Allied Gardens March 2, 2012
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San Carlos
Talk about an underdog.
The Chamorro Grill cooks up casual yummy eats island style.
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Hats Off for Good Teenaged Glad Hatters get into a knit for charitable causes.
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Mateo Camarillo has never been elected to public office, has raised virtually no money for his campaign and has little name recognition. His opponent, Marti Emerald, is an incumbent city councilwoman with a huge fundraising advantage, has backing from organized labor and retains a populist image earned through years as a reporter hosting the Troubleshooter investigative segment on a local television station. Camarillo is undaunted. “It’s a challenge, but I’m building an army of volunteers to get my name Mateo Camarillo out there. Look, I’m a community organizer. I know how to get my message across,” he said. At stake is the right to represent the San Diego City Council’s new District 9, an area carved from parts of Districts 3, 4, 7 and 8. The biggest chunk taken from District 7 was the College Area; the biggest slice taken from District 3 was Kensington, Talmadge and City Heights. Parts of Southeast San Diego were trimmed from District 4, and Southcrest was culled from District 8. See DISTRICT 9 page 8
SAN CARLOS DANCER’S GOT TALENT By Melissa Deleon
Carnegie Hall Drive The Patrick Henry High School choir needs donations to make momentous New York trip.
Howard Parker’s dance career spans decades. He has danced on Broadway and in films alongside Marilyn Monroe, Bob Fosse and Fred Astaire. Yet San Carlos resident Parker said he stumbled into his extraordinary dance career quite by “accident.” Parker’s self-proclaimed “accidental” career began around 1950 in Tampa, Florida, when Parker was 17 years old. Fresh from high school, Parker worked as a window trimmer by day and by night, he acted onstage at the Tampa Little Theatre. One evening, a director made a suggestion to Parker that proved life changing. “He said I was somewhat stiff onstage and didn’t know See DANCER page 20
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Fletcher Hills Volume XIX – Number 3
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS WORRY GRANTVILLEALLIED GARDENS RESIDENTS
By David Ogul
Hafa Adai!
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By David Ogul
One is eyed as a threestory apartment complex geared for seniors in need of affordable housing. The other would be a residential hamlet of more than 1,000 homes targeted for a swath of land in an industrial stretch of Mission Gorge Road. Both proposals are raising concerns from residents worried the developments may be the harbinger of even more growth in Grantville and Allied Gardens, growth that will change the character of their community and cause even worse traffic congestion. Developers say they are going out of their way to solicit public input. “We’re working with the community and we want to be a part of the community,” said Jonathan K. Cornelius, development director at Fore See HOUSING page 16
SENIOR GLEANERS FOUNDER HARVESTS GIVING By Denise Pollard
Street Fare The Taste of San Carlos offers music, food and fun to help fundraise for Green Elementary.
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Del Cerro resident Ann Evans doesn’t know what it means to be retired. The Senior Gleaners founder has spent almost every day of her retirement rising with the sun at 5 a.m. to harvest or collect food for her service organization. And although severe worsening osteoarthritis affects Evans’ ability to fully participate in harvesting, Senior Gleaners just wouldn’t be the group it is without its generous leader at its helm. “Despite some major medical issues, Ann is keeping the program going,” said Jay Wilson, executive director of Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation. “Often as I drive to Mission Trails, I see volunteers arriving at her house and getting into the two large vans owned by Senior Gleaners.” See EVANS page 8