real-life problems. “Just Jesus” discusses what Jesus has to say all about the problems people have in their lives, including topics such as anxiety, eating disorders, marriage, greatness, control, healing, children, letting go and intimacy. “I believe God’s word has practical real life application to the problems we have in our lives,” Clifford said. “If we understand what the Bible says about problems, it can offer solutions that last and work.” Clifford is strict about the rules of her group: no gossip, no talk about other religions as it is meant to be non-denominational, and whatever is said in the group stays in the group. She said as a result of her rules, she seen some great relationships and friendships form among the women as they can feel
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The Just Jesus Bible Study group has outgrown Lindsey Clifford's home and will meet at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. comfortable to talk and share and “have each other’s backs.” “For two hours they get to come to a place in which they are loved, nurtured and fed spiritually,” Clifford said. “It’s like Bible therapy.” “We find peace in each other by being courageous and loving enough to share what’s going on in our lives without condemnation or judgment,” Clifford said. “We are here to love each other, to listen with our hearts and pick each other up.” Clifford has lived in Rancho Santa Fe for six years and in Southern California for 16
years—she is originally from New York. As Clifford likes to say, she “put feet to her faith” and became a writer, speaker and Bible study leader, editing “Just Jesus” and writing the accompanying Bible studies. Clifford said all of the subjects in her studies are well-researched and she pulls in various expertise to add depth to the topics. Clifford has written Bible studies for 10 years but started hosting Bible studies in her home in 2012. She started with just a small group of friends and it grew and grew through word of mouth.
For the studies, she would clear out her living room and create three circles of chairs. Dedicated leaders helped lead the study groups, which include women from Solana Beach, La Costa, Cardiff, Carmel Valley, Encinitas and Carlsbad. “I believe I have a gift for teaching. I take the Bible’s principles and give them practical life applications. And I’m not afraid to share my own life, I do a lot of self-disclosures because stories are the best way to show biblical principles,” Clifford said. Clifford said it has been “wonderful” to see women pour themselves into the study, and to
donate their time and resources to make it an open, welcoming experience for everyone. Over the years she has watched marriages restored, lives put back together and seen people who are depressed regain their peace of mind. “It’s just outgrown the house,” Clifford said, describing times her living room was full of over 100 women and law enforcement spoke to her about the number of cars parked on her street. She is excited about starting the next chapter at the RSF Garden Club and is continually touched by how the Jesus Lifestyle has been embraced — Her Just Jesus Facebook page has climbed to 167,000 likes and groups are forming and strong all over the country. Following Clifford’s faithful footsteps, the group gives back to the community as well with various outreach and service opportunities—on Feb. 14 they will head up to the Dream Center in Los Angeles to serve at an event helping victims of human trafficking. “We live in a world where bad news travels fast. This is good news,” Clifford said. “We want to know that there is hope. It’s a God-given sense in our heart to want to see a silver lining.” For those who cannot make Thursday’s groups, videos and all of the studies are posted online, as well as leader training and discussion and answer guides. For more information, visit jesuslifestyle.com.
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$3,195,000 Wonderful 8,121 appx. sf traditional 7BR home overlooking the breathtaking signature 14th hole of the RSF Golf Course! Gracious living at its finest!
$2,995,000 Completely renovated! Gorgeous Single Story 4 BR, 4.5 ba with exceptional finishes & fixtures. Across from the 10th Tee Box of RSF Golf Course & Club House..
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Library to hold Chili Cook Off Rancho Santa Fe Library starts off the New Year 2016 with its first annual Chili Cook Off with an official judging panel. The library will host its Chili Cook Off in celebration of January’s national attention to soups and stews. Tasters and
home cooks are all welcome to come and participate. Those cooks who would like to compete for rights and winnings are asked to sign up at the Adult Circulation Desk to submit their entry. The date of this food event is Thursday, Jan.
28, from 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. in the Community Room. Please join the library for health and life-long learning at the Rancho Santa Fe Library at 17040 Avenida de Acacias, Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067. Call (858) 756-2512.
Community invited to help plant trees The community is invited to help plants trees in Arroyo Park in Rancho Santa Fe on Saturday, Jan. 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Rancho Santa Fe Association’s Committee on the Natural Environment (CONE), the nonprofit Tree San Diego organization and the Stanford Club of San Diego. “I’m really looking forward to the community tree planning event sponsored by the Association along with Tree San Diego and the Stanford Club on Jan. 23. It will be great fun to see people of all ages enjoying the digging, planting and socializing,” said Bill Beckman, CONE chairman. “In addition, an event like this emphasizes how important it is to keep planting trees in our community, especially with the changes in climate we are already experiencing. All great communities are defined in part by their trees. Our forest is a precious and important part of Rancho Santa Fe,” Beckman said. Families and residents of all ages are invited to the event, which includes a tree planting demonstration at 9:30 a.m. followed by planting of 25 native trees. Gardening gloves and a light breakfast will be provided. Volunteers are asked to wear hats and dress for gardening. Representatives from Tree San Diego and CONE will be on hand to answer questions. The event will be held rain or
shine. To participate, volunteers should RSVP by Jan. 21 to rsftrees@treesandiego.org. Please include your name and indicate the number of people attending. CONE is committed to protecting the rural natural environment of Rancho Santa Fe and educating the public about the environment. The committee has a developed a list of appropriate plants for the local environment and a plan of plant diversification. CONE is partnering with local water suppliers, the Community Service District, the Golf Club and the Fire District to optimize use of water balanced with fire safety measures. Tree San Diego is helping Rancho Santa Fe protect its endangered tree canopy through biodiversification and proper management strategies. Tree San Diego is a 50l(c)(3) tax-exempt organization working to make the region a healthier place to live, work and play. Tree San Diego’s mission is to significantly impact the quantity of quality urban forest in San Diego County. The Stanford Club of San Diego, part of the Stanford Alumni Association, is helping to sponsor the event and has invited its members to participate.
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Registration opens for Girls Junior Dunkers League Clark is appointed chairman of Scripps trustee health board Business and industry leader has served on committee since 2008 Gordon R. Clark has been named chairman of the Scripps Health Board of Trustees. Clark, who has an accomplished record of building and managing businesses in a variety of industries, has served on the Scripps board since 2008. “Mr. Clark’s proven leadership, his business acumen and commitment to improving our community have greatly benefited Scripps, and will continue to be great assets for the organization as it moves forward under his leadership as board chairman,” said Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder. Clark currently serves as president and CEO of iProtean, the leading provider of e-learning courses for boards of hospitals and health systems. He previously served as president and CEO
of Learner’s Digest International, which specializes in providing clinical and scientific information to physicians and health care professionals. Clark was also president and CEO of The Governance Institute in San Diego, a firm serving the health care governance market, and led First American Records Management, a records and information company headquartered in Silicon Valley. He also serves on the board of MD Revolution. Clark received his master’s degree in business administration from Fordham University and his bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University. He lives locally with his wife, Lauren. The couple have two children. More information can be found at www.scripps.org.
Registration is now open for Rancho Santa Fe Community Center’s popular Girls Junior Dunkers basketball league. Girls in 1st through 6th grades are invited to participate in this fun, recreational league. Players of all skill levels will be placed in Instructional, Rookie, or Star divisions based on their ages and divided into teams. Coach Mike Rausa and his expert One on One Sports staff will facilitate the league. Cost is $250 per child and a Community Center membership is required. Your daughter will learn the importance of sportsmanship, make new friends and get lots of exercise while participating in this exciting neighborhood league. All players are eligible for Coach Mike’s free basketball clinics to be held on Feb. 16, 23 and March 8 at the Community
Rancho Santa Fe Community Center Fly Girls Star 2015 Center located behind the RSF public library. Deadline for registration is Feb. 19. To register online, visit RSFCC.org. Team sponsorships are great way for local families and businesses
to support the league. For $300 you can feel the pride of having your company or family name on the back of a team’s jerseys. Sponsorships help fund team photos, jerseys and awards. Sponsors will receive appreciation plaques and promotion through the Community Center’s website and promotional materials. Please visit RSFCC.org or call 858-756-2461 for more player or sponsorship information. The Community Center is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization that strives to enhance the spirit and benefits of community life in Rancho Santa Fe through programs, events and services of enrichment, recreation and outreach for all ages. The center relies on memberships, program fees, donations and fundraisers to fund its operations.
Sprinkler and firefighter efforts save home On Friday, Jan. 8, at 8:48 p.m., firefighters from the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District and Solana Beach Fire Department responded to reports of a residential structure fire in the 5000 block of Mariposa in Rancho Santa Fe. Upon arrival they discovered that the fire, which was located in a confined space around the fireplace,
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Software startup sees big upside for bitcoin BY JOE TASH A Del Mar entrepreneur is betting that bitcoin — a virtual currency that exists only in a series of 1s and 0s on computer hard drives or Internet servers — will eventually become a major force in global commerce. "(Bitcoin) will definitely transform commerce in very significant ways. We believe this is just the beginning," said Eric Lombrozo, 40, co-CEO and chief technology officer of Ciphrex, a start-up that designs software used for bitcoin transactions. Computer and finance experts are not sure precisely what form bitcoin's future role will take, said Lombrozo, because the technology and its applications are still evolving and undergoing refinement, so that it can become more practical for larger numbers of users. But many in the field are excited about the potential. "We see it as a great opportunity. We really believe in the long-term potential of this," Lombrozo said. "Exactly how the opportunities materialize is still something people are trying to figure out." The currency's origins are complex and mysterious. According to Internet lore, the computer code behind bitcoin was unveiled in 2009 by someone named Satoshi Nakamoto, which is believed to be an alias. Since then, journalists and others have tried to determine the true identity of bitcoin's creator (or creators). Recently, several online publications have surmised — based on circumstantial
evidence — that the virtual currency was the brainchild of Dr. Craig Steven Wright, an Australian computer expert and entrepreneur. Bitcoins are created by "mining," which means solving advanced mathematical puzzles, according to a CNN Money report, and they are bought and sold on online exchanges. According to experts such as Lombrozo — who was a keynote speaker at "Inside Bitcoins," an industry conference held for the first time in San Diego in December — one of the attractions of the digital currency is that it is decentralized, and there is no middleman. Therefore, its users do not have to pay fees, such as those charged by banks and credit card companies. "Anyone can receive money from anyone else in the world, very quickly and without having to go through anyone else, without having to go through a regulatory framework," Lombrozo said. Using the science of cryptography, the currency and its transactions have a sort of digital signature, making it difficult to "double-spend" a bitcoin. Transactions are recorded on a "block chain," which is a database of bitcoin transactions. The record of transactions is open and accessible on the network, said Lombrozo, but the identities of bitcoin owners remain confidential. The total value of existing bitcoins is in the range of billions of dollars, said Lombrozo, while a single coin is worth about $450 currently. That amount is down from
bitcoin's high of more than $1,100, reached in December 2013. Today, bitcoin's use in online commerce is relatively small; most transactions are made by speculators, who are hoping their bitcoin holdings will increase in value, Lombrozo said. But he and others in the industry expect that to change as the technology is simplified and new applications for the digital currency are developed. Bitcoins are stored in the cloud or on the owner's computer hard drive, using a program called a digital wallet. Ciphrex, the company co-launched by Lombrozo in 2014, has created a desktop wallet called mSIGNA, which is a free and open-source program that people can download. The company has also designed an enterprise version, which can be used as a platform for other digital currency applications. For example, Lombrozo said, a small business could use the program with its own custom shopping cart application. Lombrozo, who lives in Del Mar with his wife, Sandra, a dancer and musician, studied computer science and engineering at UC San Diego and UCLA. He was working in software design and at first saw digital currency as a pet project, before making that his professional focus. One sign of bitcoin's emergence, he said, is that it has landed on the radar of financial behemoths such as Wells Fargo and Bank of America. "Financial institutions are starting to take this seriously," he said. "Something is coming that can compete (with them)."
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PGA Jr. League accepting registrations The San Diego County PGA Jr. League (SDCJLG) is accepting registrations now and matches start in March at the Encinitas Ranch Golf Course. It is open to the first 40 golfers to register who have not turned 14 prior to Aug. 1, 2016. Note: If your child does not play golf now but would like to learn the Encinitas Ranch PGA Jr. League team will start forming in May with matches starting in June. These leagues are a great way for young people to not only learn how to play the golf
This past year the San Diego County Jr. League (SDCJLG) All Star team won the PGA Jr. League National Championship in Orlando, Fla.
course but also compete in a team atmosphere without the pressure of an individual score. This past year the San Diego County Jr. League (SDCJLG) All Star team won the PGA Jr. League National Championship in Orlando, Florida (see photo above). To sign up go to www.thegolfmason.com and register today. Upon completion of your registration league rules and schedules will be sent to you via e-mail.
Falcons lacrosse team welcomes honorary team member A ceremony was held on Dec. 15 “adopting” Irving Goodman into the Torrey Pines High School Varsity Boys' Lacrosse Team as an “Honorary Team Member.” The event was held at the Torrey Pines High School Media Center and included “Friends of Jaclyn” founder Denis Murphy. Irving and his brothers, Robert, Asher and Isaac, received Torrey Pines game jerseys and signed “official” Letters of Intent stating they were part of the Falcons lacrosse team. Irving was brought into the lives of the lacrosse team through the “Friends of Jaclyn” program and Children’s Hospital. Irving is a 6-year-old boy who was diagnosed last year with pelvic and testicular cancer. Irving’s biggest support includes his parents and
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Irving and his brothers signed “official” Letters of Intent stating they were part of the Falcons lacrosse team.
Irving Goodman (second from left, front row, #14) with his brothers and new teammates, the Torrey Pines High School varsity boys' lacrosse team. three brothers. Irving and his family realize the support they have is how they have gotten through the toughest times of their lives. Irving is currently undergoing treatments at Rady Children’s Hospital. Torrey Pines High School was connected with Irving Goodman and his family through the Friends of Jaclyn (FOJ) Program and Foundation (friendsofjaclyn.net). The Friends of Jaclyn Foundation is inspired by Jaclyn Murphy who, in 2004, had a malignant brain tumor (medulloblastoma). Through chance events, she became connected to and
later adopted by a collegiate lacrosse team as an honorary team member. Jaclyn shared her dream of helping all of the sick children in the hospital with her family. In 2005, the Murphy family founded the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation to improve the quality of life for children with pediatric tumors and their families. The mission of the Friends of Jaclyn program is to improve the quality of life for children batting pediatric brain tumors and other childhood cancers. The program is based on love, support and friendship between the child, the team, and the
child’s family. The program pairs a child with a college or high school athletic team so the child can be involved with the team as much as possible. The child is “adopted” by the team and becomes an honorary team member. The gift is the relationship. The child gains a new support network of loving friends and the team learns to see the world with new eyes. The Torrey Pines High School Lacrosse program under the leadership of Head Coach Jono Zissi and along with Denis Murphy and the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, welcomes Irving and his entire family to the TP Lacrosse family!
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Irving Goodman (center, #14) with his brothers.
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Whose HOA dues were spent to buy Osuna Ranch?
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Education Matters: Budgeting for the San Dieguito raise
BY MARSHA SUTTON I read with great interest Bill Johnson’s attempt to try and convince his grandson why udget ramifications of San Dieguito the Covenant Club was a bad idea; Union High School District’s new unfortunately, he mischaracterized the true facts 2015-2018 teachers’ contract will impact about our dues structure and who would be the district’s taxpayers for years to come and paying for the club among other things. deserve deeper analysis than the district is Whose HOA dues were spent to pay for providing. Osuna Ranch or would have been spent to According to the district’s pay scale before purchase the Garden Club? Just the the just approved contract, a first-year San proponents of those ideas or everyone Dieguito teacher (at Step 1 and Column 1) who pays dues? would earn $42,545 for a standard 186-day I’ve heard this kind of argument before from work year. some longtime members of the Association with Under the new contract, that teacher will loud voices who are paying as little as $100 a earn an extra $1,000 per year, for having a year in HOA fees and others pay up to $50,000 required English Learner credential. The per year. Obviously, when the community stipend was formerly given only to teachers voted on whether to spend $350,000 for a who earned it, but all teachers receive it now design development plan, a majority of since every teacher must have the EL those that voted said yes. Beware of the credential. silent majority. The EL stipend (which isn’t really a stipend I’m a member of the RSF Golf Club and not any more) costs the district $500,000 looking forward to the construction if it’s built annually. next to the golf course, but construction does In addition, because of changes in California come to an end and if it’s in the best interest of State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) the community then I’m willing to endure the regulations, about $11,000 from employees’ temporary nuisance. It’s also my understanding Flexible Spending Account health benefit that, if the club were built someplace else like program will now be transferred into salary. Osuna Ranch, the zoning would have to be CalSTRS provides retirement and other changed. That would require getting neighbors’ benefits for the nearly 900,000 California support, which isn’t very likely. If the club were educators. built on Osuna Ranch, it would also mean that That brings that first-year teacher’s salary, the property could never be sold, as many with the $12,000 rolled into it, up to $54,545. members hope, to monetize our HOA’s asset. The contract calls for a 7-percent increase There would never be a question of selling the for this year (retroactive to July 1, 2015), proposed site next to the golf club, or any part which raises it to $58,363 for 2015-2016. of the recreational campus. For 2016-2017, another 5.5 percent raise is We have approximately $7 million in our part of the agreement, which brings the Community Enhancement Fund, which is teacher’s salary up to $61,573. growing around $1 million per year. What The average salary for the district’s teachers, should we do with this fund? Buy more open according to associate superintendent of space, invest in our internet system or build the human resources Torrie Norton, currently falls Covenant Club? What will make the Ranch a somewhere between $60,000 and $70,000. better place to live in the future? That won’t be the average much longer. The RSF Board of Directors’ fiduciary The current number of certificated obligation is to listen to its members and to put employees is 571, according to district forward ideas that will be voted on and documents. determined by its members, like the vote to buy Keep in mind that all district employees – the Garden Club and roundabouts. hundreds more – will receive the same raises I’m not likely to join the Covenant Club and I’m not sure if I will vote for or against the new club. I’m waiting to see the final plan and how the project will be paid for. However I find it hard to stand by and listen to arguments being made against the Board of Directors and the Topical letters to the editor are encouraged. Covenant Club that are based on Submissions should include a full name, misrepresentations. address, e-mail address (if available) and a Terry Peay telephone number for verification purposes. We
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all teachers under the new contract will get. This agenda item will be voted on at the district’s Jan. 14 board meeting. SDUHSD associate superintendent of business services Eric Dill said the combined cost for the 12.5 percent raise this year and next will be about $8.9
million. Step-and-Column In an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune last month, Dill said “district teachers have worked without a wage increase since 2007.” That’s not quite accurate. SDUHSD teachers, as with all other school districts, receive annual raises called step-and-column, which provide increases in salary every year and are given for longevity and educational credentials. These raises are in addition to any increased compensation negotiated in the master contract. The district’s cost of step-and-column floats between $800,000 and $950,000 each year, according to Dill. He provided costs for the following years, estimating about $250,000 per year for column increases: Year Step Column Total 2010-2011 $691,000 $250,000 $941,000 2011-2012 $678,000 $250,000 $928,000 2012-2013 $606,600 $250,000 $856,600 2013-2014 $558,700 $250,000 $808,700 2014-2015 $644,300 $250,000 $894,300 2015-2016 $603,700 $250,000 $853,700 Clearly, there have been wage increases even in the lean years. STRS and pensions Although moving the $11,000 Flexible Spending Account money into salary greatly inflates the pay scale, Norton said it is not SEE SUTTON, A22 do not publish anonymous letters and there are length limits (about 450 words maximum). E-mailed submissions are preferred to editor@rsfreview.com. Letters may be edited. The letters/columns published are the author’s opinion only and do not reflect the opinion of this newspaper.
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25 local boys earn Cub Scout's highest honor On Jan. 10, 25 local fifth grade boys from Cub Scout Pack 766 earned Cub Scouting's highest honor, the Arrow of Light award, and bridged to Boy Scouts. The boys in alphabetical order are: Dylan Arnold, Blake Behmer, Kian Chakamian, Aiden Cotts, Chris Do, Nathan French, Jacob Galdston, David Gauvreau, Austin Gill, Zachary Gill, Bear Golden, David Knickrehm, Luc Kourie, Henry McDonough, Harry O'Shea, Tanner Phillips, Andrew Presa, Nathan Prior, Matthew Sajor, Nick Sanford, James Stutts, Alex Taylor, Cooper Vincik, and Oliver Wheatley. Six of the boys earned the Super Achiever Award for earning all 20 badges for their rank. The boys are: Dylan Arnold, Harry O'Shea, Tanner Phillips, Nick Sanford, Cooper Vincik and Oliver Wheatley. Their leaders in alphabetical order are: Dina Chakamian, Annie Golden, Marcia McDonough, Michelle Sajor, Beth Vincik and Desmond Wheatley. The awards ceremony was performed by the Order of the Arrow ceremony team: Harmon Jones, Craig Kimball, Matt Mohler, and Ajay Kumar at the Village Church in Rancho Santa Fe. Local Boy Scout Troops 766, 777 and 782 were on hand to welcome new members to their Troops. The Village Church is the Charter Organization for Cub Scout Pack 766 and Boy Scout Troop 766. Photos by Jon Clark. For photos online, visit www.rsfreview.com.
Boy Scout Pack 766 with their leaders
Local Cub Scouts "bridge" to Boy Scouts
The Order of the Arrow
Local Cub Scouts "bridge" to Boy Scouts
Local boy scouts participate in the bridging ceremony.
The Order of the Arrow
Local Cub Scouts "bridge" to Boy Scouts
The Order of the Arrow
Local boy scouts participate in the bridging ceremony.
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FROM BROADBAND, A1 request for proposals and qualifications (RFPQ) in September 2015, the committee received 11 responses and narrowed it down to the final two providers (the negotiating stages are confidential). In December the committee drafted the term sheet to enter final negotiations, which includes important points on ownership control warranties and revenues. “We’re excited about the Rancho Santa Fe project because it’s really unique and innovative approach to building fiber-optic infrastructure,” RSF Association consultant Chad Peace of Peace & Shea said, noting
many in the industry are looking to this deal as it could represent the future. The project is expected to not only improve connectivity that is sorely lacking and upgrade an outdated infrastructure, but also to immediately increase home values in the community, Peace said. The network is anticipated to be “future-proof,” not locked into any proprietary system and built to facilitate 10 gigabytes. “(The tech committee’s) agenda is to get the best deal for the Association that we can possibly get and to have the best service we can possibly get,” said Kim Eggleston, a member of the tech committee.
FROM TOWER, A1 providers, narrowing it down to the final two. The selected provider will take the leading role on all permitting, construction and operation of the new sites at no cost to the Association. The committee identified four sites for the towers: two Association owned, one in the right-of-way and one privately owned property. The financial benefits to the Association-owned sites are nominal, said Don May, the Association finance and operations manager, it was more about enhancing the market-value of the
An example of a faux eucalpytus tree cell tower. community. May said both ATC and Verizon are quality options that meet the Association’s
goals to provide better cell coverage to the community, particularly for emergency situations, and allow for as many carriers as possible to co-locate on the towers. The committee expects to negotiate an agreement for the board’s approval at the February meeting. Following the agreement, the major use permit process is estimated to take about nine months before construction can begin. In regard to the look of the faux trees, Wilkinson said even up close, it’s hard to tell that the tree isn’t real. “They blend into the landscape beautifully,” he said.
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The resort pool has four lap lanes and an area for activities such as water aerobics. Cabanas line the edge of the pool patio and the café will feature outdoor covered seating and walk-up ordering from the pool. The café will be linked to both the golf club and tennis club users via pathways and an outdoor courtyard on the side with a potential outdoor fireplace and fountains. A splash pad for children is located as far away from the other uses as possible and nearby is five family-stall restrooms. There were some concerns about the kid-uses being located so close to the first tee box. Yahr said the fitness center building between the course and the pool should help trap the noise. Yahr said the goal in the next few months is to have the final design completed so that the finance piece can be completed. Mike Licosati said the finance subcommittee’s pro forma information on the club costs and financing appears to be fairly accurate and is available on the Association’s website. Costs for the project are proposed to be funded through a combination of Covenant Enhancement Funds, pre-construction membership sales, financing and also donations and fundraising. Already the Luddy family has committed to cover 10 percent of the project cost.
FROM SOLAR, A4 Tyler Seltzer said structures over the lunch tables made more sense because it would provide added shade, but they wanted to avoid the blacktop looking like a “solar field.” Frank suggested they consider locating arrays over the bleachers on the sports field where
people could also benefit from the shade. Delaney said she would bring back the item with the requested information at an upcoming meeting, possibly a special board meeting. She said if the board wanted to pursue the solar project they would want to get the work done over the summer.
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FROM SUTTON, A18 pension spiking because the FSA money was already “creditable” – meaning treated as income – in the years before the transfer. “All certificated staff have been receiving the flexible spending money since 2002, and it has always been considered creditable compensation towards retirement,” she said. This transfer into salary had to be approved in 2015, due to changes in STRS regulations, to remain considered income, she said, “or certificated staff would face a loss in creditable compensation of the entire FLEX amount.” Last month, SDUHSD superintendent Rick Schmitt was quoted in this newspaper about the transfer of FSA dollars to salary, saying, “It was tens of millions of dollars that we didn’t want to pass on to the taxpayers or the employees.” In an interview two weeks ago, Schmitt tried to explain how this shift saved taxpayer money. “The school district, therefore the taxpayers, paid many many many millions of dollars, adding up to tens of millions of dollars, into the pension fund, believing that all that would be creditable, and it legally was,” he said. If the board hadn’t approved the contract, which included this transfer into salary, before Jan. 1, “the employees, and the taxpayers, would have lost the money that they had paid in,” Schmitt continued. But how would that money have been “lost” if it’s been credited as income all along? Why would not approving the FSA transfer result in “tens of millions of dollars” being passed on to taxpayers? The quote is either a deliberate misrepresentation of the truth or an obfuscating misstatement. Schmitt did say the transfer “inflates the salary,” but that is “because we wanted to keep it creditable.” Shrinking reserves The executive summary of the district’s general fund first interim report from Dec. 10 shows projected reserves for 2015-2016 ending at about $26 million, or 22.4 percent of the budget. For the 2016-2017 year-end, projections are about $29 million, or 25.1 percent of the budget. And for the 2017-2018 year-end, projections are about $34.3 million, or 29.1 percent of the budget. These are estimates made before the new labor agreement, and they are rosy indeed. The bloom is off the rose, however, with the new contract. Reserve levels after factoring in the new contract are projected to be 18 percent at the end of 2016, 13 percent at the end of fiscal year 2017, and 10.4 percent at the end of fiscal 2018, Schmitt said. The required minimum by the state is 3 percent.
FROM CONDO, A4 with the Davis-Stirling Act. Directors Heather Slosar and Philip Wilkinson expressed disappointment that giving condo owners the
The district says not to worry about declining reserve levels, because increased revenue from property taxes and higher student enrollment, meaning more money from the state, is projected – projected, not a certainty. Jason Viloria, SDUHSD’s associate superintendent of administrative services, said some teachers are close to retirement age, and as they leave, the district will save money by replacing them with new, less costly teachers. On this point the board packet reads, “The district expects substantial savings from teacher retirements despite growing enrollment, as vacant and newer positions will be replaced with teachers in lower ranges/steps on the salary schedule within contractual teacher/student ratios.” Growing enrollment means more per-pupil money from the state, but it’s unclear whether that state money will cover the cost of hiring more teachers for additional classes – or whether the district simply plans to cram more kids into existing classrooms. Class size Article 6.01 in the previous 2012-2015 teachers’ contract states that maximum class size ratios shall be: 32 students to 1 certificated teacher for high schools and 29 students to 1 certificated teacher for middle schools. The same article 6.01 in the newly approved 2015-2018 contract states, “The maximum overall site class averages are as follows: “high schools 38.4 average, middle schools 34.6 average.” As one parent pointed out, they are comparing maximums to averages. For averages, if a special education class has 12 kids and a popular Advanced Placement class has 42, that averages to 27. Are they playing with numbers? No, says the district. “The new contract language does not increase the maximums for class size averages,” Norton said. She said ratios “do not dictate class averages.” Using a confusing formula for determining staffing ratios, she said the new language “clarifies the process by which we staff schools” and “simply states the numbers in a much more easily understood, transparent manner.” Clarifies and simplifies? Really? “Class sizes have not changed,” Norton wrote. “In fact they are currently as low as they have been in a decade.” Schmitt echoed this. “SDUHSD currently has its lowest class sizes in a decade,” he said, contradicting what parents and students report. Highest paid in county The most troubling clause in the contract states that the district’s teachers must be the highest paid in the county. The contract states the district must maintain “its number one ranking” at the Masters degree benchmark through 2018. Schmitt and Norton both said last
right to vote was taken off the table. Slosar said it’s like “taxation without representation” and Wilkinson said it seems unfair when condo owners pay assessments just like everybody else and sometimes pay
higher than someone who has owned property for 15 years. There are currently 19 condominium associations in the Covenant and 79 total units. Wasserman said that
month that the district’s teachers were ninth, 10th and 11th in compensation. According to a chart comparing teacher salaries for all 42 school districts in the county, obtained from the San Diego County Office of Education, this claim is true for teachers with Bachelors degrees. But the contract specifically states to use the compensation comparisons for teachers with Masters degrees. The SDCOE chart shows that San Dieguito teachers with Masters degrees and 10 years of experience were actually the highest paid in San Diego County (those with 15 years of experience were the second highest paid). When I asked Schmitt about his claim, he agreed that the district’s teachers with Masters degrees were the highest paid, based on the SDCOE chart. But he said there were other benchmarks showing that the SDCOE numbers were “not necessarily accurate.” “The CTA [California Teachers Association] gets lists, we get lists, and we were pretty far down,” he said. “It was real and it’s verifiable.” In our interview two weeks ago, Schmitt promised to produce other comparison charts that support his statement, but he now says there are no charts other than the SDCOE chart. “The only charts I have are the same ones you already have access to,” he told me. Here’s the backpedaling: “When discussing rank, I never mentioned the category,” he added. Schmitt said he determined the district was lower-paid based on “news items and updates from superintendent meetings, etc.” Hubris The bigger issue is the hubris of demanding to be the highest paid. On this point, Schmitt said, “I’ll stand behind that clause.” “There’s an expectation in the community that we’re number one in academics, number one in athletics, number one in the arts,” Schmitt said. “So to me it doesn’t seem odd that our employees are the highest paid in the county.” He also said San Dieguito communities were the most expensive in the county to live in, but he provided no figures on how many teachers actually reside within district boundaries. He briefly acknowledged that problems could arise if other school districts also place such a “number one” clause in their contracts, but then dismissed it, saying, “There’s an expectation that our community wants the best.” So despite how much any other San Diego county district pays its teachers, taxpayers in this district are contractually bound to beat that amount – regardless of ability, performance or classroom success. It also nullifies the claim from high the committee’s recommendation is not to say that it should never be done but as there are so many proposed changes to the bylaws, they don’t want to create a challenge for items such as the
school foundations that tell donors the district doesn’t have money to provide for all those “extras.” And what about the benefits SDUHSD teachers get from serving in communities with involved parents, generous donors, new or modernized facilities, the latest technology, and, frankly, high test scores and smart students? Is high pay the only benchmark to use? The contract states this clause is only in effect through 2018, but any sitting or former superintendent or school board member will verify that once something is in a labor union contract, just try getting it removed. Several I spoke to laughed at the idea of an expiration date on such a clause. Spreading the wealth To support its generous contract, the district is banking on positive forecasts for a strong revenue stream for many years to come. But that may not be wise. According to a recent report by the nonprofit education-focused organization EdSource, Gov. Jerry Brown, at a press conference Jan. 7, called an extension of Proposition 30 “fatally flawed” and warned that another downturn in the economy was likely. “Everything that goes up comes down,” Brown said, in the report. The California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers both back the proposed 12-year extension of Prop 30, which taxes couples making over $500,000 and individuals making more than $250,000. The bulk of that money would be earmarked for education. “Without the additional money [from an extension of Prop 30], school revenues are expected to flatten in two years, at the same time that school districts face an additional $2 billion per year in added pension costs for teachers and administrators within the next four years,” the report reads. Mo Muir, one of two trustees to vote against the contract, said the district “has wonderful teachers,” but she could not support the agreement because “I am not confident that the contract strikes the right balance between teachers’ compensation and taxpayers’ concerns.” Although a raise may be in order, there are questionable components of SDUHSD’s contract. Coupled with misleading statements and the district’s spin on the agreement (the superintendent and his associates do not make it easy to separate fact from fiction), the deal is troubling. Nevertheless, with bountiful reserves and a union demanding a master contract raise after eight years of doing without, the district decided the time was right to spread the wealth among its employees. Whether the three trustees who approved this contract acted responsibly is a matter for voters to decide at the ballot box this November. Marsha Sutton can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.
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amendments to a vote within 60 days. He said a successor governing documents committee could still tackle the issue of condo voting rights as well as multiple votes for multiple-property owners.
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Stories roam from St. Petersburg to outer space Literary Society features author Anthony Marra at luncheon BY JOE TOSH As Anthony Marra contemplated his sophomore effort as a fiction writer, following the successful debut of his first novel, about the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya, he found himself looking over enticing bits of trivia left over from the earlier project. They included stories about a tourist bureau set up to "re-brand" a former war-torn region in Eastern Europe, a collection of photographs retouched by Stalinist censors to erase dissidents, and a Miss Siberia beauty pageant. "I knew I had to figure out a way to use them," said Marra, the featured speaker at the Jan. 7 luncheon of the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society, of these tantalizing slices of life, which he had accumulated during research for his novel, "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena." The event was held at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar. The result of Marra's literary scavenging is "The Tsar of Love and Techno," a book of interwoven short stories, containing common themes, characters and settings, including the fictional town of Kirovsk, above the arctic circle in Siberia. The book was published in 2015 by Hogarth. While some disparage the short story as a kind of "minor league" for fiction writers, said Marra, he set out to use it to chronicle several families over three generations, spinning a tale over a period of some 80 years from the tunnels below St. Petersburg in the late 1930s, to the final story set in outer space. "I ended up trying to use this maligned form to tell a big and meaty story that I wouldn't have been able to do within the limitations of a novel," said Marra, a resident of Oakland, who teaches writing at Stanford University in addition to his career as a fiction writer. Early in the book, we meet Roman Osipovich Markin, a classically trained artist whose job is to systematically erase the faces of enemies of the Soviet state from photographs and portraits. As a
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San Dieguito Academy students enjoyed a private reception with the author. Standing: Patrick Hall, author Anthony Marra, teacher Robert Ross, Nadya Butova. Mona Karimi. Seated: Hailey Reeves, Claire Loudis, Elizabeth Fountain, Emma Toscani subtle form of subversion, he draws the face of his brother, who was executed for the crime of "religious radicalism," into the images he is censoring. "Over the last two years I have inserted him into hundreds of photographs and paintings. Young Vaskas. Old Vaskas. Vaskas of crowds listening to Lenin. Vaskas laboring in fields and factories. He hangs on the walls of courthouses, ministries, schools, prisons, even the NKVD (secret police) headquarters, where is you look closely, you will see Vaska glaring at Yevgeny Tuchkov, the man who made him disappear," Marra wrote. Later, we meet Alexei, whose brother, Kolya, was a contract soldier who died in Chechnya in a pasture-turned-minefield pictured in a painting by a prominent Chechen artist. The painting turns up at various times throughout the book. Alexei aspires to be a professional aphorist, someone who dreams up pithy sayings. Another element of the book, the fictional city of Kirovsk,
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by a dozen smokestacks, dubbed by residents as the "Twelve Apostles." A forest of metal trees adorned with white plastic leaves is adjacent to the town, installed at the behest of a party boss's wife.
Real trees won't grow in Kirovsk because of pollution from the town's nickel mines, and one of two residents contracts lung cancer. Marra became fascinated with Russian history and culture when he lived in St. Petersburg during college as a foreign exchange student. He later traveled to Russia — including visits to Siberia and Chechnya — to gather material for his writing. But he said the two books have allowed him to get Russia out of his system for at least the time being, and the novel he is working on now is set in Los Angeles and Italy in the 1940s. In his other role as a university lecturer, said Marra, he becomes a sort of defense attorney, who must back up his views on fiction writing with cogent argument. "It certainly forces me to articulate my thoughts about how fiction should work in a way that I don't have to do when I'm sitting in my pajamas at my desk with the shades drawn," he said.
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The Grauer School leader's new book celebrates teaching Book-signing to be held Jan. 21 BY JOE TASH
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After 42 years of working as a teacher and school administrator, Stuart Grauer figures he has learned a few things — among them that large schools with hundreds or thousands of students, where the focus is on test scores and homework grades, are not the most conducive places for high student achievement. Rather, the best places for learning, according to Grauer, 65, who founded and heads an independent private middle and high school in Encinitas, are those where students feel safe and connected, and values such as kindness, compassion, perseverance and courage are emphasized. On Jan. 1, Grauer published a new book that he intends to celebrate the teaching profession, and the stories of teachers from around the globe that he has found to be inspirational. "Fearless Teaching" is available on Amazon.com, and at some local bookstores. "That's what I'm writing about. I'm going around the world and finding communities where these values are alive," said Grauer, who founded The Grauer School in 1991 in a storefront in an Encinitas shopping center. Today, the school has 150 students in grades 7 through 12, and its own campus on South El Camino Real. The school is celebrating its
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Author and educator Stuart Grauer. 25th anniversary in 2016. The book includes 33 stories of teachers working in a variety of settings, from Africa to American Indian reservations to the Pacific Islands. The common denominator, he said, is that the teachers in his book are working in environments that enable them to develop deep personal connections with their students. "Teaching is the study of the student," he said, something that is lost when talented and dedicated teachers are part of large school
systems where as many as 50 percent of the employees are not working in the classroom. Grauer, who subscribes to the "small school movement," advocates moving control of school districts — and education funding — away from Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, and back to local communities. Referring to his new book, Grauer said, "When you read these stories you cannot help but think, wow, I'm in a real cool field. I'm a teacher. Let's reclaim that." One story in "Fearless Teaching" is about the
Hadza, a tribe of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. "World over, most schooling emphasizes accountability, meaning that the will and free spirit of a fair number of our youth are drummed out of them over years of mandatory sitting in rows for hours every day and ranking the value of each based fundamentally upon how compliant they are with our requirements and standards," Grauer wrote. "Hadza children are subject to no such competitions or judgments. They merely play. Through mimicry of their elders, they care for infants, build huts and tools, make fires, defend against make-believe predators, and tell stories. If their parents have quarreled, they may rehash it the next day in playful mimicry. Suicide and anxiety are incomprehensible. They learn to stay alive and healthy naturally," he wrote. Students need free time and outdoor play, which in many cases has been replaced with test preparation sessions, Grauer said. That doesn't mean he is against testing. "I love tests," he said. "It's like doing pushups, exercising the mind in different ways." But test scores should be used to help teachers better understand students and their needs, rather than for determining how tax money is spent, or how teachers are paid, he said. The rules imposed by large, bureaucratized school systems put teachers in a tough position, Grauer said. "Today's teachers have to be willing to risk SEE BOOK, B22
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Young to be keynote “ speaker at CCA event The New York Times best-selling author will talk at the annual CCA writers’ conference Canyon Crest Academy’s Creative Writing Club recently announced the 5th Annual Canyon Crest Academy Writers’ Conference. Best-selling authors and many other writing professionals will provide inspirational and educational workshops to students of San Diego area high schools. The event will be held from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, at Canyon Crest Academy. Because of the generosity of conference sponsors Chipotle and Wells Fargo, as well as extensive fundraising by the Creative Writing Club, this event is free to high school students. This is the only free writing conference for high school students in the country. New York Times bestselling author of The Program series Suzanne Young will present the keynote address. Originally
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‘When the Rain Stops Falling’ opening at Cygnet Theatre BY DIANA SAENGER “When the Rain Stops Falling,” by award-winning Australian playwright Andrew Bovell, was heralded as the Best New Play of 2010 by TIME Magazine. San Diegans can judge that for themselves when the show opens at Cygnet Theatre on Jan. 14, directed by Rob Lutfy. Searching to broaden the narrative experience through the way they tell stories was part of the reason Lutfy and Artistic Director Sean Murray brought the piece to Cygnet Theatre. “This play is a drama and has funny moments, but it also has unexpected connections of revelation in how one person may be connected to another, and how that other person might affect another person,” Lutfy said. “I find that satisfying, especially in theater. This is a huge story on an epic scale. We’re in four generations from the late 1950s to 2039 — that’s 80 years. The story’s not
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RSF Community Center Adult Dodgeball Tournament The Rancho Santa Fe Community Center hosted an action-packed Adult Dodgeball Tournament Jan. 8 at the center. The fun-filled event included food and beverages. Photos by McKenzie Images.
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Charity poker tourney to Dick Enberg's one-man play 'McGuire' be held Jan. 30 at RSF club returning to North Coast Repertory The Rancho Santa Fe Community Center will host its fourth annual No-Limit Texas Hold’em Charity Poker Tournament titled “Put Your Hearts on the Table” Saturday, Jan. 30, from 6 p.m. - 11 p.m., at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. Players of all levels will have the chance to compete for this year’s title of “Champ of the Ranch.” The evening will
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‘The Jewish Course of Why’ begins Feb. 8 The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will present The Jewish Course of Why, the institute’s new six-session winter 2016 course that will begin during the week of Feb. 8. Rabbi Levi Raskin of the Chabad Jewish Center of RSF will conduct the six-course sessions at 7 p.m. on Mondays. The Jewish Course of Why spans a diverse range of topics, from fun, light, and off-the-beaten-track questions, to more complex and controversial issues. Like all previous JLI programs, The Jewish Course of Why is designed to
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almost as if Al was standing over my shoulder saying, 'No, Dicksie, I wouldn't have said it that way, I would have said it this way.' He was not only in my head, he was in my soul." According to David Ellenstein, The return of “McGuire,” Dick producing artistic director for North Enberg's one-man play about legendary Coast Rep, “We are thrilled to have Dick Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire, Enberg and multi-talented actor Cotter will be presented at Smith associated with North Coast North Coast Rep as Repertory Theatre on we present this Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. and return.” Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Dick Enberg will Dick Enberg, one of attend both the most prominent performances for a and respected talkback after the play-by-play shows. Tickets for announcers in these two network television performances are a history, with a career fundraiser for North spanning more than Coast Rep. Tickets are 40 years, will do a $50. talkback with the For tickets and Al McGuire and Dick Enberg audience after each more information, performance. He is recognizable by his call the North Coast Rep Box Office at trademark exclamation, "Oh, my!" (858) 481-1055 or on-line at Enberg has garnered many awards and northcoastrep.org. The Box Office is honors over the years. located at 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Ste. D "This is one of the most exciting Solana beach, CA 92075. Box Office things I've ever done," Enberg said. hours are daily 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and "Writing in the first person, it was performance days from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Local actress starring in romantic comedy BY ROB LEDONNE It’s early on a Thursday afternoon and actress Carla Harting is on her way to rehearsals for “Outside Mullingar,” a San Diego Rep play opening on Jan. 21 at the Lyceum Space Theatre. But first, a stop at Starbucks is in order. “Our whole company is getting a cold,” she explains. “I figured I get a chamomile tea with lots of honey.” For Harting, the show is a reunion of sorts. Growing up in Pennsylvania, she cut her teeth in New York City’s theater scene before heading off to UC San Diego for graduate school where she obtained an MFA in acting. It was during her studies in La Jolla when Harting met a variety of future collaborators, many of whom are also a part of the production of “Outside Mullingar.” “You develop relationships with people you trust and work with,” she explains. “The director of the play, Todd Salovey, was a teacher when I was at UCSD. My co-star, Manny Fernandes, was an undergrad student when I was there as well.” Written by acclaimed playwright John Patrick Shanley (the creative force behind a wide variety of plays such as “Moonstruck” and “Doubt,” both of which were later turned into Oscar-winning films), “Outside Mullingar” is a departure for the writer. For one, the story is based in the Irish countryside so it’s his first play set outside the United States. “It’s really a homage to his native roots,” says Harting of the story. “It’s
about two families that live side by side in neighboring farms in a very small town. We start with the funeral of my father and how that affects all of the characters in the play and what’s next.” Despite the play being billed as a romantic comedy, Harting says that while it’s funny, it’s about real issues and is not fluff. “It’s about real things like your parents getting older and dying, as well as wondering if your opportunities at love have passed you by,” she notes. “What’s so redemptive about the piece is we see these people really trying to find their way.” To realistically convey the life of an Irish family, the production brought in a vocal coach who hails from Dublin to help the cast nail their regional accents. The recent storms that have swept through San Diego have also helped the company imagine they’re deep in Ireland. “The other day we were rehearsing with the rain coming down and our vocal coach was like, ‘This is what it’s like to actually be in Ireland.’” Above all, Harting says “Outside Mullingar” is a heartwarming, sweet and (at 90 minutes) short play. “I’ve been hearing amazing buzz,” she points out, still sipping on her chamomile tea.”It’s one of thee most produced plays in the U.S. right now, being done all over the country, and I can see why.” “Outside Mullingar” runs from Jan. 21 to Feb. 14, with an official opening night slated for Jan. 27. Tickets can be ordered in-person at the REP’s box office, online at www.sdrep.org or by calling 619-544-1000.
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Mainly Mozart’s Spotlight Chamber Music Series returns to RSF Garden Club Mainly Mozart’s Spotlight Chamber Music Series once again took center stage in Rancho Santa Fe Jan. 10 at the RSF Garden Club. The event featured violinists Geoff Nuttall and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Roberto Diaz, cellist Constanza and McDermott, on piano, performing Dvoák’s Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 and Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81. Next, on Feb. 27-28, the Szymanowski Quartet will appear with the Attacca Quartet. The Attacca Quartet will perform Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136, and the
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RSF residents help welcome Presidential candidate RSF residents were among those who attended a recent luncheon held for Presidential candidate/Senator Marco Rubio. The event, which was held in La Jolla at La Valencia Hotel, was presented by Dorsee Productions and San Diego New Majority members. Courtesy photos. For photos online, visit www.rsfreview.com.
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Students had the opportunity to share their extensive musical talent at the San Dieguito Union High School Honor Band Concert held Jan. 10 at Canyon Crest Academy. Photos by Jon Clark. For photos online, visit www.dekmartimes.net
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'Fascinating Facts' about American Presidents presentation and more at RSF Senior Center BY TERRIE D. LITWIN, MSW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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as your concern about not wanting them to hurt themselves or hurting others. It can be helpful if you have another friend to back you up in your opinion so that you don’t feel like you are all alone in making these requests. Get the Person’s Keys If all else fails, you can physically remove their keys and take driving out of the equation entirely. It is often easier to persuade the potential driver when you hold this leverage. For advice or legal help, contact us at 858-551-2090 or visit our website at https:// seriousaccidents.com/.
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FROM FRESH SOUND, B15 humanity.” For a hint of what’s in store, Moore’s piano playing has been described as “crisp, clear, sleek, pristine, emotionally stirring, joyous, spiritual, resonant, timeless, hypnotic, and mesmerizing.” The promise is that she will take you from the world of the mundane to the far reaches of the imagination. She is a native Australian, living in New York City, where she’s known as “The Queen of New York Avant Guard Piano.” She is also a member of the Bang on a Can All Stars, a group named Ensemble of the Year in 2005. The three CDs Moore will play from include: “Mad Rush,” with the music of minimalist composer Philip Glass, who wrote this particular music to celebrate a Dali Lama visit to the United States; and “Prayers Remain Forever,” with music by Martin Bresnick, a Yale University music professor who authored the soundtrack for two Academy Award-nominated documentaries. Included will be a tune about Ishi, the last Yani Indian of California, who ended up living on campus at UC Berkeley. The third CD, “The Stone People,” has music by John Luther Adams, Missy Mazzoli and Julia Noll, exploring who we are, where we are going, and how we treat people. ■ On Saturday, Feb. 27, The Westerlies (winds blowing from east to west) will hit he floor. They are a New York all-brass quartet whose members hail from Seattle. On trumpets will be
member of New York's Bang on a Can All Stars, which Schick helped create. ■ On Sunday, April 10, the all-brass trio of Rempis, Johnston and Ochs will play. Dave Rempis, singled out by Downbeat Magazine as a rising star, will rock the alto sax; Darren Johnson, a teacher at both Oakland School for the Arts and UC Berkeley, who’s been called one of the 25 trumpeters of the future, will play trumpet; and Larry Ochs, a composer with a degree from Mills College, will play tenor and sopranino sax. This spontaneous improvising trio has developed their own musical language called “Invisible Architecture.” Their improvisations have been called, “elegant constructions that use the full range of their instruments.” WILL BOWEN
UC San Diego music alumnus and ‘Fresh Sound’ director Bonnie Wright Julliard graduate Riley Mulherkar and Zubin Hensler. Playing trombone will be Andy Clausen, another Julliard graduate, and Willem de Koch, who earned his music degree at The Manhattan School of Music. The Westerlies have commissioned 50 new pieces for trumpets and trombones. They are said to play with “the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a folk ensemble.” Their debut album, “Wish the Children Would Come Home: The Music of Wayne Horivtz,” was hailed as
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The San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run Feb. 4-14. This year the festival will showcase a total of 60 films of the best contemporary Jewish themed films from around the world celebrating life, human rights, and freedom
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■ On Thursday, May 12, to conclude the series, solo bassoonist Rebekah Heller will perform. She’s known as a fierce champion of the bassoon who is constantly seeking to expand its repertoire and role in musical ensembles. Heller transforms the normally soft background role of the bassoon, bringing it to the forefront with “flair, frenzy, illumination, and passion.” When not playing solo, Heller performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).
abandonment.” The seven-member cast — already getting raves from Lutfy — plays multiple roles, sometimes a younger and older version of the same character. Cygnet’s returning actors include Rosina Reynolds, Rachel VanWormer and Tom Stephenson. Making their Cygnet debuts are Adrian Alita, Beth Gallagher, Cristina Soria and Francisco Rodriguez. “I like a play that grapples with life,” Lutfy
FROM BOOK, B3 their job to listen to and support students," he said. "If they don't keep drilling through the required, standardized program, they're probably going to get fired."
of expression. The mission of the Film Festival is to offer outstanding world cinema that promotes awareness, appreciation and pride in the diversity of the Jewish people to attendees of the community at large. Festival programs aim to educate and illuminate through evocative, independent fiction and documentary films that portray the Jewish experience from current to historic global perspectives. For tickets or information call 858-362-1348 or visit www.sdjff.org. said. “This is this play. At the beginning we ask audience members to meet the characters halfway and grabble with them, and also trust that we will make sense of it all. It’s a play about hope and redemption that Bovell reveals for our future. He has taken the torch from Harold Pinter and gone further with it.” ■ IF YOU GO: “When the Rain Stops Falling” runs Jan. 14-Feb. 14 at Cygnet Theatre Company, Old Town Stage, 4040 Twiggs St., San Diego. Tickets from $34 at (619) 337-1525 or cygnettheatre.com
According to Grauer, the ideal size for a school is probably no more than 250 students, and definitely below 400. Students benefit by mixing with different age groups, he said, and they must feel both physically and emotionally safe.
"When you achieve this, you have what you need to really get high performance," he said. Grauer will do a reading and book-signing at Warwick's book store in La Jolla at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21.
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EVENT BRIEFS Learn about silk painting at Del Mar event On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the San Diego Silk Guild will hold its quarterly social meeting at Fair Trade Décor in Del Mar Village from 7-9 p.m. The San Diego Silk Guild, formed in 2007, is the local chapter of Silk Painters International. Their mission is to further silk art through outreach, exhibits and workshops. The event on Tuesday evening marks the first time that Del Mar and nearby residents have a chance to meet and talk one-to-one with leading silk artists from around San Diego. This family-friendly event provides the opportunity to meet local artists and learn about silk and the art of silk painting, a tradition that has been practiced for more than 2,000 years. Local artists will be on hand to share their experience and artwork. The San Diego Silk Guild also offers practical instructions for aspiring silk painters, such as how to sponge stamp silk or dye silk in a microwave. In addition to creating paintings on white silk backgrounds, local artists paint silk clothing, shoes and other three dimensional silk forms. Fair Trade Décor sells handmade blankets, pillows, scarves, table linens, and many other gifts from artisans around the world, who are paid fairly and provided with safe and environmentally friendly work. Silk products from Madagascar available for purchase at Fair Trade Décor include pillows and jewelry created using silk encased in colored polymer resin. The San Diego Silk Guild meeting takes place Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 7-9 p.m. at Fair Trade Décor, 1412 Camino Del Mar in the heart of Del Mar Village. Next San Diego Museum of Art lecture to be held in Del Mar Jan. 25 Hilda Yoder, a docent at the San Diego Museum of Art, will explore the profound effect on local art production of the massive influx of fine Chinese porcelain between 1602 and 1650 into the Dutch Republic, specifically into the city of Delft and the influence in Vermeer’s paintings. The lecture will be held Monday, Jan. 25, in St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Parish
FROM KEYNOTE, B5 learn about them.” Karl Mueller, principal of Canyon Crest Academy said, “Since its inception in 2012, the annual Writers' Conference hosted at Canyon Crest Academy is recognition of student initiative and drive. Former CCA student, Devyn Krevat, imagined a gathering of youth from throughout San Diego County that may become inspired writers if they were exposed to published authors through a free experience. Devyn's legacy has been carried on by current CCA junior Julia Camilleri, who has continued to grow this amazing event to include over 220 students representing 24 high schools last year. Supporting this event is a
Hall, Del Mar, 15th and Maiden Lane (across from the Del Mar Plaza). Registration and refreshments will take place at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free for San Diego Museum of Art, North County Chapter members. $10 for others. For more information, call 760-704-6436.
Local author and raw foods specialist Mimi Kirk to speak at Del Mar Library Jan. 27 Del Mar Branch Library recently announced an upcoming local author talk with raw foods specialist, international speaker, and chef Mimi Kirk on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The best-selling author of Live Raw, Live Raw Around the World, and The Ultimate Book of Modern Juicing will share her steps to living a long, healthy, ageless life. The talk will include a food demonstration, tasty samples, and a Q&A session. The Del Mar Branch Library is located at 1309 Camino Del Mar. For more information, call the library at (858) 755-1666. For information about San Diego County Library and other events, visit www.sdcl.org.
The Gibson Brothers to perform Jan. 17 at Del Mar Foundation Bluegrass & Beyond concert The Del Mar Foundation will present its next Bluegrass & Beyond concert on Jan. 17 featuring The Gibson Brothers. Two shows will be held at the Del Mar Powerhouse — a matinee at 2 p.m. and an evening performance at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $40. Limited seats are available. To purchase tickets, visit www.delmarfoundation.org. The Del Mar Powerhouse is located at 1658 Coast Blvd., Del Mar, 92014.
celebration of student creativity and collaboration. Event organizers are still looking for sponsors to support the CCA Writers’ Conference, and sponsorship information can be found at http://ccawritersconference 2016.weebly.com." The Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore will sell speakers’ books with a portion of the proceeds going to the conference. Students can learn more about the conference as speakers are confirmed at http://ccawritersconference 2016.weebly.com. Online registration will be open on Jan. 15. The conference will take place in the Proscenium Theater and Media Center, Canyon Crest Academy, 5951 Village Center Loop Road, San Diego, CA 92130.
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