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Water board OKs budget containing rate increase BY JOE TASH The Santa Fe Irrigation District board unanimously approved a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 at its meeting on Thursday, June 15. The $30.1 million spending plan includes a rate increase of about 12 percent that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2018. The rate increase includes 9 percent imposed by Santa Fe, plus a “pass through” of about 3 percent based on increases in water costs from the district’s suppliers, said Michael Bardin, Santa Fe general manager. District officials have said the water agency’s financial position is improved this year, thanks to abundant rain that provided cheaper local water, an increase in customer demand due to the elimination of water-use restrictions as the state’s drought ended, and two 9 percent rate

TPHS twins overcome huge challenges to thrive in a variety of ways. A5

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increases already instituted in January and last June. The district plans to use its additional revenue this year to beef up its reserves, which were depleted during the drought, as water use and sales were cut back dramatically and rainfall was scarce. District officials said during a budget report last month that about $3.2 million will be earmarked for reserves in the new budget. Although the budget does assume the district will impose a 9 percent rate increase Jan. 1, 2018 as contained in a three-year rate plan approved by the board in 2016, the board will discuss the rate increase later this year before it takes effect. The Santa Fe Irrigation District provides water to customers in Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach and Fairbanks Ranch.

SD City Council boots SoccerCity to 2018 vote BY KAREN BILLING After four and a half hours of public testimony on June 19, San Diego City Council voted 8-0 to place the SoccerCity initiative on the November 2018 ballot, instead of the 2017 special election that FS Investors were shooting for to bring a Major League Soccer team to San Diego. Council’s decision followed last week’s 5-4 vote against a November special election on any measure, including the proposed hotel tax to expand the downtown convention center. After City Council voted to remove the money from the city’s budget for the

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special election, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who supports SoccerCity, used his veto power to restore $5 million in funding for a special election by cutting funds from both Carmel Valley’s District 1 and District 3, a move some called “retaliation.” “The Chargers’ departure represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for San Diego. I want my children and grandchildren to have the same opportunities that I’ve had and the Qualcomm site can be an important driver for our region,” said District 1 Councilmember Barbara Bry. “My vote today SEE SOCCERCITY, A22

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R. ROGER ROWE 8TH GRADE GRADUATION R. Roger Rowe School 8th grade students and their families celebrated student achievements and bid a fond farewell to the school at a graduation ceremony held June 15 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. (Above) R. Roger Rowe Middle School graduates. See more on pages A20-21. Online: www.rsfreview.com

2017 TPHS AND CCA GRADUATION (Left) Torrey Pines High School students and their families celebrated student achievements at a graduation ceremony held June 16 at Torrey Pines High School. Principal Rob Coppo speaks at the Torrey Pines High School 2017 graduation. See page A19 for more. Online: rsfreview.com. At right, Canyon Crest Academy students and their families celebrated student achievements and great years at the school at a graduation ceremony held June 16 at Canyon Crest Academy. Shown are graduates Nataly Vanta and Hayley Nelson. See page A14 for more. Online: www.rsfreview.com

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Association continues outreach on RSF Connect project

COURTESY SFID Board President Michael Hogan with Isabella Costa, Isabel Bartolo and Catherine Camberos.

Santa Fe Irrigation District honors ‘Be Water Smart’ poster contest winners

On June 15, the Santa Fe Irrigation District Board of Directors recognized the top three winners for the Santa Fe Irrigation District’s “Be Water Smart” Water Awareness Poster Contest. The annual poster contest is open to all fourth graders in the district’s service area. This year’s winners are: First place, Isabella Costa from Santa Fe Christian; Second place, Isabel Bartolo from R. Roger Rowe Elementary School; Third place, Catherine Camberos from Solana Santa Fe Elementary School. The winning posters will be featured for a month in the 2018 North County Water Agencies calendar. The district recognized all the winners with gift certificates and a personalized water bottle at the Board of Directors’ meeting. The “Be Water Smart” poster contest began in 1993, and since then, over 5,400 children from the Santa Fe Irrigation District service area have participated in the Water Awareness Poster Contest.

The Rancho Santa Fe Association’s Technology Committee continues to make progress toward a community-wide vote on its high-speed fiber-optic internet project known as RSF Connect. With RSF Connect, the Association plans to own, construct and maintain its own fiber-optic network, giving local control over the quality and cost-effectiveness of the infrastructure and service. At the June 13 special board meeting, Tech Committee Co-chair Rick Sapp said the committee is completing interviewing finalists for RSF Connect’s internet service provider and working with the county on the proposed network design. As the cost estimates of the fiber network are being refined, the committee has also stepped up its community outreach through brochures and a website, rsfconnect.com. Here are some frequently asked questions about the project, answered by the Tech Committee. These questions and answers were provided in a written handout available at a recent RSF Association board meeting. How is this proposal different from past approaches? The RSF Association board has invested time to implement this project the right way, ensuring that all aspects of the project meet the standards of cost effectiveness and excellent service that Covenant members demand. RSF Connect will provide members with some of the fastest, most reliable internet service in the country. Customers will be able to access 1 gigabit per second at home -- more than 125 times faster than the average home internet speed in California. The proposal is structured to allow the Association to respond locally and quickly to user needs, provide significant oversight by the board and staff and maintain low costs for all users. Why is the Association building its own high-speed internet? Rancho Santa Fe population density is considered too low for most internet service providers to consider the project at this time. Our homes are too far apart for a provider to be able to be economically build a network. By constructing it ourselves we ensure it is done right with proper local accountability and control, using contractors who care about quality as much as we do.

What does it mean to have high-speed internet? High-speed internet makes it easier for Covenant members to live and work in an increasingly connected world. RSF Connect will offer Covenant members one gigabit per second internet access which will allow users to: • Stream TV shows and movies from Netflix and YouTube on multiple devices at the same time • Skype or video chat with family members with high resolution and no interruptions • Access corporate networks and make working from home more efficient • Connect reliably to education sites to complete homework and take courses online • Download software packages and games in seconds rather than hours • Seamlessly integrate home security • Improve in-home communications, including video conferencing and cell service What will this cost me? The Technology Committee is analyzing cost projections for RSF Connect and will announce those as soon as they are finalized. The strategy is to provide very high-speed internet service that will be priced competitively with current market rates. How will the Association connect my house to the internet? RSF Connect will run fiber-optic lines under the street and the internet service provider (ISP) is responsible for running a connection to individual homes. Association residents may work with the ISP or their own contractor to find the best route to run cable from the street to the home. Members may customize how the fiber runs through their property. May I keep my current internet service if I want to? Yes, if you are happy with your current internet service, you may continue using it. While some Covenant members have adequate service, this network far surpasses the capabilities of current and planned internet service from other providers.

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CCA grad Austin Kay wins baseball championship with Cal Lutheran BY KAREN BILLING Canyon Crest Academy alumnus Austin Kay recently capped his baseball career with a satisfying walk-off championship title. Kay helped the Cal Lutheran University Kingsmen baseball team win its first-ever NCAA Division III National Championship on May 30. The title is only the second DIII national title in school history. “If you would have asked me in February, that these guys and this team would be sitting here, I would have looked at you and said you’re nuts,” said head coach Marty Slimak in a release. “We had so many question marks we didn’t know we could get close to something like this, but as the season progressed these guys started coming together and it was just a great clubhouse.” “The thing that really set us apart was our camaraderie,” Kay said of the brotherly team atmosphere. “We were really in it for each other and that helped us stay loose.” In the College World Series, Cal Lutheran beat Washington and Jefferson in a best-of-three series at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisc. Cal Lutheran came out on top after dropping the first game of the series, going on to win 12-4 in game two and 7-2 in game three. Kay, the Kingsmen’s starting shortstop, had several key at-bats

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Cal Lutheran won its first baseball championship with local Austin Kay. in the tournament, including cracking a two-RBI double in game two which broke the game wide open. Kay would be named to the All-Tournament Team, with five hits in the championship game and finishing the tournament with a .345 average and seven RBIs. Kay started playing baseball in the La Costa Youth Organization and it has always been his main

sport. “I just loved the game. I started playing it when I was 2 in my backyard,” Kay said. “I put a lot of hard work into it.” Throughout his youth, Kay played mostly infield and also pitched through four years on the CCA Ravens. He was scouted a little bit by colleges but Cal Lutheran offered him an academic scholarship to

attend and play baseball. He studied environmental science and graduated this May, redshirting a year due to a shoulder injury that required surgery. This season got off to a shaky start for the Kingsmen as they went 4-6. The team was able to regroup and rip off a 15-game win streak. “We finished the year strong,” Kay said of the team, which would

only drop a few more games the whole year, ending the season 40-11. Heading into the College World Series championships, the Kingsmen had won 12 games in a two and 16 of their last 16 games, sweeping through their conference tournament and the regionals in Tyler, Texas. After dropping that one game in a brutal 12-2 loss, the team fought back to win the next two. In game three, they put up runs early and poured on more in the seventh and eighth innings, putting the title well within reach. “It was the top of the world kind of feeling, it was unbelievable,” Kay said. “It was something really great to be a part of because of the way we started the season, we weren’t supposed to win it. We hit the ball really well and our pitchers really stepped up.” Kay will remain in Thousand Oaks through mid-July and will then move to Oceanside to start his new job in Oceanside. The college grad will be working as an environmental consultant. “I think in a couple of months I’ll miss it,” Kay said of the end of his baseball life. “But it was a really good way to go out and I’m definitely happy with how my career went.”

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TPHS twins overcome huge challenges to thrive in a variety of ways

Taylor and Zac Scornavacco excel thanks to hard work, family and community support BY GIDEON RUBIN Taylor and Zac Scornavacco were too young to lose their father. The twins, among four siblings, were 11-year-old sixth graders when Michael Scornavacco died of pancreatic cancer in 2011. Their mother, Nancy Scornavacco, faced financial hardships amid the Great Recession that compounded the challenges her family faced. How her children would handle those challenges, she acknowledged, at the time was an open question. “Adversity can go many ways for young kids,” she said. “You never know how people are going to handle things.” Michael Scornavacco is still missed. But earlier this month, the family marked an important milestone on a difficult road they believe honors their father’s legacy. The Scornavacco twins proudly wore caps and gowns at a Torrey Pines High School graduation ceremony that sent Taylor and Zac to college with distinction. Taylor, a Stanford-bound lacrosse standout, was named the school’s Female Athlete of the Year after leading the Falcons to an unbeaten season that culminated with a state championship and a ranking atop the MaxPreps.com national poll.

Zac has made his mark in student government at Torrey Pines and is a recipient of four leadership awards, including the prestigious Hunt Leadership Award at Southern Methodist University. He received a full academic scholarship to SMU. “It was a very incredible experience to me personally” Zac said. “The point where I was in seventh grade when I lost my dad to the point where I was at graduation was just an incredible transformation. “Just being able to see myself at that point graduating and getting that diploma and accepting the individual I was then and the man I grew into was remarkable to me.” The graduation moment was the culmination of sacrifice and resourcefulness. Their older brother, Jake, was a 14-year-old rising golf star at the time of their father’s death. He put his golfing career aside to help run a family business, Sweet Things Frozen Yogurt (their father had always called his children “sweet things”). “He gave it all up instead to take over our family business so that me and my twin brother and my little brother could focus on getting through school at the time we were in middle school, and then go on to high school and not have to worry

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time that my brother gave me and my mom gave me.” She and her brother’s dogged determination paid off. Taylor was a competitive softball player who hadn’t even picked up a

lacrosse stick until the summer before her freshman year. She caught the attention of Stanford coaches the following year, and emerged as one of nation’s top players in less than three years. She led the Falcons to a state championship, with the team going 22-0 and finishing the season ranked No. 1 in the nation in MaxPreps’ ranking. Taylor was a two-time San Diego Section Player of the Year. Zac was a recipient of the school’s Golden Falcon award for boys in academic leadership. He was elected class president his junior year and the student body president his senior year. He was also a recipient of the Global Leadership Connection Award, and Torrey Pines’ Harvard Leadership Award, sending him to the East Coast on paid trips to Washington D.C. and Cambridge, Mass. Taylor and Zac both graduated with 4.2 GPAs. Their younger brother, Luke, is an incoming freshman at Cathedral Catholic High School who wants to play football. All four kids have pitched in to help run the yogurt shop. “We were just a family that believed SEE TWINS, A16

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Thrive in the Ranch launches its Summer Season June 28 Next Wednesday, June 28 will mark the first “Pizza Picnics at The Inn” sponsored by “Thrive in The Ranch!” From 4:30 -7:30 p.m., fun-loving folks from all generations are invited to gather on the front lawns of The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe where they can enjoy a cash bar ,purchase delicious pizza, plank salmon and salad by Urban Catering and Jojo’s ice cream, and listen to music by the crowd-pleasing Austin Burns. In addition, there will be lively lawn games, ping pong, succulent plant demonstrations and much more. For residents of the Covenant, a member of the Technology Committee will be present to answer any questions and field comments about the high-speed, fiber optic internet project. Founded by Rancho Santa Fe Covenant residents and enthusiastic community

cheerleaders Janet Lawless Christ and Sarah Neal, “Thrive” is a not-for-profit collaboration of Covenant residents plus generous corporate sponsors. Their goal is to “support a Village for all generations in historic Rancho Santa Fe” by creating events where people can gather and get to know each other , all in a setting where spirits soar and smiles abound. Thrive would not be possible without its generous corporate sponsors, including Sage Exterminators, Beach City Builders, Procopio Law, Pacific Coast Propane, Rancho Santa Fe Estate & Fine Jewelry, Plantology Nature Design, Charter Flight Group, RPM Mortgage, Rancho Santa Fe Orthodontics and Janet Lawless Christ Residential Realtors. Admission is free and open to everyone. Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair as seating is limited.

RSF Library to present Summer Solstice Patio Concert June 22 Rancho Santa Fe Library will hold a free Summer Solstice Patio Concert featuring KEV Rones on Thursday, June 22, at 5:30 p.m. Rones is a San Diego-based harpguitarist and fingerstyle acoustic guitarist, ukulele player, author, educator and guitar inspirer. The library will be open from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. in extended hours during this summer musical event. Picnics are welcome with limited seating provided. Families are welcome to bring their own seating. For more information, please contact staff at the library, located at 17040 Avenida de Acacias, at (858) 756-2512.

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The 36th annual Rancho Santa Fe 4th of July Parade & Picnic will be held Tuesday, July 4, at 1 p.m. The parade forms at 12:15 p.m. in the R. Roger Rowe School gym parking lot at Avenida de Acacias and La Granada. The parade will feature floats, fire trucks, vintage cars, kids’ section, equestrians, parade princesses and more. Kids on bikes must wear helmets and be accompanied by a parent during parade formation. The picnic and concert will start at 1:30 p.m. on the greens in front of The Inn property. A barbecue prepared by the RSF Golf Club will benefit the RSF Community Center. Music will be provided by The Harmony Grove Band. The band and barbecue will be held on the south property by The Inn. The 4th of July Celebration is sponsored by the RSF Association, RSF Community Center, RSF Golf Club and RSF Polo Club. For more information, contact Karlin Vance at the RSF Association at 858-756-1174, Karlin@RSFAssociation.org or Cutter Clotfelter at 858-756-7139, cutter@Willisallen.com.

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Free Village Church Concert on the Green June 25 Now in its sixth year, the ever-popular Concert on the Green presented by the Village Church will be held Sunday June 25, and feature world-class guitarist Peter Sprague and his seven-piece band along with a special presentation by popular singer/songwriter Steven Ybarra. It’s the perfect way for North County to kick off the summer from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m on the beautiful lawn near The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. The concert is free and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, shade umbrellas and a picnic dinner to the corner of Avenida De Acacias and La Flecha in the heart of Rancho Santa Fe. All are welcome!

The Peter Sprague group will feature an all-star band including vocalists Rebecca Jade and Leonard Patton plus Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet. They will play jazz, The Beatles, Cole Porter, Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder. Sprague has been hailed by music critics for his instrumental and improvisational prowess that has influenced a generation of local performers. New to Concert on the Green, artist Steven Ybarra has energized crowds nationwide with his signature country pop sound. He can also be heard leading worship at the Village Church every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. For more details, visit villagechurch.org or phone 858-756-2441.

Canyon Crest and San Dieguito High Academy seniors receive $2,000 each

Continuing a long-standing commitment to education and investment in future leaders, the San Diego County Ronald McDonald House Charities/HACER Scholarship Program has presented local high school seniors Sophia Kazmierowics of Canyon Crest Academy and Kate Sequeira of San Dieguito High Academy with $2,000 each to pursue higher education. The program recognizes local high school seniors of Hispanic descent who demonstrate academic excellence, strong community involvement, personal success and a desire to give back to their communities. This year’s record number of applicants were carefully reviewed by a panel of local judges comprised of community members, and McDonald’s, Ronald McDonald House and education

representatives from San Diego County. “Each year, we continue to be amazed by the high levels of academic excellence, personal determination and leadership that our applicants have demonstrated from the early stages of their academic careers,” said Christian Sandoval, San Diego County RMHC/HACER scholarship chair and a San Diego McDonald’s owner/operator. Every year, RMHC of Southern California works to raise funds to provide scholarships to local high school students. The goal of the RMHC U.S. Scholarship Program is to provide resources to students who need financial assistance to attend college. Since 1985, more than 31,000 students across the U.S. have received more than $59 million in scholarships. Visit rmhcsd.org.

Starry Starry Night Gala benefiting Voices for Children is Sept. 9 at Del Dios Ranch Starry Starry Night, the signature event of Voices for Children (VFC), will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9. The 15th annual gala, chaired by Carlsbad residents Lany and Alex Zikakis, will take place at the renowned Sahm Estate at Del Dios Ranch. Event proceeds will benefit Voices for Children, a nonprofit organization which transforms the lives of children in foster care by providing them with volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). CASAs offer a sense of stability and advocate for foster children in the courtroom, at school, and in the community. Starry Starry Night is considered one of San Diego’s premier fundraising events. The annual gala has grown from an intimate event in a private home to one of the community’s most anticipated events, grossing more than $1 million in each of the past five years. Del Dios Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe boasts the magnificent Sahm Estate, home to the late Ramona and Roland Sahm. The residence has hosted numerous philanthropic events and is on the market for $85 million. The evening will begin with a cocktail

hour featuring signature creations by Snake Oil Cocktail Co. followed by a custom, gourmet menu. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on items during a live auction to directly Fund-A-CASA. The evening will conclude with an after-party with dancing and dessert stations. Event designer and producer Janice Dodge and her team will create an evening that pays homage to historic Southern California and backdrop of Rancho Santa Fe hills. Of serving as event chairs, Lany and Alex Zikakis shared, “We are honored to carry forward the legacy of celebration and generosity of Starry Starry Night. We look forward to a memorable event and record-breaking support for Voices for Children. Most importantly, Starry Starry Night will make it possible for Voices for Children to serve more than 3,200 foster children in San Diego County in FY2017-2018 through the advocacy of more than 1,500 CASA volunteers.” For more details and sponsorship opportunities, contact Sheila Owens, special events manager, at events@speakupnow.org or (858) 598-2261.

RSF Historical Society to host event Aug. 12 Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society will be presenting a special program – “Historic Places – A Celebration of Master Architect Lilian Jeanette Rice” Saturday, Aug. 12 at Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. More information will be posted by the RSF Historical Society at www.rsfhs.org. For more details, contact Sharon Alix at (858) 756-9291 or visit www.rsfhs.org.

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Country Friends announces lineup for Art of Fashion show Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Bally, Salvatore Ferragamo, Max Mara and Versace are among the top international designers and luxury retailers to be showcased on Sept. 14 when The Country Friends presents the 2017 Art of Fashion in partnership with South Coast Plaza. The runway show, which celebrates South Coast Plaza’s 50th Anniversary, also will include the latest looks from the fall/winter collections of Roberto Cavalli, Brunello Cucinelli, M Missoni, Weekend Max Mara, The Webster and Saks Fifth Avenue. The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe again serves as the historic venue for this annual homage to fall, fashion and philanthropy. The event, chaired by Maggie Bobileff and Denise Hug, honors entrepreneur and philanthropist Jenny Craig, and benefits more than 40 San Diego County charities. Fox 5 Anchor Kathleen Bade will emcee. The event begins with a Moët & Chandon Champagne reception, light bites from the French Gourmet, and a “red

The 2017 Art of Fashion committee. carpet” photo lounge followed by the Art of Fashion runway show. After the show, guests will gather on The Inn’s Croquet Lawn for a festive luncheon, created by Executive Chef Casey Thompson, a Top Chef alumna. The Art of Fashion concludes with the South Coast Plaza Social, an opportunity to shop the center’s mini-boutiques while sampling Spa Girl Cocktails, chocolate and cheese. Throughout the day, boutiques will offer the latest trends in designer clothing, handbags, jewelry, eyewear, and other accessories. Participating retailers include

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Lawyer encourages ‘family conversations’ about end-of-life options BY MARÍA JOSÉ DURÁN Hemlock Society of San Diego board member Bill Simmons first got involved with end-of-life issues in 2009. “I felt everybody needed to have a written advance directive stating their wishes for end of life,” he said. He started volunteering in hospice, “And in the process of working with them and going out and seeing patients I came to the conclusion that (family) conversations are more important than the advance directives.” An advance health care directive is the legal document where a person describes the kind of decisions they wish to make when they no longer can speak for themselves because of illness or incapacity. In California, the document is typically composed by a lawyer, then signed by two qualified witnesses or acknowledged before a public notary. Simmons believes family conversations are more important than the advance directives because “first, the fact is that in an emergency situation, doctors don’t have time to go find your advance directive, it may be in your record somewhere. Secondly, they tend to naturally talk to the people, the family that’s standing by. “As a lawyer, this is really hard to take,” he continued. “I’m trained to put everything in writing. Is a mantra in law school, ‘Get it in writing!’ ” To illustrate his point, he gave an example. “A person may have survived the 12 first hours (after a health event), some family members are there and they’re discussing the next steps. One family member says, ‘I know my mother under this circumstances wanted no further treatment.’ And a sibling says, ‘Oh we can’t do that. We need to do everything we can to save her.’ And the doctors are often caught in a family conflict, where they don’t know who to listen to. The advance directive can help with that, but family conversation is the way to deal with that.” He elaborated, “I want my whole family to know what my wishes are.” Asked about ways to get the conversation started, Simmons said, “Let’s say, I’m sitting down with my elderly parent and the younger person says, ‘I see in the newspaper that Bob

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Help died yesterday of this and that.’ (You may use) someone that they know. ‘If you were in his circumstances, how would you want to end your life?’ So you can use events out of the news to kick it off. And that’s the easiest way. Another one is, they come back from a medical appointment, ‘Did the doctor discuss what would happen if something happens to you and so on?’ You can find wedges to start the conversation. It’s the wedge you’re looking for, because the conversation will flow typically pretty well once you get it started.” In June 1, The New England Journal of Medicine published the article “Delegalizing Advance Directives – Facilitating Advance Care Planning” by Joshua Rolnick, M.D., David Asch, M.D. and Scott Halpern, M.D., that agrees with Simmon’s notion. “Clinicians will rarely provide end-of-life care that conflicts with the stated preferences of family members, even when a formally executed advance directive is available,” the article reads. “The POLST (Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment),” Simmons SEE HEMLOCK, A16

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2017 CCA Graduation

anyon Crest Academy students and their families celebrated student achievements and great years at the school at a graduation ceremony held June 16 at Canyon Crest Academy. More online: www.rsfreview.com

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Scripps Clinic Invitational to be held Sept. 14, 15 in La Jolla The 49th annual Scripps Clinic Invitational Golf Tournament and Dinner will be held Sept. 14 and 15 in La Jolla to benefit the primary care expansion at Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines. The dinner event will take place Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, 10950 North Torrey Pines Road, in La Jolla. The event begins at 6 p.m. and will feature a cocktail reception, live and silent auctions, dinner and dancing. The Invitational Golf Tournament will take place Friday, Sept. 15, at the Torrey Pines South Golf Course, 11480 North Torrey Pines

Road, and will be followed by an awards reception at 5 p.m. at The Lodge at Torrey Pines. The events will benefit the renovation and expansion of the primary care division at Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines, which will include a new dedicated primary care check-in and wait area, more private exam rooms for vitals and diagnostics, a patient resource center, and commissioned healing artwork. For more information, please call (858) 678-7346 or email specialevents@scrippshealth.org. To register online, please visit www.scripps.org/golf.

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San Diego Climate lobbyists join 1,000 in D.C. to lobby Congress on climate Seven local Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) volunteers traveled to Washington DC June 11-13, when 1,300 volunteers came together for the 2017 Citizens’ Climate Lobby International Conference and Lobby Day. On Tuesday, June 13, the San Diego CCL members joined 1,000 other citizen lobbyists for over 500 meetings on Capitol Hill with Congressional representatives of districts across the country. The overall purpose of the group is “to create the political will for climate solutions by enabling individual

breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power.” Carl Yaeckel, head of the San Diego South CCL chapter, says “I went to Washington because I believe action by Congress is indispensable for the global fight against climate change. CCL’s bipartisan approach is having success and is the best way to move Congress to act.” The San Diego delegation had meetings with San Diego Representatives Susan Davis, Duncan Hunter, Darrell Issa, Scott Peters and Juan Vargas. Supporters at home

reinforced the message of the traveling citizen lobbyists by calling their representatives on Friday, June 9, for a “Congressional Call-In Day” for the climate. CCL is building a movement that builds bridges across social and political divides, and is lobbying Congress to address climate risks by coming together to discuss bipartisan solutions. Volunteers at the conference asked Republicans to sign the Republican Climate Resolution that states SEE CLIMATE, A18

FROM HEMLOCK, A11

Simmons said he is a member of the Hemlock society because, “Medicine has advanced so far in the past 50 years that we no longer die of pneumonia in four or five days, we start to decline in a number of years, and then the incline gets steeper and steeper, so death is prolonged, when it didn’t use to be. My parents didn’t have to face this kind of dilemma, prolonged dying.

“My goal is to let people know is that there’s a choice, and what that choice is completely up to you. But I don’t want anyway telling me how I need to die.” — Bill Simmons will give the presentation “The End of Life Option Act: Physician aid in dying for the terminally ill,” alongside Hemlock society president Faye Girsh, 10-11 a.m. July 10 at La Jolla Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave.

Zac plans to major in business with minors in communication and political science. He’s considering the possibility of a career in politics. Taylor plans to attend Naval Academy after completing her studies at Stanford. She wants to study human biology so she can be a Navy surgeon, an ambition she’s had for years as a way of giving back to those who sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy.

Both Taylor and Zac take nothing for granted. “Now that I’m going to Stanford and I’ve achieved this through athletics I’m going to hopefully be able to take it even further and create a career for myself so that I can help pay back those that helped me along the way and let me focus on what I really wanted to do and follow my dreams,” Taylor said.

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North County female high school beach volleyball players invited to Queen of the Beach Invitational Six of North County’s outstanding high school female beach volleyball players — Jaden Whitmarsh and Brooke Drahos from Torrey Pines High School; the Cathedral Catholic duo of Sarah Blacker and Emily Napoli; Paige Dreeuws of San Marcos High School;and Winslow Church of Santa Fe Christian; are set to compete in the Second Annual Queen of the Beach Invitational June 24-25 in Hermosa Beach, according to Eric Fonoimoana, Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist and host of the Queen of the Beach Invitational. Whitmarsh is a 2018 commit to the University of California, Los Angeles; Blacker is a 2018 commit to the University of Arizona; Napoli is a 2018 commit to Texas Christian University; Dreews is a 2017 commit to the University of Hawaii, and Church is a 2019 commit to Pepperdine University; and Drahos is uncommitted. “The QOTB will give these six outstanding players an opportunity to play with different partners that they normally would never play with. It also helps them to learn how to over communicate and play each point as if it matters. These lessons are valuable for their future in college and possibly making the Olympic team,” said Fonoimoana. The Second Annual Queen of the Beach Invitational, played June 24-25 north of the Hermosa Beach Pier, will be a showcase event that allows the top college players to test themselves against the nation’s best competition and the top high school players to do the same while also getting exposure to college coaches from across the country. For more information, visit www.QueenOfTheBeachInvitational.com.

Team USA crowned World Champions: Hannah Martin, Alexis Filippone and Sammy Slater

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from around the world, including India, China, Italy, Israel, French Polynesia and Chile. They went into the championship undefeated, beating Brazil in a three-game battle 14-21, 21-17 and 15-8. Filippone and Slater competed last February in the USA U18 Girls trials, winning 1st place and the invitation to compete at the World Championships.

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“This was such an amazing experience meeting all the athletes and competing against teams from all over the world. Tahiti was such a beautiful place and the French Polynesians were so welcoming and loved Team USA,” said Filippone, who is playing beach volleyball for Pepperdine University this fall in Malibu.

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n Steven Spielberg’s 2002 science fiction thriller “Minority Report,” Tom Cruise leads a futuristic police unit whose job is to prevent crimes based upon three mutated humans called “precogs” who “previsualize” crimes via visions of the future. In other words, the precogs predict where and when something bad is going to happen. It’s Cruise’s job to make sure it doesn’t. The notion is fantastic, originally conceived by novelist Philip K. Dick, with an emphasis on the definition of fantastic — to be imaginative, fanciful, remote from reality. Or not. “Minority Report” was Hollywood fantasy, but a research article published in the journal Cancer Discovery earlier this year suggests the idea isn’t so far-fetched, at least in terms of potentially predicting and preventing individual cancers. Hannah Carter, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, and Trey Ideker, Ph.D., professor of medicine and genetics, both at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, are the first and senior authors of the article, respectively. “Our findings suggest that a person’s genetic background can provide clues about what their

tumor might look like if they did happen to get cancer, including where it might occur and what mutations might appear,” said Carter, a recipient of the prestigious NIH Early Independence Award, which is designed to accelerate the research of exceptional scientists early in their careers. It’s well known that a person’s genetic background plays an important role in cancer. We are all vulnerable or predisposed, in varying degrees, to different kinds of cancer based upon our genes or mutations. “Researchers tend to focus on genetic cancer risk or on DNA mutations in tumor genomes,” said Carter, “but they don’t often relate the two. We did a genome-wide screen looking for inherited genetic variation that directly affects observable characteristics of tumors.” Specifically, Carter and colleagues tested more than 2 million genetic variants in 10,000 cancer patients participating in The Cancer Genome Atlas, an ongoing, national effort to catalog genetic mutations responsible for cancer. “We found more than 400 variants that influence either the tissue site where a tumor

emerges or the genes that are mutated in that tumor’s genome,” Carter said. “Some of the variants affected nearby genes that were performing similar functions to the mutated genes in the tumor, providing new clues to unravel how an individual’s genetic background shapes the genetic landscape of their tumor.” In essence, the researchers revealed a landscape of common germline variants (mutations in heritable genetic material) that influence how and where tumors develop. It’s a possible preview of what kind of cancer might appear later in a patient’s life — and where. “This type of information could help improve screening to detect tumors and maybe even allow pre-emptive design of drug combinations that will be effective,” said Carter. “Now we need follow-on studies with much larger numbers of patients to really map out this landscape and determine how to best use it to fight cancer.” In past columns, I’ve written that the best cancer treatment is the one that prevents cancer altogether. Modern medicine and common sense (exercise, eat right, don’t smoke) are already driving that effort with measurable success. Carter, Ideker and colleagues are writing the next chapter — and maybe the future-forward script for another Hollywood movie. — Scott M. Lippman, M.D., is director of UCSD Moores Cancer Center. His column appears in La Jolla Light the fourth Thursday of each month. You can reach Dr. Lippman at mcc-dir-lippman@ucsd.edu

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OUR READERS WRITE Better building designs needed for young adults with special needs In the past six years, I have mentored and worked with 300 architects and soon to be architects. They look up to me as someone who “walks the talk” in social activism. And many of them reach out and help me when I am in despair with the current state of affairs. Last week was one such time when I first saw the photo of the Adult Transition Facility (ATP) that is being built in the Earl Warren Middle School campus. Rohit Tak, a humanist, architect and Fulbright scholar, was aghast. “Surely, the Adult Transition Program (ATP) facility must be temporary because you can’t expect young adults to become independent, included and treated respectfully here.” He cynically remarked, “If it looks like a storage portable, then it was designed as one.” In UC Berkeley classrooms, he had heard all

about inclusionary designs and how community input is an important stage in the planning process. He was disappointed to learn that the district completely left out the ATP facility in the Master Plans while renovating and upgrading the other district schools using Prop AA funds. Tak also asked me, “Every individual has a right to the natural wind and light; thus, it’s important to integrate indoor-outdoor spaces in classroom settings. Why was this overlooked?” I also must add that parents were not happy with the choice of the location. During the June 8 San Dieguito Union High School District board meeting, over 50 parents had collectively gasped and indicated their annoyance with the strange explanation that the ATP facility was placed outside the fenced middle school because of transportation lines but not near a high school which has major transport lines because the kids are older there. My sister, Sharmista, who has a background in architecture and is a licensed interior designer, shook

her head and refused to accept the justification that electrical wiring and plug points were the reason why the windows were not added in the portables. She rolled her eyes and enlightened me that electrical wiring is not higher than 18 inches from the floor and doesn’t affect window placement. After reviewing the plan, another architect pointed out that the learning center should have “vocational training labs, speech therapy centers, and more customized learning areas with automated wide doors …” Every child has a right to fulfill his or her dream. In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the Supreme Court ruled that the school districts must give students with disabilities the chance to make meaningful, “appropriately ambitious” progress and is this possible in this poorly planned windowless storage units? Let’s ask SDUHSD to design buildings that provide a better future for young adults with special needs. Sheila Mitra-Sarkar Encinitas

FROM CLIMATE, A16 in part, “If left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans.” They asked both Democrats and Republicans to join the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, which currently has 20 members from each party. The caucus recently introduced legislation to establish a Climate Solutions Commission and held a public briefing on the impacts of climate change on oceans and coastal communities. CCL also advocates for a revenue-neutral carbon tax, called carbon fee and dividend. A carbon fee and dividend charges fossil fuel producers for greenhouse gas pollution and returns the money to households. A fee on emissions would signal to investors, entrepreneurs, and businesses that the American people are serious about creating a new energy economy, and the dividend would protect Americans from rising costs from the fee. Information about the conference and CCL is available at www.citizensclimatelobby.org, about the San Diego Citizens Climate Lobby Chapters at: www.facebook.com/CCLSanDiego/ --Submitted press release

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2017 TPHS Graduation

orrey Pines High School students and their families celebrated student achievements and bid a fond farewell to the school at a graduation ceremony held June 16 at Torrey Pines High School. Online: www.delmartimes.net

Taylor Scornavacco, Garry Thornton, Zac Scornavacco

Frank Liao, Ethan Li, Evan Pasko, Nilesh Nayyar

Hayden Hollen, Andreana Izotov, Gabriel Gmyr

Principal Rob Coppo speaks at the Torrey Pines High School 2017 Commencement

Rohan Achar, Parker Case, Jakob Davis

Karina Camp, Megan Carpenter, Savannah Castaellanos

Superintendent Eric Dill presents a diploma to a new graduate

Kyle Katzin, Katie Edwards

Jayda Hammermeister, Jada Galland

PHOTOS BY JON CLARK

Alex Gattuso, Ella Henry

TPHS principal Rob Coppo, teacher Susie Bouchard, school board president Amy Herman, and school district superintendent Eric Dill lead the procession

Ronan Gilliland, Jake Gilliam

Principal Rob Coppo presents a diploma to a new graduate

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R. Roger Rowe 8th Grade Graduation

Roger Rowe School 8th grade students and their families celebrated student achievements and bid a fond farewell to the

school at a graduation ceremony held June 15 at the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club. Online: www.rsfreview.com

School Board Trustee Marti Ritto speaks at the R. Roger Rowe Middle School graduation

Lana Lakdawala, Alex Atwell

Elisabeth Weimar, Slater Simo, Ava Tyler

Lauren Leavitt, Alex Goena

Willow McLarney, Wasay Zaman

Kate Baldi, Raini Stanislav

Sofia Symon, Allen Cioaca