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Volume 15, No. 09w

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The Australian Pink Floyd Performs in San Diegos See article on page 15

The The Australian Pink Floyd Show, already seen by four -million people, is described as “The “The best best tribute tribute band band in in the the world,” world,” according to the London Sunday Times.

Animals, neglected and starving, receive care.

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San Diegans prepare to gift children woldwide.

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Mission Hills Heritage 10th Annual Home Tour

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Co-creators present an American musical.

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Shoebox Gifts Benefit Children Worldwide

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Santa Fe Market Comes to Old Town

Hostage to Water

by George Mitrovich

When I was doing some work for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), I put together a private dinner at Rainwater’s (remember Rainwater’s? what a loss).

Among San Diego’s civic leaders invited that night was Malin Burnham, as great as any civic leader we have.

At the dinner Malin made a comment that has stayed with me.

He said, “The only time I think about water is when I go to the faucet and turn it on.” He then said he otherwise never thinks about water; how it arrives from streams, rivers and lakes to homes and faucets.

If Malin Burnham isn’t thinking about water, what are the chances the rest of us are thinking about water?

Lately, of course, much has been said about water because California has serious water shortages. The seriousness of this issue is reported almost daily. But until it is up close and personal, it is someone else’s issue.

Well, it’s “up close and personal” for me because my water bill from the City of San Diego came the other day and the water department wants $401.57 to keep water coming to our faucets.

The last two-month bill I paid I paid was $305.55. In the past it seldom exceeded $200, but those days are gone.

In conversations with city water officials, it is clear water bills will continue to rise. Beginning next year some two month water bills may routinely exceed $400.

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San Diego Film Festival’s 13th Annual Event

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George Mitrovich is a San Diego civic leader. He may be reached at, gmitro35@gmail.com.

Mine Eyes Have Seen George Mitrovich

Recently, in Kensington, a gentleman, in a little white water department truck, was seen shutting off water to delinquent rate payers.

If water is being shut off in a neighborhood where median home prices are $733,800, how are other San Diego communities faring?

What we know from the city’s water department is 2,333 homes on average are shut off monthly from water. If three people per residence is the norm, then 7,000 San Diegans are going without water every month.

Have you tried getting through a day without water – water to drink, water for cooking, water for bathing, water for lawn and garden upkeep (assuming you still have a lawn).

Even the most rudimentary knowledge of our history, California and the West, teaches us water has always been in contention, always at issue; and sometimes, in the not too distant past, the cause of range wars and violence.

Drought cycles in California are just that, cycles, and we have gone through them in the past and survived, but when your population reaches 38 million people, the equation changes – and for us it has changed.

It’s surprising to discover that California, enlightened in many ways, has no state water plan. But why should that surprise us? There is no national water plan. Thanks to President Eisenhower we have a national highway plan, but no comparable

water plan. Indeed, I cannot recall even a serious conversation about water at levels where it needs to be held about a “national plan.”

Thirty-five years ago I was working with a San Diego attorney to establish, as a Delaware corporation, The Great American Water Company. I reasoned that if we could move oil and gas from Texas to Maine, why couldn’t we move water from Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes, to Southern California?

It was a workable idea, but unless you have the means or financial backing, that’s all you have, an idea (I’ve had a few, same fate).

But consider this: if little ‘ol me thought a water plan for America was needed, how did others miss it, such as Federal, state, county, and municipal governments, but miss it they did – then and now.

The consequences of no national or state water plan has resulted in a proliferation of water agencies in every state and county – and San Diego County alone has 23 such agencies.

That is not a misprint – 23.

In a place where average rain fall is 10.34 inches, we have 23 water agencies – or 2.2 agencies for every inch of rain that falls. (In 2013 rain fall was only 6.55 inches, which meant we suddenly had 3.51 agencies for every inch.)

In a place notorious for its hatred of government, we have somehow allowed 23 water agencies to exist.

That means 23 different executive directors, 23 different boards of directors, 23 different agency employees, 23 different health insurance plans, 23 different retirement plans, etc.

The aggregate cost of all 23 agencies is infinitely more than if San Diego had one county wide water authority (actually we do, but its function is different than its “water authority” name might suggest).

I fully get the argument that people here love local control, but it comes at a cost.

I took a look at two of the 23 water districts, Carlsbad Municipal and Otay, but it was only that, a “look” not an in-depth study (that’s for people who actually get paid to do such studies; there’s a few).

I did so, not to criticize either Carlsbad or Otay but to make my point on proliferating agencies produce proliferating costs.

For Carlsbad their annual operating budget is $45,404,014. Their employee base is small, 38, and their general manager is paid $162,300.

Nothing unreasonable here, but, again, it must be weighed against the aggregate.

Otay’s Water District is much larger, as in 140 employees and an annual budget of more than $100 million (which includes capital improvements). Otay’s managing Continued on page 9 PresidioSentinel.com

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by Patty Ducey-Brooks

This past month I faced one of my dreaded civic responsibilities, to serve as a juror.

I am probably not alone in stating that I wanted not to be a part of the process. I had a packed full life and couldn’t fathom adding jury duty to my work load. Then it happened. I got the call that I needed to report to jury duty at 7:30 a.m., Monday morning. All I could think is, “Oh no.”

I had sent in my reasons to not be a juror, mostly business hardships.

Meaning, I had no additional time to be a juror.

I decided I would go to the District Court and make my appeal to be eliminated. I was told I would have to make this plea to the judge. So I did. I was one of approximately 28 people being reviewed and considered to be jurors. The attorneys (prosecutors and defense) and judge review the jury candidates. Questions and comments and observations follow.

Then the selection and elimination process occurs.

Even though I had made my statement to the judge that I had serious work related challenges, I was chosen. I would be among 12 jurors and one alternate that would continue.

Hesitantly, my role as juror had begun.

That’s when I started a life changing experience. I was a juror for a criminal case involving a young woman who was on trial for drug related charges, bringing illegal drugs, methamphetamine and heroin, into the United States. These aren’t drugs that I want to see coming in to the United State, especially my home state, California.

After one and a half days of introductions by the attorneys, statements from witnesses, the defendant, interrogations and closing statements, we, the jurors, were sent to a room to begin deliberation. These are 12 strangers who must select a foreman and then proceed to determine the steps to be taken to review and determine the outcome on three different counts brought against the defendant.

Immediately, upon being escorted to our room, I asked the bailiff what steps are required to proceed and how we should determine a foreman. The bailiff said we would need to determine this on our own. We had two copies of an instructional document that would help to guide us through the process.

We were also provided other material in which to take notes, and if required, forms to be completed to communicate to the attorneys and judge.

Suddenly, it became apparent to me, we needed to be a team to work through the judicial maze. Eventually, the team would split off, based on our

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choices, positions and differences. At times, the discussions and differences would become extreme, meaning we were vocal and firm about our opinions. I would make my own observations of juror personalities, communication styles and nuances. I needed to do this to get comfortable with the surrounding and to know how to make sense of the process.

At the end of day two, I was advocating for not guilty on count one for the defendant. I truly didn’t believe the evidence was strong enough to convict her. I went home feeling very adamant that my position wouldn’t change. However, I made a very serious effort to personally challenge my decision. When I returned on day three, my position remained the same.

The evidence provided didn’t make me believe that “without a reasonable doubt she was guilty” of this count.

In addition to my position, two other jurors agreed to the same. They didn’t feel the evidence confirmed the conviction. So, we continued to deliberate on day three.

I knew that I would be challenged by the others who felt strongly about conviction. I wanted them to help me change my mind. After a long day of deliberation, three more people joined the non-guilty side. Now we were six.

The final outcome on day three was a hung jury and a mistrial on count one.

Though that was never my plan from day one, I knew that I had a huge responsibility the moment I became a member of the jury. I needed to put all my attention on this case, which

means blocking out all the other distractions. This was not an easy task, but it was necessary.

What I would like to emphasize is that I am extremely against anyone bringing drugs in to the United States, especially methamphetamine and heroin. I quickly learned about the drug challenges facing us in the United States. We aren’t doing enough to stop the problem and need to approach this differently. That’s more than I can share at this time.

What I also know is that we need to review the procedures at the border, how arrests are made and the legal process. We are making some serious mistakes that are causing us to fail in prosecution and convictions.

At the end of the trial we were told that we are allowed to communicate with the court clerk, judge and attorneys. Learning this, I followed up with the court clerk and was told that due to our hung jury position on count one, it was dismissed. The defendant will be sentenced on count two and three early November 2014. I plan to attend and learn the outcome.

For all of you who avoid jury duty, I say give yourself the opportunity to experience this civic responsibility and life changing experience. You will become truly amazed by the responsibility and power that you have as a juror, which is somewhat difficult to grasp. I heard the same from all the other people who were jurors on this trial.

Today I can state that it was an honor and pleasure to work with them and grow personally from this experience.

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I’m Done

by Ilene Hubbs

Patty Ducey-Brooks

My first close friend Sheila was always a difficult person. During high school and college we managed to stay close and because we had this long history I tended to overlook these imperfections. After college she moved to Chicago and our lives went in different directions. She never married and worked from graduation until retirement as a computer programmer. I married had two sons and in my thirties began a 30-year career that was exciting and fulfilling and important.

During those years we continued to stay in contact both by phone and with visits to each other. As the years went by a series of unfortunate incidents only increased her bad attitude and she continued to use a passive aggressive personality to put me down in so many ways. She often brought up the fact that she worked hard to take care of herself and I had a husband. She didn’t care for the shade of lipstick I wore, my California clothes when I came to the “big city,” the fact that I was near my family while hers was thousands of miles away. She did not know what my job entailed, what it was like caregiving a disabled sister,

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a dying husband, an elderly mother, in fact she did not know me at all after the age of 21.

Anxious to take toxic relationships out of my life, and after a particularly unpleasant visit to see her, I severed ties with her years ago. So it was with surprise that I received a call from her on a milestone birthday that we shared, surprised that she was asking that we forget the past and reconnect again. With a leery feeling in my heart, I agreed. Needless to say, very little had changed with Sheila. Even after all those years, this aging woman still allowed her attitude to be negative and angry. Our conversations were mainly about her and where life had taken her.

She did not ask about me and changed the conversation back to herself whenever I tried to catch her up.

A recently published article from Harvard Medical School called “Living to 100: What’s the secret?” concluded that “if you bring to your life appreciation and respect, and embrace life with good humor, grace, vigor and flexibility, you will, at the very least, be happy to grow old.”

The subtitle of the article says it all: “Positive Psychology: Harnessing the power of happiness, mindfulness, and inner strength.” The articles conclusion: “A sunny outlook might actually protect the heart and brain.”

This is how I try to live my life, and even more so as I age. My role model is my sister who although very disabled and having gone through the pain of having a husband desert her and an only child move away, she still maintains a lovely and positive outlook on life. She amazes me every time I see her and I am blessed that I live so close to her and can care for her needs. Sheila however, is not a blessing in my life. Feeling guilty, I called her just to catch up and as usual she steered the conversation to her latest tragedy, a boyfriend who recently dumped her. I tried to be positive with stories about my family who she knew so well. Needless to say, she was her same old nasty self, telling me I told her that before and that I repeat myself too much. I was literally speechless. I took a breath and told her I really have nothing to talk about with her anymore. I politely said goodbye and hung up feeling freed from her.

A week later she called both my home and my cell. I did not pick up and she did not leave a message.

A few days later she called again.

A week later more calls that I didn’t accept. My attitude has been positive most of my life. I plan to age that way.

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Contributing Writers Concetta Anitico Blake Beckcom Rick Brooks Melody Brown Ian Campbell Richard Cone Cath DeStefano Barry Hager Ilene Hubbs David Kamatoy Philip C. Lee Alice Lowe Aubree Lynn George Mitrovich David Rottenberg

Funny Side of the Law

Mission Hills Books & Collectibles, 4054 Goldfinch Street, San Diego, CA 92103 (entry on Ft. Stockton Street) is having a book-signing at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, September 27 with Charles Seville who will present his book “Law and Disorder.”

For more than 30 years, Sevilla, a widely respected San Diego defense attorney, has been collecting funny stories from the halls of justice—slips of the tongue, outrageous insults, moments of unintentional mirth.

The stories get published in a column Sevilla writes for a lawyer’s magazine called Forum. Every so often he collects a bunch of them in a book; the latest, “Law and Disorder.”

Sevilla, 69, once described the criminal-justice system as a “mindless, people-crushing institution” similar to

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a brothel. In both, people arrive seeking a fantasy—sexual satisfaction in the brothel, justice in the courthouse.

He’s best known for his work as an appellate lawyer. He handled former Mayor Roger Hedgecock’s successful appeal of conspiracy and perjury convictions. He represented Robert Alton Harris in a string of appeals that delayed but ultimately couldn’t prevent the convicted murderer of two San Diego teens from being the first executed in California in 25 years.

“Law and Disorder” includes illustrations by Lee Lorenz, a cartoonist whose work has been appearing in The New Yorker since 1958.

The book is divided into sections— defendants, lawyers, expert witnesses, cops, judges, jurors—but Sevilla doesn’t name names.

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Charles Seville has been practicing law for over 30 years and feels humor makes it bearable.

Managing Director for Business Banking

Union Bank recently announced that Ryan Baderian has been named a managing director for the Business Banking group.In his expanded role, Baderian is responsible for managing all aspects of business development and relationship management activities for Orange County and the Inland Empire, along with the added responsibility of the San Diego region.Based in Irvine, he reports to Business Banking Managing Director and National Sales Manager Jonathan Holmes.

With more than 12 years of experience in the banking industry, Mr. Baderian joined Union Bank’s Business Banking group in 2011 as a regional sales manager for the Orange County and Inland Empire division. He started his banking career in Orange County with Citibank. Prior to that, he was a vice president and senior relationship manager for the Business and Community Banking groups at Wells Fargo Bank.

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County Animal Services Ricky is a five-year old, poodle/mix and is available for adoption but is not currently in public view; he is in a foster home. He does enjoy being around other dogs, cats, and small children. While in foster Ricky is learning that his crate is not a scary place when he has distractions like calm music, a stuffed Kong, basted rawhide bones, and treat balls filled with kibble.

Ricky is generally friendly and easy-going, and has a medium to high activity level.

He enjoys clowning around, and would love to entertain and will do best in a home with another dog or dogs.

Ricky is currently living in a foster home. His adoption fee of $95 includes spay/ neuter, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, For more information, or to arrange a meet-and-greet, please call our Oceanside Campus at 760.757.7357. The Oceanside Campus of the San Diego Humane Society is located at 2905 San Luis Rey Road. For information, call 760.757.4357 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

Sheba is an eight-year old, domestic longhair/mix, black and white tabby that is available for adoption from her foster home. She has been described by her foster parents and caretakers as sweet, affectionate and quirky. One of her best qualities is the ability to snuggle and purr at all times.

Rescue More than 40 Animals

Animal Control Officers removed 31 horses, three llamas, four Dexter (miniature) cattle, five geese, and one dog from a property located in the 28300 block of Hell Creek Road in Valley Center.

County Animal Services had been trying to get the owner to provide the necessary care for the animals without success. A notice posted on the property on August 16 gave the owner the opportunity to request a hearing to contest the proposed seizure of the animals. When the owner failed to request the hearing, a search warrant was obtained to seize the animals.

“The primary issue with the majority of the livestock was a lack of hoof care,” said Animal Services Deputy Director Dan DeSousa. “Although easy to remedy, prolonged lack of hoof care in livestock is a painful condition that can lead to permanent and severe damage.”

All of the livestock was examined by a veterinarian specializing in large animals, and several horses were also found to be very underweight. One horse is pregnant.

Sheba is a couch potato who prefers to lounge and relax on most days. She can be a bit shy with strangers, but eventually does warm up and allows people to see her gentle personality. If you are looking for a quiet, loving lap cat, she’s the one.

Sheba’s adoption fee is $25. She is currently in foster care and is available at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA, located at 5500 Gaines Street. For more information, call 619.299.7012 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

For more information on Ricky, call 760.757.4357 For more information on Sheba, call 619.299.7012

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A horse appears starved and in neglect.

County Animal Services was joined by its volunteer County Animal Response Team, the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA and their Animal Rescue Reserves, and the San Diego Sheriff’s Department in rescuing the animals.

All of the horses are being cared for at the County’s animal care facility in Bonita. The remaining animals are at a private ranch or the County’s animal care facility in Carlsbad. Animal Control Officers removed 31 horses, three llamas, four Dexter (miniature) cattle, five geese, and one dog from a property located in the 28300 block of Hell Creek Road in Valley Center.

County Animal Services had been trying to get the owner to provide the necessary care for the animals without success. A notice posted on the property on August 16 gave the owner the opportunity to request a hearing to contest the proposed seizure of the animals. When the owner failed to request the hearing, a search warrant was obtained to seize the animals.

“The primary issue with the majority of the livestock was a lack of hoof care,” said Animal Services Deputy Director Dan DeSousa. “Although easy to remedy, prolonged lack of hoof care in livestock is a painful condition that can lead to permanent and severe damage.”

All of the livestock was examined by a veterinarian specializing in large animals, and several horses were also found to be very underweight. One horse is pregnant.

County Animal Services was joined by its volunteer County Animal Response Team, the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA and their Animal Rescue Reserves, and the San Diego Sheriff’s Department in rescuing the animals.

All of the horses are being cared for at the County’s animal care facility in Bonita. The remaining animals are at a private ranch or the County’s animal care facility in Carlsbad.

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40 animals were retrieved from the property in Valley Center

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“I Give Up”

by Blake Beckcom

Sticking to a fitness routine over the long haul takes guts, determination, courage and a dose of motivation. If being fit and healthy were an easy proposition, everyone would look younger and live longer, but given it is not easy, grasping on to some distant visions of who you are likely to become down the line, may just be the right dose of medicine without all those needles.

Common reasons to “give up” range from no time to no motivation to no results to boredom. No time, boredom, and no results are a function of the when and how, but for now let’s focus in on motivation.

It seems backwards that as a broad majority we tend to put little value on our health, until we lose it. When we lose our health due to illness or injury, suddenly our health becomes our top priority. Just think for a minute about people in your circles or perhaps you yourself. When you got sick or injured you hated it and longed for the days when you would regain the former you.

Much of what we see in today’s illnesses can be mitigated by a healthy life style that pays attention to the quality and frequency of meals

and to how one moves. High blood pressure (HBP), as an example is the largest chronic medical condition in our country with one in thee having HBP. Many of mankind’s maladies are avoidable, if we have the diligence to work at our health consistently, as an ongoing lifestyle. Look, there is a 100 percent chance that you will die, we can not avoid that. The question is, when and how, and by not knowing that eventual outcome, the questions should shift to: how do I prolong my days and what should I do?

A good motivator may be to look at your family from a gene pool perspective. What physical situations came their way? It’s not to say that what happened to them will happen to you, but it is a good indicator of things to be aware of and defense against as you age. It is a widely held view, backed by science, that good nutrition and exercise are the best deterrents of disease. True health care should be about prevention.

Look at your fitness program as a journey with no end. It is the long haul that matters. You will have some peaks and valleys along the way. Not every workout will be your best, and yes with some, you will have to drag

yourself to them. But in those latter cases, once done, you will feel much better about yourself. Once you begin to quit on you and your workouts, this becomes a slippery slope to come back from, both mentally and physically. Chipping away at it, is best practice. Pick a few timeline event oriented goals in your life to work toward on the calendar; a birthday (anyone’s), a trip, a wedding, a vacation, a party, end of summer, start of spring, anniversary, your annual physical. Pick something that time bounds your efforts, that becomes an accountability partner.

Chip, chip and chip.

On the eats side, shoot to eat clean 95 percent of the time allowing for some cheat room. It is not possible to maintain a strict nutrition regimen for the long term. Abstinence can create hyper demand and the “hyper” is where we get in trouble. Cheat, but do so mindfully. Mindless eating is common, so if you make conscious choices using the 95/5 Rule, you more than likely will have health gains simply out of mindful choices.

Take on the mentality of one workout, one meal at a time over time, allowing for and expecting setbacks, which if

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viewed correctly, can be “set ups” for your long term health. Our current “Health Care System” is designed to fix what is broken. Real healthcare is self driven, designed to prevent being broken. If it is to be…it is up to me.

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Back to School with

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the Children’s Needs in Mind

While the kids are still enjoying the last of summer, parents are getting ready for their next round of classes, assignments, meetings, etc. It can be very stressful for the parents, especially if the child has any kind of diagnosed needs, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We can all learn from these kinds of wellstudied cases, especially since every child is precious and has a set of very specific needs, as well as talents and likes. It is very helpful and promises a strong start into the new school year if those needs are addressed consciously and with a plan.

Here are some things to consider as a means to take the edge off the stress for you and your child.

All too often I see a parent in my practice that is busy keeping up with all the things that are typically piled into a school year.

However, parents of children with ADHD know that their children are hypersensitive to distractions and that their attention span drops with information overload.

Whereas it is easy to tend to physical needs, it is not so easy when it comes to needs of the mind and the psyche. I like to PresidioSentinel.com

use the image of a broken leg. As no parent would expect their kid to run a marathon with a broken leg, likewise, is it for a child with ADHD to not be overwhelmed with a full school and social schedule.

While it is true that they can´t sit still or focus well, adding more commotion is not doing them any good. Therefore, I ask the parents to think about creating a unique lifestyle that fits their child. It is okay to do only one extracurricular activity or to be a straight B student instead of struggling for As. As a life fulfillment coach, my focus is on the prize of a higher goal: a fulfilled life, lived fully.

Whenever a child is “different,” it is so easy for he/she to become self conscious, to feel shame and develop a “less than” self image.

Surrounded by their peers, we often want to guide them by using a “cookie cutter” model so they won´t miss any options in life. But I have to say, a fulfilled life is much more valuable to the individual, than a success-driven life that gets compared to others´ standards.

What does that mean for the new school year? Let your child be your inspiration for how the new schedule will look. If your son or daughter is overwhelmed, anxious

or unhappy at the end of a week crowded with appointments, try one that has blocks of unscheduled, but not inactive time. After observing your child’s state of mind, look for ways to nurture his or her fun time, self- esteem, safety and security

and bonding with you. It might not be the going model, but I hope you have the courage to give it a try. I am willing to bet that you will see the benefits as your child blossoms during the school year.

Author Sabine Starr is a psychologist licensed in Vienna, Austria, currently living and working in Mission Hills. She has written numerous articles for professional psychology journals. For further information, visit www.StarrCoaching.com and follow her blog at www.HealthwithTaste.blogspot.com; and a new social media offering is www.facebook.com/StarrCoaching.

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Life Insurance—

by Rick Brooks

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What’s The Catch?

Life insurance is an important part of any financial plan. It is designed to provide financial resources for a family in the event that a member’s premature death would cause financial hardship for the survivors. However, life insurance is often used for a variety of creative purposes beyond its intended design, and therein lies the catch.

A critical element to insurance to keep in mind is how it is priced.

The cost of an insurance policy is determined by the probability the insurance company will have to pay off the policy. Thus, a healthy 25 year old single woman with a steady job will probably pay less for life insurance than a 65 year old male smoker who likes to go hang gliding.

Life insurance comes in two basic types: Term and Permanent. Term life insurance provides insurance coverage at a fixed price for a given term, typically five to 20 years, after which the insurance can still be renewed – but at an extremely high cost. Term insurance is pure, no-frills, basic life insurance and is generally the lowest-cost and most efficient way to cover a need for a given, definable

period of time. For example, my term insurance policies are intended to provide for my children’s education and to cover my mortgage if I die before I can finish paying for them.

Generally, the younger you are, the cheaper it is to life insurance. So the same 10 year term insurance policy would be a lot cheaper for a 30 year old than someone who’s 70, because the probability is much higher the company will have to pay out on the older person’s policy. It is also priced for the period you own it. A 20 year term policy will generally cost more than a 10 year term.

Permanent insurance is intended to last throughout your entire life and to pay off at your death. Unlike term insurance, permanent insurance blends a savings-like account with the insurance policy. Also, the premiums are significantly higher than for term insurance. Because it is expected to last throughout your entire life, it is priced to cover the cost of insurance not only when you are 30 but also when you are 80.

And that is the essence of the catch in permanent life insurance.

Each premium payment you make on a permanent insurance policy is made up of several components. A

big chunk (seven to 10 percent) goes to the agent who sold the policy as a commission. Another part goes to pay for the current cost of insurance for that year of the policy. The rest goes into the cash value ‘savings’ component of your policy.

The catch is that the cost of insurance goes up each year, so the cash value is needed to help pay the higher costs in later years. Think of a permanent policy as a savings account plus lots of one-year term policies. As you get older, those annual term policies get more and more expensive. At some point, the premiums you pay won’t cover that cost any more. That’s why the higher early premium payments are saved to grow and cover future insurance costs.

This will generally work as long as 1) you’ve earned enough in your savings account for it to grow, or 2) you have continued to make the planned, scheduled payments over the life of the policy, or 3) you have NOT borrowed against the cash value of the policy.

And there’s the catch. Every insurance policyholder I have ever spoken with has been told at some point that they could either borrow tax-free against their cash value or

make premium payments that are lower than the planned amount.

And almost every time I see that, I see a policy where the cash value is bleeding down to nothing. When that happens, the policy generally needs to be cancelled, and that “tax-free” loan you took becomes a taxable distribution of any earnings on the policy. You’re also out the insurance policy you had planned on.

The bottom line: insurance is best used to manage the risk of premature death. No matter what the agents who sell it might say, it is poorly suited for use as a savings or investment plan. And for most people, the death protection isn’t even necessary once the kids are through college and you’ve paid off the big debts like your mortgage.

Armando Buelna, who serves as communications officer for the district, explained that Otay’s rising cost of delivering water to its 123,000

customers is directly related to what Otay is charged by the San Diego County Water Authority.

Since 2006 Otay’s annual cost of an acre foot has gone from $640 to $1,452.

The district projects its annual acre foot cost will rise to $1,505 in 2015 – an increase of nearly $900 in nine years.

Buelna says Otay’s cost is nothing more than the pass though cost the district is charged by San Diego; and the cause and effect of that, San Diego’s water authority maintains, is what MWD charges its member agencies. (I am not getting into it here but conflict has long marked the relationship between MWD and our own water authority).

If El Niño returns and we experience again record rain fall in excess of 20 inches, as has happened three times in our history – 1885, 1940, and 2005 (in 1885 it actually reached 26 inches) – then concerns about water will evaporate. How do I know, because they always have.

But banking on El Niño is a fool’s bet. California and America need water plans – now. If our “leaders” won’t deal with it, then we as citizens must rise up and demand they pay

attention and offer solutions.

But I feel silly even writing that, because way down deep I doubt that will happen, either by government or citizenry.

A statement based upon the fact we are now in a water crisis, but beyond hand wringing and complaints about ever rising water bills, he said, who is taking charge? Governor Brown?

President Obama? True, Jerry Brown declared a “drought emergency,” but a declaration of an emergency and a water plan are not the same. Period.

As for the president and leaders on Capitol Hill, mostly silence.

What will it take to galvanize people and leaders to act? Maybe it will happen the next time Malin Burnham goes to the faucet and turns it on – and nothing comes out.

This column is prepared by Rick Brooks, CFA, CFP®. Rick is Vice President for Investment Management with Blankinship & Foster, LLC, a wealth advisory firm specializing in comprehensive financial planning and investment management. Rick can be reached at 858.755.5166, or by email at brooks@bfadvisors.com. Rick and his family live in Mission Hills.

Hostage Continued from page 3 director is paid $215,000 (who, according to former California State Finance Director Steve Peace, is worth every penny of it).

(In writing this I was helped by Brent Eidson, who works for the city’s water department. But in the interest of full disclosure, we are friends and teammates on the Marston Mets. But the opinions expressed are wholly mine, not Brent’s, and any errors of fact, also, wholly mine.)

George Mitrovich is a San Diego civic leader. He may be reached at, gmitro35@gmail.com.

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“It’s a Beautiful Day in t h is Neighborhood,

a Beautiful Day for a Neighbor”

by Trish Watlington, President, Mission Hills BID But… would you know that The Washington Street Maintenance Assessment District (WSMAD), established in 1998, was a big part of the beauty in Mission Hills?

The purpose of the WSMAD is to install and maintain the landscaped medians, trees, and other aesthetic improvements on Washington Street that replaced an asphalt-paved, treeless public sidewalk and median.

The district boundaries are from Hawk Street to Albatross Street along Washington Street, and from Ft. Stockton to University Avenue along Goldfinch Street. The WSMAD is funded by a mere $22 assessment on some property tax bills.

The City of San Diego issues and oversees the contracts to maintain the landscaping in the medians, including the Canary Island Date Palms on Washington Street, as well as litter removal on the streets.

But the real work of planning and decision making, getting community input and making sure the city really does its job, is done by the WSMAD committee, established in 2008 by the Mission Hills Town Council. The committee includes representatives from several recognized community groups, including the Mission Hills Business Improvement District, Garden Club, and Heritage. Current members Stephen Shushan (WSMAD chair), Lara Gates, Kathy Jones, John Lomac, Jim Reily, Don Rudesill, Susan McNeil Schreyer and Stuart White, generously give their time to keep Mission Hills beautiful.

During the initial meetings with City staff, the WSMAD committee recognized that there was a large surplus of funds that was available for projects to beautify the public rightof-way spaces within the business district. Right away they negotiated with Metropolitan Transit District to get rid of all the ugly plastic bus benches and trash cans and replace

and expand them with benches and trash containers that are both more attractive and more suitable for the neighborhood’s historic identity.

The WSMAD committee has also collaborated with the Mission Hills Garden Club on several projects, including a cost sharing arrangement to establish and maintain the street pole hanging baskets within the boundaries of the WSMAD district.

Just recently, those were switched to a succulent-based basket in order to conserve water and reduce costs.

With the contribution and support of the Mission Hills Garden Club, aesthetic planter boxes were also installed at the corners of Washington Street and Goldfinch Street as well as along Goldfinch Street.

And just as important, but less glamorous, the WSMAD committee budgets for and oversees the regular power washing of the sidewalks within the business core district.

Maintaining clean sidewalks in our commercial district is extremely

important for the health and beauty of the business district and the entire Mission Hills community.

So, as you walk within the thriving business core district or you drive up Washington Street and see the magnificent Canary Island palms in the median, please notice and appreciate what the WSMAD has accomplished in such a short period of time. For the residents and business owners who contribute through their modest annual assessment, to see is to appreciate what a relatively small contribution of money, multiplied by the generous time of volunteer committee members, can make to the entire Mission Hills community.

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Automate Your Home:

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We live in an automated world. Wired electronics are becoming extinct, homes are remotely controlled, and traditional keys are quickly becoming passé. Remember the Jetsons? We’re almost there. The last few years have brought some incredible products to the mass market—products we never even imagined, but now that they’re out there, we wonder how we lived without them!

The latest products to hit the consumer market—some that are only available as preorders—are truly revolutionizing our home dynamic. From more intuitive ways to stream video and music to ingenious and easy home security systems, this is the year that home automation comes to the masses. Take a look at three products that will make your life easier, more tranquil, and much more convenient than you’ve ever thought possible 1 Kevo Bluetooth Electronic Deadbolt The award-winning Kevo Deadbolt is one of the greatest inventions ever when it comes to security and convenience. Made by Kwikset (one of the major door lock manufacturers), the Kevo deadbolt requires an encrypted “e-key” to securely unlock it…. Just a touch of your smart phone or Kwikset Fob, and voila, your door is unlocked. When you have arms full of groceries, kids, or dog leashes—that small convenience can be a lifesaver. *Currently, the Kevo App is only supported by the iPhone 4s, 5, 5c, 5S, iPod touch (5thgeneration), iPad (3rdgeneration and higher) and the iPad mini. If you’re not an Apple Smart Phone person, the Fob entry is still a great option.

Cost: $219 2 Nest Protect We all know the sound of a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector—a loud, piercing beep that goes off just as loudly and startlingly in a legitimate fire as it does when you’ve burnt a piece of toast. And when you try to stop the beeping—good luck.Nest Protect is designed to alert you to an emergency, but it does it in a more civilized way. First off, it remembers what room it is in, and if it senses something’s amiss, it gives you a warning before beeping. So if you did just burn a piece of toast, you can hush it with a wave of the hand.

It also features a light ring that changes colors based on the level of danger…and the other great part of the design: it comes with long-life batteries that don’t need to be replaced every year.

Cost: $129 3 WeMo Light Switch Belkin’s WeMo is a WiFi-enabled light switch that gives you the freedom to turn your lights on or off from anywhere in the world. Just self-install the switch (or professional installation is available), download the freeWeMo appto your Apple or Android device and you’re ready to go. If you’re going to be at work late and you want the lights on for the cats, just turn them on from your smartphone. If you’re concerned with home security when you’re out of town, control your lights to give the impression someone’s home. You can also program your lights to go on and off at whatever time you specify.

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by Barb Strona During the Garden Club’s May meeting Master Gardener Meredith French covered a wealth of material regarding the insects of a healthy garden. Half of all living things are insects. There are over one million identified insect species, and scientists believe there may be as many as 20 million species that have yet to be unidentified. There are 26 orders of insects. Insects co-evolved with flowering plants. Insects have ectoskeletons, or skeletons outside their bodies. Insects and crustaceans have them. Insects’ bodies have three parts with six jointed legs and compound eyes. Most lay eggs. They either go through three stages: egg, nymph and adult, or they metamorphose. Is this a word? See dictionary-verb form.

Last month’s article dealt with lust and murder. This month we will look at family growth and relationships as well as how some these families use mimicry or camouflage for protection and predation.

French discussed the useful and interesting roles of wasps. Adults are pollinators but also predators.

Depending on the species, some wasps seek and paralyze prey such as spiders or caterpillars to provide a food source for their eggs. Some are generalists, whereas others are quite specific in what food sources

they seek. For instance, the blue mud wasp searches out black widows and their close relatives. All wasps deposit their eggs on or in the prey’s body cavity. Some, such as the tarantula hawk wasp will even keep its victim alive during this incubation and hatching process. They all are incredible mothers.

Another predator, the green lacewing, is a beautiful creature- – essential for aphid control in your garden. Adults lay eggs on the undersides of leaves. Each egg when laid creates a pedestal on which to mature. This prevents the newly hatched and very voracious larval stage from eating each other. This is sibling rivalry at its height.

French’s favorite mom is the green lynx spider. She may be the most common spider in your garden and is well camouflaged in green with a pretty chevron on her upper abdomen.

Meredith admires her protective and tenacious maternal behavior. After preparing a protective nesting site of disjointed web and bits of debris for her soon to be spiderlings, she lays from 25 to 600 eggs once or twice a season. These she encases in a protective shell resembling a walnut shell with one flat side. As it hardens, the eggs are protected from predators and physical jostling. She remains with the shell for the two week or more incubation period before their hatching. Neither inclement weather

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nor the unwanted predator or interloper will lure her from her post. She remains ever faithful to her role as mother. Her newly arrived babies instinctively disappear behind Mom’s back when danger appears.

Mom stays with the babies until they are totally self-sufficient.

Perhaps the most unusual form of reproduction and motherhood is that of aphids. California is home to 450 species of them. The bright colored ones are generally poisonous to predators. It is strictly non sexual with females cloning themselves. Each The green lynx spider may be the most common spider generation spans just in your garden. Photo courtesy of Meredith French.

10 days. When food is scarce, winged offspring are pro- nearly invisible in its normal habitat.

French showed photographs of duced to move the colony. Males only appear when the colony is the goldenrod crab spider. It was threatened by a virus. A few become almost impossible to see. Some crab soldiers who have “piercing beaks spiders can change color, depending and strong legs to protect the tribe” on the species, to blend with their surroundings, albeit slowly. Their when predators pose a real threat.

The greatest predator of the aphid mode of predation is to remain very is the beautiful and extremely still and then suddenly grab their important Hover or Syrphid fly which prey. Green stink bugs resemble resembles a very small wasp. Its leaves and are extremely difficult to larvae are aphid-eating monsters that discern. If camouflage fails to ward are undeterred by even the poisonous off his prey, this creature ejects a varieties. These flies do not sting and fluid which truly stinks.

If you are interested in hiring are of great value in your garden.

One of the ways many insects Meredith French as a speaker or as protect and procure food for a photographer, please email her themselves is through mimicry or at FrenchFoto@cox.net. She also camouflage. French gave several teaches photography. She is truly a examples of mimicry. The larval form renaissance woman.

September’s meeting will feature of the giant swallowtail butterfly a representative from the Water looks much like bird poop. Birds and Department talking about available wasps will ignore it.

Mealy bug destroyer larva, one programs for water conservation species of ladybug, resembles cotton and what we should expect if the because its prey, the mealy bug, drought continues. The meeting looks like tufts of cotton. This larva takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at 4070 eats mealy bug, but apparently mealy Jackdaw Street. bugs’ camouflage makes the creature

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Shoebox Gifts

September 2014

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to Hurting Children Worldwide

As a new school year is about to begin, back-toschool activities are in full swing and families are filling the aisles shopping for school materials, clothes and digital gear to help students return to the classroom ready to learn.

For many San Diego-area families, however, this season for student discounts also presents a great opportunity to help other children in need.

“We are so blessed in this country, but a lot of kids don’t have the opportunity to go to school or receive the necessary instruction at home.

And if they could go to school, they don’t have socks or shoes to wear, or even pencils or notepads to write with,” said Linda Lexow of San Diego Lexow, a mother of seven, is one of more than 100,000 A youngster receives a gift of books year-round volunteers nationand a toy for her school year. wide who serves with Operation Christmas Child, which delivered bicycles, camels and canoes. Each nearly 9.9 million gift-filled shoebox- shoebox will eventually be handes last year in more than 100 coun- delivered to a child in need. For many tries to children struggling from war, children, this represents the first gift disease, disaster, poverty, famine and they have ever received. persecution. The shoebox gifts includOperation Christmas Child is a ed toys, school supplies and basic hy- project of Samaritan’s Purse, an giene items. international Christian relief and “While we’re buying clothes and evangelism organization headed school supplies for our kids, we by Franklin Graham. Since 1993, always stock up on a few extras for the Operation Christmas Child has shoeboxes we’ll send out to children delivered gift-filled shoeboxes to in need later this year,” said Lexow. more than 113 million children in This November, Lexow and her more than 150 countries. In 2014, children will help run one of several Operation Christmas Child hopes to Operation Christmas Child drop-off collect enough shoebox gifts to reach centers around San Diego, representing another 10 million children. the first stop for these gift-filled For more information about shoeboxes. After they are collected, how to participate in Operation the boxes will then be transported via Christmas Child, call 619.606.2597 a wide variety of resources, including or visitsamaritanspurse.org.

The San Diego Science Alliance’s High Tech Fair, in partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education and the San Diego Unified School District, is now recruiting exhibitors and sponsors for the Oct. 21-22 event held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Businesses, industries, organizations and college programs are invited to showcase a handson, interactive display at the event. Registration fees and sponsorship levels vary.

For the past 16 years, the San Diego Science Alliance has organized the High Tech Fair as a way to inspire students in grades 7-12 to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Tens of thousands of San Diego County students have attended the event over the course of its history.

At the Fair, more than 50 exhibitors representing seven STEM learning strands provide hands-on interactive demonstrations of the concepts students are learning about in school. These real-world examples provide middle and high school students with important insight into the possibilities of college majors and future careers.

The High Tech Fair is made possible through the support of community partners. Sponsorships ensure the event remains free for schools and individuals to participate. SDSA is also seeking media partners to support and publicize the events.

For information, contact hightechfair@sdsa.org or call 619.400.9777, or visit the SDSA website dsa.org/programs/ high-tech-fair.

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10TH Annual Mission Hills Heritage Home Tour Explores the

Romance of Spanish Style Architecture & Design The tall, slender palms gracing the sidewalks of many streets in Mission Hills today set the scene for the multitude of homes with a Spanish flair in the neighborhood, outside and in.

Hosted by Mission Hills Heritage (MHH), “The Romance of the Spanish Style” is the theme of the organization’s Tenth Annual Home Tour slated for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, September 13.

Featuring docent-led tours of the interiors of six residences and a selfpaced walk through the historic neighborhood, families of the privatelyowned homes will open their doors to a variety of Spanish architectural styles such as Spanish Revival, Spanish Colonial and Spanish Eclectic.

Well-known San Diego architects and builders who built in these styles in Mission Hills include Richard Requa, William Templeton Johnson, Ralph Hurlburt, Alexander Schreiber, William Melhorn and Morris B. Irvin.

A number of factors set off the movement for Spanish style homes— most of which were built in the 1920s and 1930s and are based on a romanticized view of “New Spain” that had spread from 16th century Mexico northward to the 18th century California frontier—which replaced the earlier Arts and Crafts period. The

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Spanish Baroque buildings that were constructed in Balboa Park for the Panama California Exposition in 1915 became part of a larger movement in the southwest and other parts of the country. In San Diego they still play an important role in the style 100 years later.

On this year’s tour docents will point out Spanish design elements, such as intricate tile work, carved wood beams, wrought iron, decorative lighting fixtures and bubbling courtyard fountains that welcome the visitor.

Starting location for the tour is at the ticket and information booth at

4201 Randolph Street on the grounds of the Francis Parker Lower School.

Refreshments are served at the end of the tour. Advance tickets are $20 for MHH members and $25 for nonmembers. Contact MHH for tickets or information at 619.497.1193 or wwwMissionHillsHeritage.org.

This home has charm and sophistication and will be on the home tour.

“Booked for the Evening”

The Central Library at Joan & Irwin Jacobs Common will host “Booked for the Evening,” a rooftop soiree fundraiser hosted by the Library Shop on Sept. 11, 2014 from 7 to 10 p.m. Guests will be whisked to the ninth floor rooftop patio and enter a “literary-chic” themed party featuring a selection of fresh, locally sourced food and beverage creations by Tabe BBQ and Please & Thank You Bar, live music

by Gypsy Groove, and featured artists mixing and mingling with guests under the glow of twinkling lights. The event celebrates the opening of “Hiding in Plain Sight: Eight Voices in Contemporary Photography,” featuring the work of San Diego’s most talented photographers who are exploring the creative boundaries of photography.

Proceeds from the event support the San Diego Public Library System.

Tickets are just $25 per person, and are predicted to go quickly. For the price of admission, guests will be able to experience the new show, hear from the curator, mingle with artists, and participate in small-group tours of the library’s art spaces.

The ticketed event includes food and one drink.

For more information or to purchase tickets to the Sept. 11 “Booked for the Evening” event, call the Library Shop at the San Diego Central Library at Joan & Irwin Jacobs Common at 619.236.5802 or visit supportmylibrary.org/library-shop/.

Photographed left to right are Kara West, Erin Zlotnik, Marisol Rendon, Ingram Ober and Dana Springs.

Photo courtesy of Stacy Keck.

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Pawn Trader Art Quintana Will Appraise Guests’ Fine Indian Jewelry

S A T U R D A Y & S U N D A Y October 4th & 5th 10am - 6pm

Art&Craft show In the beautiful and historic setting of Old Town.

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Collectors of fine Native American jewelry, art, hand woven rugs and Pendleton blankets will enjoy an unforgettable weekend among some of the Southwest’s finest artists at Bazaar del Mundo’s Santa Fe Market, September 19 to 21 in Old Town. The event runs 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Bazaar del Mundo Shops are at the north entrance to Old Town on the corner of Juan and Taylor.

For the first time, and inspired by popular TV show, “Pawn Stars,” visitors may bring up to two pieces of their fine Indian jewelry and family heirlooms to be appraised by notable pawn trader Art Quintana.

The festival is a colorful outdoor marketplace featuring Navajo, Cherokee, Hopi, Pima, Fine Indian jewelry will be on display Isleta Pueblo and Santo Domingo and for sale at the festival.

Pueblo creations, presented by tribe members, along with other noted Southwestern artists demonstrating and selling their wares.

For more information, visit www.bazaardelmundo.com.

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Aust r alian Pink Floyd Performs in San Diego

Get ready for an audiovisual extravaganza courtesy of The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS). The show features a multimillion dollar light show, multiple inflatables and stunning laser effects, all coupled with note perfect renditions of Pink Floyd’s biggest hits. This show, already seen by four -million people, is described as “The best tribute band in the world,” according to the London Sunday Times.

Taking its tour title from “Set The Controls for the Heart Of the Sun” from the “A Saucerful of Secrets album,” The Australian Pink Floyd Show will be performing Pink Floyd classics such as “Another Brick In The Wall,” “Comfortably Numb” and “Wish You Were Here,” as well as a few surprise tracks.

This tour is unique in that the audience is able to vote for the songs that they would like to hear live by visiting the band’s website and taking part in the online poll. The top songs will then be played each day.

Lorelei McBroom will also be appearing on this tour. Her credentials are staggering; she toured with Pink Floyd on the “Momentary Lapse of Reason” and “Delicate Sound of Thunder” tours, appeared in the videos for “The Dogs of War,” “On The Turning Away” and the “Pink Floyd Live In Venice” TV broadcast. She also performed “The Great Gig in the Sky” with Pink Floyd, a song she will now perform with TAPFS. The tribute band formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1988.

The Australian pink Floyd show consists of Steve Mac, Jason Sawford, Colin Wilson, Dave Fowler, Alex McNamara, Paul The Australian Pink Floyd Show, already seen by four- million people, is described Bonney, Mike Kidson, Lorelei McBroom, Lara Smiles and as “The best tribute band in the world,” according to the London Sunday Times..

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Colin Norfield is also aboard as sound engineer. He was front of house engineer on Pink Floyd’s final world tour; ‘Division Bell’, and has since handled live sound for David Gilmour. Gilmour, who is referred to as the guitarist and voice of Pink Floyd, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He joined Pink Floyd in 1967. The Australian Pink Floyd Show is constantly evolving and honing what they do, having enjoyed 25 years at the top of the game.

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For tickets and information on “Scott Joplin’s New Rag,” visit www.moolelo.net.

Cygnet Theatre Cygnet Theatre will continue its tradition of presenting plays performed in a rotating repertory by staging two thought-provoking American classics by playwright, actor and icon Sam Shepard.

The emotional and physical duo of “Fool for Love” and “True West” both address the American dream in powerful and passionate ways. Cygnet Artistic Director Sean Murray has assembled a talented cast of actors to take on these intense, disturbing and often blistering’;;;;;;;;;;?ly funny productions. Performances will be at Cygnet Theatre in Old Town, September 24th - November 2nd.

“Fool for Love” is arguably one of Shepard’s most renowned plays.

Holed up in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, two former lovers unpack the deep secrets and dark desires of their Playwright, actor and icon Sam Shepard tangled relationship, passionately tearing each other apart. Beaten down by ill-fated love and a ruthless struggle for identity, can they ultimately live with, or without, each other?

“True West,” Shepard’s most produced play, is sibling rivalry at its finest, except funnier, as two brothers argue over the direction of a film script. The engrossing dialogue follows Austin, an ambitious Hollywood screenwriter working on a potential million-dollar deal and Lee, a vagabond thief, as they face off for control while venting demons from their dysfunctional past. This dynamic, darkly funny work is a tale of brotherly love, competition, and the dying spirit of the Wild West.

Both plays will be performed on alternating nights throughout the run, showcasing the extraordinary versatility and talents of the entire cast led by Cygnet veterans and Resident Artists Francis Gercke and Antonio TJ Johnson.

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Critically-acclaimed Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company has announced the cast and creative team of its upcoming production of “Scott Joplin’s New Rag” by Robert Barry Fleming. The play will begin previews on September 25, 2014 and run to October 12, 2014 at The Tenth Avenue Arts Center Mainstage in Downtown San Diego.

“Scott Joplin’s New Rag” is a contemporary meditation on Joplin’s historical legacy, established in the turbulence of the American post-reconstruction era.

Spoken word, hip hop, and live ragtime music propel this theatrical exploration into the mind and music of this genius who lived during the Gilded Age which only glittered for some. In this world premiere piece, playwright and solo-performer Robert Barry Fleming examines aspects of Joplin’s life - his inspirations, struggles, and dreams - in a multi-dimensional, deconstructed, one-man musical event.

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The World Premiere of “Bright Star,” a new American musical featuring music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, lyrics by Brickell, and book by Martin, based on an original story by Martin and Brickell, is directed by Walter Bobbie, and will run September 13 through November 2, 2014 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

“Bright Star” features 25 new songs—Americana with a touch of rock—and tells a beguiling tale that unfolds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina between 1923 and A.J. Shively appears as Billy Cane and 1945. Billy Cane, a young soldier Carmen Cusack as Alice Murphy in the world premiere of “Bright Star.” just home from World War II, meets Photo by Jim Cox Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that fills me with humility.” Edie Brickell added, “After visiting the Globe, I alters their lives.

The cast includes Stephen Lee realize how lucky I am to be a part of Anderson (Daddy Murphy), Stephen a production there. I cannot wait to Bogardus (Daddy Cane), Patti Cohenour see “Bright Star” rise and shine at the (Mama Murphy), Carmen Cusack (Alice gorgeous Old Globe.”

Tickets may be purchased online Murphy), A.J. Shively (Billy Cane) and at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone Libby Winters (Dora Murphy).

Steve Martin commented, “That our at 619.23.GLOBE or by visiting the musical is premiering at the wonderful Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Old Globe in San Diego where Balboa Park.

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Errol Flynn (Kevin Kline), the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an aspiring actress, Beverly Aadland (Dakota Fanning).

The two had a high-flying affair that spanned the globe and was enabled by the girl’s fame-obsessed mother, Florence (Susan Sarandon).

It all came crashing to an end in

October 1959, when events forced the relationship into the open, sparking an avalanche of publicity castigating Beverly and her mother—which only fed Florence’s need to stay in the spotlight.

‘The Last of Robin Hood” is a story about the desire for fame and the price it exacts. It is 94 minutes long, Rated R and opens September 5 at Landmark’s La Jolla Village Cinemas. For information and times, call 619.819.0236, or visit www. landmarkTheatres.com. Film times and dates are subject to change.

Dakota Fanning and Kevin Kline star in “The Last of Robin Hood.”

San Diego REPertory Theatre San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) presents “Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” adapted and directed by Hershey Felder, based on the book “The Children of Willesden Lane” by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen. Opening night is Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 on the Lyceum Stage.

Set in Vienna in 1938 and in London during the Blitz, “The

Pianist of Willesden Lane” tells the true story of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish pianist who is dreaming about her concert debut at Vienna’s storied Musikverein concert hall. But with the issuing of new ordinances under the Nazi regime, everything for Jura changes, except for her love of music and the pursuit of her dream.

Featuring some of the world’s most beloved piano music played

live, “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” is performer Golabek’s true family story - a story of music, family survival, and hope. “Mona Golabek The Pianist of Willesden Lane” makes its San Diego premiere after critically acclaimed sold out runs in New York, Chicago, Boston, Berkeley, and Los Angeles.

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The 13 th Annual San Diego Film Festival Returns September 24—28, 2014 The 2014 San Diego Film Festival will launch on September 2428, with award-winning independent films, filmmakers, actors, panels and parties. The Festival, now in its 13th year and featuring more than 100 film screenings, will be held at the Reading Theater in Downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter (701 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, 92101) and ArcLight Cinemas in La Jolla (4425 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, 92122). It is produced by the nonprofit San Diego Film Foundation.

Since a 2012 expansion, the Festival added the ArcLight Cinemas in La Jolla as a venue, allowing for an increasingly high profile slate of indie films to be programmed. “12 Years a Slave,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “August: Osage County” are just a few of the recent Academy Award-nominated movies that have played at the San Diego Film Festival before their mainstream debut.

“The San Diego Film Festival is the region’s premier event for the best global and national independent films. For many notable films, it is one of the first stops on the independent film festival circuit – consider it a sneak peek for anyone who loves to go to the movies!” said Chairman and CEO Dale Strack, whose team began running the Festival in 2012. “It is also a great opportunity to highlight San Diego County’s diverse cultural landscape and arts community.”

Festival ($245) and VIP ($400) passes are on sale online. Festival passes include all five days of screenings and panels, access to the hotly anticipated Opening Night (last year’s film was Academy Award Best Picture winner“12 Years a Slave”) and after-party, as well as the Friday night “Almost Famous” party.

Individual tickets will go on sale in September, starting at $14 for pre-sale; $16 at the door. One-day passes will be $75. The Patron Circle program is also available for guests who are interested in even higher levels of access and experiences.

For more information, passes/tickets or sponsorship opportunities, visit www.sdfilmfest.com.

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Reese Witherspoon (far right) stars in a film to be showcased at San Diego Film Festival.

Sensitive Techniques for a Balanced Life

by Laura Walcher

“It’s all about balance,” said movie mogul George Lucas, who juggled raising two children as a single father, his movies and Skywalker Ranch (the mini-city of which he is not merely mayor, but king). He can probably afford to buy all the balance he wants.

Bill Gates says, just use digital systems.

I, for one, recognize the universality of these problems, if not their solutions. Personally, I regularly violate my most important mantra for balancing my life, which is, “Be more mindful.”

That is, be more thoughtful about whatever I’m doing. It’s not exactly a unique problem. Recently, as I lamented about my failures, my most mindful friend lamented that she only remembered on a Friday night that her passport was in the bank deposit box, and that she was leaving for Europe before dawn on Monday. She had to change her entire itinerary to leave a day later in order to retrieve her passport.

Unmindful to the max

What is our problem? Less time than ever to think about anything, never mind implementing self-improvement plans.

We’re on fast track at home and at work.

Voice-mails and “communication” technologies enable us to avoid time-eating personal connection. We try to beat the clock, beat the train. We’re bombarded by new issues and information – often useless, but diverting – which we are nevertheless compelled to consider.

Tho’ not an expert, I offer brief but workable solutions. Most came to me as I – with a Life as complicated as yours – realized that they constituted what I call my “balancing act.” Until now, they’ve PresidioSentinel.com

been locked deep in my unconscious, where you may wish they had stayed, but I’m betting…not.

Technique to Increase Self-Confidence and

Boost Self Image

Realize that you already know nearly every item of self-help advice ever offered. For instance, it’s hard to believe how many times, “set realistic goals” shows up. Is that that a no-brainer, or what? We seriously intend to lose 50 pounds by January? We expect to be on Mars by Christmas? Not reading any advice column other than this ne will save you a great deal of time.

Ten-Second Technique to Energize, Improve

Your Appearance Stand Up Straight.

Now, before you complain that this advice is too simplistic, try it. When it works (which it will), sit up straight, too.

Short Technique to Freshen, Activate, Your Brain and Body Take a walk of any length in any weather, every day. (If you need additional motivation, get a dog.)

Sure-Fire Technique to Acquire Perspective and Slow the Perception of Time Flying By

Get to know a child, younger than five.

Two No-Fail Techniques to Stimulate Your

Intellect

Attend a cultural event (concert, art or museum exhibit) every month, and/or read one travel story every week.

Technique to Avoid Raging Cynicism

Everybody has their troubles, and you rarely know what they are. Give everyone a break; cut ‘em some slack.

ot Too Bad Technique to Improve Overall N Happiness Eat a little fat in every meal.

Now, this excellent advice probably has a sound, scientific foundation, but I don’t know what it is, and I don’t have time to find out. Obviously, if you are obese, you must take that into consideration, and you don’t really have to “check with your physician first,” before you embark on a diet or exercise regime. Just use your head.

Daily Techniques for Increased State of General Calm

Check your calendar early to see what’s coming up instead of what you missed.

Dine only with people you like. This is particularly important in business, since these meals can be in and of themselves harrowing. If to that you add the discomfort of not liking your companions, you seriously increase your chances of extended agitation, to say nothing of indigestion.

If in you further socialize with those you don’t like, well, that’s “commotion,” and you should evaluate your whole life, which, far from being time – sensitive, is extremely time-consuming.

Technique for Feeling That You Matter Do something. Respond to social problems with action. Tutor an illiterate person, visit a shut-in, mentor a kid. If these still take too much time, write a check.

Charlotte Tenney Charlotte Tenney is out this month and will return with the October issue.

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Artful Spirit L i v e A r t f u l l y i n a G a r d e n

by Concetta Antico

“You can learn a lot of things from the flowers…,” the bouquet of beauty crooned to Alice in her Wonderland. Isn’t this so true! Our gardens are our wonderland, reaching their colorful pinnacle for we are surrounded by beauty that fills our senses.There’s a wealth of happiness and romance in each park, pot and planter that allows our spirits to bloom.

Our gardens are artful canvas with varied shapes, colors and values to delight and surprise us.

Every color ofthe rainbow blooms: orange marigolds, red poppies, pink hollyhocks, purple pansies all posture and place themselves in acacophony of color like paint on an artist’s palette. Even myriad of leaves produce a collage of greens that wewould need hours to catalog.

Verdant we enjoy the varied textures and creative clusters they produce as they support their fair maiden flowers. Shadows too playtheir romantic part. Violet, blue and gray lay a carpet of mystery under foot while sunlightsplashes and sparkles, enhancing all it alights upon.

Far and apart from beauty is also the health that can be found there. Ions are said to spring through the souls of our feet and into our heart as we enjoy one of the few times that we can romp barefoot in the sweet summer grass.

Soft, spongy, and electric green grass is one of the loveliest blankets and the easiest garden gift to grow. When outside, don’t just see the grass, meet the grass. Roll, sleep, jump and enjoy the cushycarpet that Mother Nature so abundantly provides, a piece of paradise over every plot of soil.

How about a new and fan-dangled garden? No land? No problem! Outof-the-garden-box varieties are a 21st century gift as we place our plantings in places less found. A garden wall or even entire garden buildings are the latest expression of a green thumb gone wild. Think “Hanging Gardens of Babylon” for our oases have now gone vertical. Create your own natural wonder as you no longer need acres of horizontal space to go

green. The sky’s the new horticultural limit. Your kitchen or patio may be your new growing space as you enjoy fresh herbs plucked as needed from your suspended wall planter.

Strawberries and tomatoes can grow vertically too as they hang from pots or bags and can be picked on a whim while walking by.

Concoctions of jams, jellies and salsas are yummy mixtures that can be made from your A plant wall creates a warm and invititing feeling to patrons of the restaurant. garden harvests, not to mention Floribunda wishes until next month muddled wines, fruit punch and one of the greatest gifts we can give sangrias – all elixirs born of the ourselves and others, or that simply when we will again contemplate exist in our world to give us everything what it means to “live artfully” in our earth. glorious and free world.

And just when you thought the we need for our heart’s ease. bounty was over, think again! Gather Concetta Antico is mother, wife, Tetrachromat, fine artist, instructor, writer and ye seed pods while ye may. For after creative muse. Her stunning Tetrachromatic oil on canvas masterpieces reveal the color and the cooking, after the her brilliance and super vision and may be viewed atwww.ConcettaAntico.com. smelling and the snipping, the garden “LiveArtfully” is a trademark of Concetta Antico and Zenava Inc. Her Salon & still serves us in its never ending Gallery are located at 1920 Fort Stockton Drive, Suite A, Mission Hills, San Diego cycle. One of my favorite things to and are open to the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and by appointment.Antico welcomes your creative thoughts, comments and ideas at do is to gather the seed pods as they Muse@ConcettaAntico.com. dry and wither with their promise of yet another bloom. Even in their withered and aged state – the remains of that one gorgeous flower holds the promise of beauty yet again.

Gathered and packaged, with handwritten comments of color and type, these savored and wrapped remains

by Cath DeStefano make excellent gifts that come from your garden heart to another’s. Once, Here are the various answers when in the little historic town of Cambria many years ago, I gifted I have recorded over time in myself some ruby red hollyhock answer to “How does intuition seeds in a lane. These divine flowers benefit you?” Notice the ones still bloom in my happy home garden that apply to you. every year – a special reminder of a • To assist in making decisions: trip once enjoyed and now relived. tuning into body messages as So whether it’s a fairy garden you imagine yourself making fashioned for a wee one, a parkland first one decision and then picnic with friends and family, a roll • Being with the dying: When the other. Which feels right? down a hill, or a stroll alone with a to stay quiet, mainly, when • Aids creativity: You know novel meant to be read, remember to to listen. notice, seek out and enjoy the various when it’s right.

• Mystical insights into the gardens that surround us. These are • As a guide to personal

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Trusting Our Intuition

growth: Your Life is trying to tell you something that needs attending to.

• Diagnosing illness at a distance: this is not one I do, but some have this developed.

• Take back personal power: Run your Life based on what you want, what you think is important. Your intuition teaches you to become your own authority.

• Win at the track: Have not perfected this one yet myself! Some do.

• Getting a reading of future actions: Imagine yourself in different scenarios and see what you feel about each.

nature of reality/the sacred: For example, knowing that we are all one.

• Transcending separateness: Sensing the unity in all things.

As humans once again connect more with this ancient way of being in our world, we will rely less on ‘experts’ and come home again to our own knowing.

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Jazz 88.3 FM Named 2014

September 2014

“Station of the Year”

Local nonprofit radio station KSDS-FM (Jazz 88.3) has been named the 2014 “Station of the Year” (markets 1-25) by JazzWeek Magazine. The station was awarded the same distinction in 2012.

“It’s an honor to be recognized for a second time by our loyal listeners and jazz industry leaders with this prestigious award,” said Jazz 88.3 FM Station Manager Mark DeBoskey. “Our programming staff works tirelessly to ensure that we consistently deliver topnotch programming. This truly is a team award.”

Voted on by readers of JazzWeek Magazine, its writers and editors, music producers and record companies, Jazz 88.3 FM was up against five other stations in the same category in large metropolitan areas that included New York, Portland and Detroit. All jazz radio stations across the U.S. in the 1-25 market size were eligible to be nominated and win.

The JazzWeek Awards are held annually during the JazzWeek Summit to recognize outstanding jazz radio stations, programmers, record labels and various contributors to the jazz radio community.

Member-supported KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM (“Jazz 88.3”) is San Diego’s authentic jazz radio station, licensed to the San Diego Community College District, broadcasting 24 hours a day from the campus of San Diego City College with 22,000 watts of power. The nonprofit is the only San Diego station serving an eclectic range of authentic mainstream jazz fare, and through numerous school and community programs, is committed to the presentation and preservation of, and education about jazz. For more information, visit www.jazz88.org.

Green Jazz at

Dizzy’s

At 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 three notable San Diego musicians will present A Night of Green Jazz, with Chris Vitasand Keltik Kharma, featuring Chris, violin(s); Fred Benedetti,guitar; Jeff Pekarek, bass; and Duncan Moore, drums. Green Jazz is a lost art formthat infusestraditional Irish fiddle tunes with intricate jazz harmonies (by Lori Bell). Also in themix will be tunes byJean Luc Ponty, Mark O’Connor, and Peter Sprague.

Chris Vitas, of Mission Hills, has performed with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Starlight Theatre, the Old Globe Theatre, Lamb‘s Players Theatre, Pacific Chamber Opera, San Diego Repertory Theatre and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. He performs on record albums, CDs, motion picture soundtracks, and radio and television commercials. Vitas has also shared the stage with such celebrities as Lyle Lovett, Robert Plant and Jimmie Page, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, the Moody Blues, Johnny Mathis, Frankie Lane, Tony Bennett, John Tesh, David Benoit, among others.

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Left to right are KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM Music Director Joe Kocherhans, Program Director Claudia Russell and Operations Manager Chad Fox.

Irish airs to traditional fiddle tunes.

Keltik Kharma performs traditional Irish arrangements and ambient New Age compositions. Keltik Kharma’s recent album, “iKharma,” was nominated Best World Album by the San Diego Music Academy. Vitas’ latest album, “Cocktail Kharma,” is his first foray into the jazz idiom. When performing jazz at restaurants and lounges, Vitas utilizes

jazz tracks to fill out his sound, along with his electric or acoustic violin.

Vitas will perform with Fred Benedetti,Jeff Pekarek and Duncan Moore at Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive (San Diego Jet Ski Rentals facility). Cost is $15. For more information, visit www.dizzysjazz.com.

Chris Vitas has shared the stage with various celebrities, including Tony Bennett and Robert Plant.

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Champion Quality—

by David Rottenberg

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The Patio on Goldfinch

A champion is a winner. Gina Champion-Cain is a winner in much more than name. She’s a winner in her real estate business, her lifestyle branding and marketing, and her ventures into retail marketing, Over the past several years she has also established herself as a winner in the local restaurant business.

About 15 months ago, she opened The Patio on Lamont. She took a long established and quiet location, the Lamont Grill, and transformed it into an exciting new concept of casual neighborhood dining that has won the hearts and stomachs of a cadre of devoted fans.

Now she has almost duplicated her ideas at a second location, The Patio on Goldfinch, in Mission Hills. Almost duplicated, that is. The menu on Goldfinch emphasizes more seafood dishes.

But most of the ideas, the menu style and the welcoming spirit are the same.

For example, take the restaurant’s attitude towards pets. The patio at The Patio is pet-friendly.

Patrons may enjoy their meals with their dogs at their feet, praying for handouts.

Mission Hills has become a revived center for dining. Over 30 years ago, dining at The Baker in the Forest restaurant was one of the reasons that I moved to San Diego from Los Angeles. But the area went downhill for a number of years. Now it is wonderful to see the area springing back to life.

Champion-Cain employed highly creative talent to build her new location. They have given the venue a light, casual and comfortable ambiance that takes full advantage of long days, balmy evenings and the best weather in the country. The patio at

The Patio is open to the sky (although a retractable cover is in the offing) and has a “living wall” of foliage along one side. Is the air better because the living wall oxygenates the patio? It is easy to believe that.

The interior narrows – – probably to make room for the kitchen – – but then expands again as one goes further back into the restaurant. A long bar runs along one A cheese room contains racks of mouth watering cheese for guests side of the interior. of The Patio on Goldfinch.

The kitchen itself is “open”, if one enjoys watching the hustle of chefs unique flavor, made with vanilla ice cream and preparing fine food. There is even a chefs table at the mascarpone and served with mascarpone butter.

The wine list features many unusual choices but rear – – seating to a maximum of four – if diners want ringside seats to the action. It is delightful when the bottles are well priced. Of course, they are listed chef discusses at the chefs table his culinary ideas and well described under “white, red and dessert” and sometimes even prepares special delights. A categories. A good way to work through the wine cheese room sits almost center stage inside, a small list is to try some wine flights, 3 half-glasses that glass enclosed room with racks chilling wheels of may be mixed and matched, to find the right wine cheese rather than wine. The air inside is moldy in for the meal. There is also a good list of beers from which to choose, all also well described. Finally, a most enjoyable, mouthwatering way.

The executive chef is John Medall. He focuses on don’t forget about tequila. There is an amazing quality of ingredients, freshness and sustainability. selection of tequila, running from “inexpensive to The slogan of The Patio is “relax-enjoy-share.” very expensive” and even a resident expert to help The sharing part is achieved by guests choose.

Dinner entrees include abalone, grilled shrimp, the organization of the menu into flatbreads, salads and several meat dishes like rib appropriately size dishes.

The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch eye and short rib. My personal favorite is the pork and dinner. The breakfast menu has shank, with the succulent meat falling off the bone such items as a breakfast sandwich, with into a bed of absolutely delicious risotto.

The Patio has just opened the Front Pork, which eggs and bacon. Omelets, frittatas and flatbreads are available. Shrimp and grits is located at the end of the block. This is a small very upscale retail operation that also offers precan even be ordered.

Lunch eaters can enjoy compressed prepared foods from The Patio.

There is a daily happy hour offering specials. watermelon or hearts of palms salads.

Hamburgers, sandwiches, poke tacos Happy hour is from 3-6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to and a variety of flatbreads can also allay closing. Brunch is featured on weekends.

Valet parking saves the need to drive around the mid-day hunger pangs.

A good way to start dinner is with block repeatedly, looking for a space. To me, that’s a cheese board. This is almost like a a real plus.

All in all, The Patio offers a very enjoyable dining cheese flight. The board comes with a selection of three cheeses, toast upon experience. The ambiance is wonderful, the food which to place the slices, and selections is good. The plating and presentation are fabulous, of fruit. There usually isn’t enough as is the service. The pleasure derived from “Relaxcheese to ease the appetite. Rather, the Enjoy-Share” is seen in the numbers of diners effect is to tingle and tantalize the palate making reservations or waiting at the door.

Prices are at the high side of moderate. And, don’t for the pleasures to come.

Executive Chef John Medall focuses on quality ingredients, Bread is ordered separately. Monkey expect a lot of food for the money. But the quality, freshness and sustainability. bread, freshly made so it takes a few the ambiance and the service make it worthwhile.

The Patio on Goldfinch is located at 4020 minutes to arrive, comes in a bowl from which Goldfinch in Mission Hills, just off Washington. the pieces separate Call 619.501.5090 for information and, most easily. The bread has a assuredly, for reservations.

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September 2014 Thru September 3

n theNAT, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park,

is making a call for entries for the 2014 Best of Nature Photography Show which is open now for amateur or professional. All photographers are invited to submit their nature photography.

The judging process will include two rounds and the winners will be announced on September 12. The entry fee is $25 for the first three photos submitted. Each additional entry is $10, with a limit of 10 entries total ($95 maximum). Visit the website for information and to enter competition www.sdnat.org. Submissions and payment due by September 3, 2014, entry fees are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable.

Thru September 7

n The Timken Museum of Art located in Balboa Park will present El Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios.

This exhibition features two complete sets, a total of 20 prints, of El Lissitzky’s modernistic portfolios. The exhibition is organized by the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and admission is free. For information, visit www.timkenmuseum.org.

Thru September 9

n The San Diego Museum of Art, located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, will debut the landmark exhibition Spanish Sojourns: Robert Henri and the Spirit of Spain. Robert Henri was one of the most influential American artists of the early 20th century, and this is the first museum exhibition dedicated solely to Henri’s Spanish subjects. For information, call 619.232.7931 or visit www.SDMArt.org.

Thru October 10

n Taboo Studio, located at 1615 ½ West Lewis

Street, San Diego (92103), presents Jewelry from Down Under. Come and see this beautiful jewelry designed by many talented artists.

Thru October 15

n La Jolla Riford Library, located at 7555 Draper

Ave., presents Fresh Paint California: A Plein Air Art Exhibition. The exhibition will showcase some of California’s finest plein air painters who paint outdoors to capture the spontaneity and transience of light as it is reflected on the natural world.

Thru October

n The Banjo: A New Day for an Old Instrument

explores the surprising story behind the cultural renaissance of America’s instrument. A special exhibit takes place at the Museum of Making Music, which is located at 5790 Armada Dr., Carlsbad, CA. This exhibit portrays a complex instrument as much as home accompanying a jazz ensemble as it is center stage at the Grand Ol Opry. For admission and ticket prices for this exhibit and banjo concert series, visit www. museumofmakingmusic.com.

September 3

n Good

Neighbor Dialogue to Explore Homelessness in Border Town is brought to you by Father Joe’s Villages and its partner agencies join forces with the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute. At the free event a panel of experts will discuss the impacts of homelessness on the bi-national region. The Dialogue will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc Center for Peace and Justice at USD off Linda Vista Road. n Java Joe’s, located at 3536 Adams Ave., Normal Nights will host Robin Henkel Band with Whitney Shay from 8 to 10 p.m.. For information, call 619.283.1151.

September 5

n San Diego artists and crafty types were invited

to participate in their given creative talent and were asked to choose an item (or two) from the Salvation Army San Diego ARC & Family Stores and repurpose, remake, or simply renew it for the upcoming 2nd Annual Transformed Treasures Luncheon & Silent Action. The results are a combination of recycling, creativity and flair at its best. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marina Village Conference Center/Bayview Room at 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego. Tickets are $10 for participating artists and $20 for guests. Reserve a space at www.sandiego.satruck.org.

September 6

n Solana Beach is hosting a restaurant walk

benefitting Promises2Kids. 20 restaurants are expected to join the 3rd annual Super Tasty 5K. The event is a fundraiser for a Promises2Kids, a nonprofit working for the benefit of children in foster care. Included in registration are: an event t-shirt, food passport, and samples from each participating restaurant. Information and a link to registration can be found at www.

SuperTasty5K.com. n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, will present Inventive New Mexico acoustic guitarist Michael Chapdelaine, with an opening set by San Diego acoustic quartet SonicArt at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15. n Bread & Salt, located at 1955 Julian Ave., San Diego, will present some unique solo performances and duo collaborations for the Fresh Sound’s Fall Season at 7:30 p.m. The first concert will present Thollem McDonas on electric piano from New Mexico, and Alex Cline on percussion instruments from California. Both musicians approach music as adventurers of the present moment, they excavate depths of sound and energy. This evening they will be performing purely improvised/spontaneous music.

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September 6 & 7

n Giro Di San Diego Gran Fondo is a two-day celebration of cycling, food sponsored by AMain.com Performance Sports and Hobbies, an established online retailer. It features three mass-start road cycling routes, two mountain bike routes, a two-day Bike & Fitness Expo, and the 5K Taste of Solana Beach Restaurant Walk. For information and to register, visit www.girodisandiego.com.

September 7

n Emilio Nares Foundation presents the 11th

annual Harvest for Hope from 1 to 4 p.m. at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center, located at 200 Harbor Dr., #120 San Diego. Harvest for Hope is a food and wine fundraising event bringing together some of the finest Chef’s in San Diego to create unique dishes with selected wineries from all over the world. The result is a beautiful, fun afternoon of great food, wine, music and friendship benefitting the Emilio Nares Foundation. The event raises funds to ensure no child misses their cancer treatment due to lack of transportation in San Diego. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. Tickets are $125 per person or $1,000 for 10 people. To RSVP online, visit www.EmilioNaresFoundation.org.

September 11 Thru October 5

n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is providing

informal learning experiences that support and enhance exploration, create excitement and facilitate scientific discovers. This program is designed for children ages 3 to 5 years with an accompanying adult. One caregiver must attend with each child. Siblings are not permitted. Classes meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Please contact Client Services Dept. at 619.238.1233, ext 806 or go on-line at wwwrhfleet.org/events/young-scientists. Cost is $75 per session for members and $85 per session for non-members.

September 11

n The Library Shop at the San Diego Central

Library, located at 300 Park Boulevard in downtown San Diego, will host Rosemary Wells at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium. The bestselling author and illustrator of more than 60 children books, including the best-selling “Max & Ruby” series, will participate in a free author talk and book signing in support of her new children’s book, “Max & Ruby at the Warthogs’ Wedding.” The event is free and open to the public; books will be available for purchase through the Library Shop and all proceeds benefit the San Diego Public Library System.

For information, visit www.libraryshopsd.com or call 619.236.5802. n The Library Shop at the San Diego Central Library, located at 300 Park Boulevard in downtown San Diego, will host ‘Booked for the Evening,’ a rooftop soiree fundraiser from 7 to 10 p.m. The event celebrates the opening of “Hiding in Plain Sight: Eight Voices in Contemporary Photography,” featuring the work of San Diego’s most talented photographers who are exploring the creative boundaries of photography. Guests will be whished to the ninth floor rooftop patio and enter a “literarychic” themed party featuring a selection of fresh, locally sourced food and beverage creations by Tabe BBQ and Please & Thank You Bar. Live music will be performed by Gypsy Groove and featured artists will mix and mingle with guests under the glow of twinkling lights. Admission is $25 per person and includes food and a drink.

For information, visit www.libraryshopsd.com or call 619.236.5802.

September 12

n Grant Writing Specialists “Helping Those Who

Help Others” presents a Free Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon on Nonprofit Ethics and the Law at the Word of Life Center, located at 8691 Echo Drive in La Mesa. The featured speaker is Sonja Berndt, deputy attorney general of the Department of Justice at the Registry of Charitable Trusts, who will speak about legal issues that impact the nonprofit community.

The event is free, but seating is limited. To register, contact BeDemystified@aol.com or call 619.460.2738. n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, will host new original compositions/ arrangements from The Joshua White Trio featuring Joshua White on piano, Dan Schnelleon drums, and Hamilton Price on bass at 8 p.m. Cost is $15 ($10 students).

September 13

n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is holding

a Saturday Science Club for girls in grades 5 through 8 from 12/noon to 2 p.m. Each session will be filled with new challenges, hands-on activities and interaction with local women scientists. Throughout the year students will explore an array of fields including biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, physics, robotics and much more. Prices are: members $12, non-members $14 per person.

To participate, parents must pre-register by calling 619.238.1233 x806. n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, will have rock/jazz fusion pioneer composer/flautist Tim Weisberg who will bring a smoking quintet to Dizzy’s, featuring Chuck Alvarez on guitar, Barnaby Finch on keyboards, bassist David Hughes, and drummer Maria Martinez at 8 p.m. Cost is $20.

September 17

n Java Joe’s, located at 3536 Adams Ave., Normal

Nights will host the Robin Henkel Band with Whitney Shay from 8 to 10 p.m. For information, call 619.283.1151.

September 18

n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San

Diego, will host Grammy-nominated producer and singer-songwriter Louise Goffin perform music from her sixth album, “Songs From the Mine,” with an opening set by Jon Kanis at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $20. n San Diego Harley Davidson, located 4645 Morena Boulevard, will host the San Diego top Chefs Raising Awareness for Domestic Violence at Iron-Chef Style Competition for the 10 Annual Chef Showdown to benefit the Center for Community Solutions from 6 to 9 p.m. The annual fundraising event kicks off Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is held in October throughout the country. This one-ofa-kind culinary event will benefit the programs and services of CCSX, a San Diego nonprofit that provides advocacy, legal support, healing and prevention services of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse. Tickets to the event are $150 each or $250 for a VIP reservation, and can be purchased by calling 858.272.5777, ext. 120. n Temple Emanu-El, located at 6299 Capri Drive in San Diego, invites you to a 7 p.m. Free Taste of Melton. Are you a wondering Jew? If so, then Melton Classes are for you. Attend a free Taste of Melton and find out what’s behind the buzz.

Call 858.362.1154 for more information.

September 19 thru 21

n Carlsbad Music Festival, located at 258 Beech

Ave, Carlsbad, is thrilled to announce the first round of artist for the 11th annual Festival.

They include David Lang, Dawn of Midi, Steven Schick, Renga, Art of Elan with Susan Narucki, Sacra/Profana, Donald Crocket, USC Thornton Edge, Matt McBane and many more. 50 performances will take place over three days in the seaside Village of Carlsbad.

The Festival will include ticketed Mainstage Concerts all three days, a free Village Walk on Saturday, and free Concerts in Magee Park on Sunday. For information and tickets, visit www. carlbadmusicfestival.org.

September 20

n Father Joe’s Villages is hosting a Good Neighbor

Day which encourages San Diegans to conduct a kind gesture for a neighbor in need. The organization and its participants will share many of these stories via social media. n The Somali-Bantu Association of America (SBAOA) presents its Annual Fundraiser, New Land, New Hope, from 2 to 5 p.m. at United Domestic Workers of America (UDWA), 4855 Seminole Drive, San Diego. SBAOA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the guidance and services needed to empower refugees as they integrate into American life.

Tickets are $35.00 and all proceeds benefit the SBAOA, which serves more than 900 refugees each month with programs centered on employment and housing, language skills, interpreting, and health. For ticket information, please call 619.206.4000 or visit www.sbaoa. org/new-land-new-hope. n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, is having a special presentation by piano virtuoso Mikan Zlatkovich and friends, featuring vocalists Rebecca Jade and Sasha Butros at 8 p.m. Cost is $15.

September 20 & 21

n Coronado Speed Festival, a.k.a. “The Race at the

Base,” takes place at the Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) and promises a full weekend of action-packed high-octane activities and family fun. The 17th annual contest celebrates the 50th anniversary of the great American automotive icon, the Ford Mustang. All are invited as NASNI thrown its gates open wide – an unprecedented opportunity to visit a working U.S. Navy base at the Navy Open House - both days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coronado Speed Festival features roaring auto races on a live U.S. Navy runway, flyovers, naval ship and air demonstrations ship tours and family fun for all ages. Military admission and children ages 12 and under are FREE. For more information, visit www. fleetweeksandiego.org.

September 21

n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive,

San Diego, presents a night of Green Jazz with a Celtic tinge with creative violinist Chris Vitas, Fred Benedetti on guitar, Jeff Pekarek on electric bass, Duncan Moore on drums at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15.

September 23

n Tio Leo’s, located at 5302 Napa St., San Diego,

will host the Bayou Brothers featuring Mama Tokus and Robin Henkel at 8 p.m. For more information, call 619.542.1462.

September 24

n Java Joe’s, located at 3536 Adams Ave., Normal

Heights, will host Poetry & Blues with Mama Tokus, Robin Henkel and Ric Lee from 8 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 619.283.1151.

September 25

n “Connect for a Cause,” an event benefiting St. Paul’s Senior Homes and Services, will be held at 57 Degrees, the spectacular 16,500 square foot wine facility located at 1735 Hancock Street in San Diego. The event is from 5 to 7

p.m. and parking is free. Proceeds from the networking event support the many programs at St Paul’s Senior Homes and Services. For more information, visit www.stpaulseniors.org. n The San Diego Fall Prevention Task Force is holding a special event from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 2111 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, to educate the public on how to prevent falls. Each year, more than 12,000 older adults arrive at the hospital after a fall. You are more likely to fall if you take multiple medications, have low Vitamin D, get dizzy, have problems seeing, or have trouble walking and getting around.

The San Diego Fall Prevention Task Force has been leading the way locally in education and resources to keep older adults from this type of harm. The first week of autumn each year is to be Fall Prevention Awareness Week. We want to educate older adults and caregivers on how to prevent falls. Each event will feature dynamic speakers, fall rick screenings, and exhibitors with local resources. All events are free-Participants should register by calling 1-800.827.1008 n theNAT of the San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado, San Diego, will host Bill Evarts: Baja California and the Art of Landscape Photography at 7 p.m. Evarts will share his favorite images captured over many years exploring the Baja California peninsula by foot, mule, and off-road vehicle. He will show the diverse environments-from coastlines to cactus gardens to coniferous forests-as well as subjects like the peninsula’s world famous cave paintings and rock art. Reserve your tickets at www.sdnat.org. n Dizzy’s, located at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, presents Hungarian flugelhorn master Kornél Fekete-Kovács and his Modern Art Orchestra – a 19 piece big band from Hungary – in a special performance featuring guests Mike Garson on piano and Lori Bell on flute at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $20.

September 26

n Father Joe’s Villages is presenting Soup’s On at

the Headquarters at Seaport Village. For $10 patrons will enjoy soup served in special bowls collected and hand painted by Toussaint teens, children in arts program, community members and local celebrities. More information on donation of bowls and sponsorship opportunities can be found by contacting Mike O’Malley at mike.omalley@neighbor.org or 619.260.2143.

September 27

n St Vincent de Paul Church, located at at 4077

Ibis Street, San Diego (92103) is holding a Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Bonnie Hall at 619.723.5750 for more information. Craft participants are invited to participate. Donation is $25 per table or $50 per tent for craft participants. n The Adams Street Fair, Starbucks Stage, located at 3352 Adams Ave., Normal Heights, presents the Robin Henkel Band with Horns, featuring Whitney Shay, at 3 p.m. n The San Diego Zoo, located at 2920 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park, will host the Bayou Brothers, featuring Mama Tokus, at 6 p.m. For information, call 619.231.1515. n The 2014 San Diego Modern Home Tour will present eight (8) amazing homes for people to see five in San Diego, two in La Jolla, and one in Encinitas. The homes viewing is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. All are invited to attend and explore and view some of the greatest examples of modern architecture right in their own city via selfguided driving tour. Tickets are $30 in advance online; $40 on the day of the tour. Kids under 12 are FREE when accompanying their parents.

Visit www.modernhometours.com/event/seattle and then click on San Diego to see the homes and to purchase tickets. n Mission Hills Books & Collectibles, located at 4054 Goldfinch Street, San Diego (entry on Ft. Stockton St.) is having a book-signing at 5:30 p.m. with Charles Seville who will present his latest book “Law and Disorder.” Noted SD defense attorney has compiled a volume of courtroom humor. The book is divided into sections – defendants, lawyers-expert witnesses, cops, judges, jurors – but Seville doesn’t name names.

He said he’s not looking to embarrass people, just make them laugh. His first two books featured a fictional New York defense layer named Wilkes – outrageous, slithery, and fee-hungry.

September 27 & 28

n The International Dance Association of San

Diego County is hosting the International Harvest Dance Festival in the ballroom of the Balboa Park Club Building, located at 2150 Pan American Road West in Balboa Park. The weekend is free. Learn the basics of folk dance, polka, waltz and schottische. Workshops for all ages will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. by teachers who are specialists in international dance. A special dance presentation will take place at 1 p.m. For information, call 619.422.1584 or visit http://sites.google.com/ site/harvestfestivalbalboapark//.

September 28

n The Adams Street Fair, Lestat’s Stage, located at

3343 Adams Ave., Normal Heights, will present Poetry & Blues: Mama Tokus and Robin Henkel at 3 p.m. For information, call 619.282.0437.

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The Mission Hills Book Group will discuss “Emma” by Jane Austen. New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Please read the book beforehand.

Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last. This month’s meeting will be at Mission Hills Books & Collectibles at 4054 Goldfinch St.

Preschool Storytime Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26 (Every Friday) from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Children are invited to a fun storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets. The first storytime of the month is usually bilingual (Spanish/English).

Children’s Craft Time Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27 (Every Saturday) at 10:30 a.m.

Kids can develop their artistic skills while enjoying a fun craft time.

Signing Storytime Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29 (Every Monday) from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

Find out what’s going on in your baby’s mind, strengthen your bond with your baby, and lessen frustration brought on by miscommunication. Interactive presentation led by Jennifer Duncan also includes sing-alongs and bubble time ending with Q&A period. Age: Birth to 4 years old.

Book Sale Sept. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Mission Hills Branch Library will hold a book sale. Stock up on books while supporting your Library.

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Sept. 20 & 27 (Saturdays) from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Kids can improve their reading skills by reading aloud to a Labradoodle named Jackson.

Rev. Kevin Bucy, Senior Minister 858 Front Street (at University and Front Streets) San Diego, CA 92103

Mystery Book Group

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Extra parking across the street at Florence School

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Sept. 24 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The Mystery Book Group will discuss a mystery novel. New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

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1st Tuesday

UPTOWN PLANNERS Joyce Beers Hall in Uptown Mall. 6:30 p.m.

1st Thursday

UPTOWN PARTNERSHIP 3101 Fifth Ave. Call 619.298.2541. 4:30 p.m.

Thursdays 7 - 8:30 pm

SAN DIEGO UPTOWN ROTARYCLUB The mUptown Rotary Club has moved to their new home at Jimmy Carter’s Mexican Cafe, 3172 Spruce at the corner of 5th. Breakfast meetings are held every Thursday 7 to 8:30 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting to learn how to become part of this dynamic organization and see why their motto is “Service Above Self.” For information, visit www. sdurotary.org or call 619.894.0140.

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Linda Vista

2nd Monday

LVCPC Agenda– LINDAVISTACOMMUNITY PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA Linda Vista Library meeting room.

Contact Jeff Perwin at 619.806.9559 for details 6 pm.

3rd Tuesday

Tech Committee - Technology Committee Bayside Community Center. Contact Xiongh Thao for detail at 858.278.0771 or email xthao@baysidecc.org or Info@ lindavistaSD.org or visit our website www.lindavistaSD.org.

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LV Historical– LINDAVISTAHISTORICALCOMMITTEE Bayside Community Center. This committee is collecting

historical photos, documents and memories of Linda Vista’s past. For more information, contact Eleanor Frances Sennet at 858.277.3817. 4 p.m.

LVCollab– LINDAVISTACOLLABORATIVE Bayside Community Center at 3pm. Contact Monica

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TCCAC– TECOLOTE CANYON CITIZEN’S ADVISORYCOMMITTEE Tecolote Nature Center. Contact Eloise Battle for details. 7 p.m.

3rd Thursday

Linda Vista Town Council Baha’i Faith Center Alcala Knoll Drive Contact Thomas Kaye 858.277.6793 at 6:30 p.m.

4th Monday

LVCPC– LINDAVISTACOMMUNITY PLANNING COMMITTEE Linda Vista Library Meeting Room.

Contact Ed Cramer at 619.222.2047 for details. 7:00 p.m.

4th Wednesday

LVPC – Linda Vista Planning Committee monthly meeting.

Linda Vista Library Meeting Room at 6 pm.

Contact Jeff Perwin 619.806.9559 for details, minutes and agenda at www.LindaVistaSD.com.

Linda Vista View Linda Vista Town Council Community Newsletter Contact Thomas Kaye at 858.278.6973

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Community Center. Contact Sarah Granby at 858.405.7135 or e-mail sgranby@lvca-sd.org. 2:00 p.m.

Mission Hills

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ission Hills Garden Club. The Garden Club meeting M takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. and will be a presentation by the Water Department talking about available programs for water conservation and what we should expect if the drought continues. The meeting takes place at 4070 Jackdaw Street. Cost is $35 for non members, which can be applied toward membership. For information, visit www.missionhillsgardenclub.org.

Ocean Beach

OCEAN BEACH PLANNING BOARD Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave. Call 619.523.1700. 7 - 9:30 p.m.

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September 10, 2014

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1049 Felspar #28

Beautiful detached Tudor home original North Park home now part of 4-unit condo. Great curb appeal with sitting porch, charming architectural detailing, covered ceiling in living room, fireplace in living room, beautiful hardwood floors (some maple), newly painted interior that is light & fresh, recently redone bathrooms, plus a vintage kitchen with separate laundry room.

3.5 blocks from the beach and Tower 23 restaurant.

Charming 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo in 29-unit complex.

Great storage throughout unit. Light and bright. Roomy single-car garage adjacent to the front gate plus one parking space make this a rare commodity in the beach area. Park the car, unpack and enjoy the beach life.

Call Laurie Carrico, Agent CalBRE #01299438 at 619.992.5701

Call Lisa Mortensen, Agent CalBRE #00583530 at 619.818.5566

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“2013, Finalist for San Diego Broker of the Year.”

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3688 Jackdaw Street

This unique Mission Hills property includes a 1390 square foot, 2-story main house, and 535 square foot guest house. Main house: 3 bedrooms, large vaulted ceiling living room, and a wall of windows overlooking the kidney-shaped pool. Former residence of Craig Noel, founding director of the Old Globe Theater. Main house recent upgrades: remodeled bathrooms, kitchen, hardwood floors, new carpeting, windows, marble fireplace in living room, and custom brick hardscape from the entry to the pool area.

Call James Hardy, Agent CalBRE #01076819 at 619.204.9511

$1,195,000

2111 Mergho Impasse

This modern home features dramatic views of the city and bay from the Great Room. It also has a charming private garden, perfect for entertaining, outdoor dining, and relaxing. The 3 bedroom 2 bath home features a modern open floor plan with ample natural light, a recently remodeled gourmet kitchen, and and oversized 2 car garage. Located on a quiet, prestigious Mission Hills cul-de-sac. Walkable neighborhood close to restaurants, shopping, and Old Town.

Call Jim Scott, Broker CalBRE #830226 at 619.920.9511

$695,000

2400 6th Avenue

What a difference a higher floor can make! Instead of looking into trees on the lower floors, this 8th floor home puts you high enough to see over the tree tops and enjoy expansive eastern views of Balboa Park and the mountains. This one level unit in The Bellefontaine also has a spectacular view of the bay and ocean looking from the kitchen window. The light & airy corner unit has recently been freshened: new paint, carpet, French bedroom doors are some of the improvements.

Call Jim Scott, Broker CalBRE #830226 at 619.920.9511

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History Matters

Success is often the father to new set of problems. Land use and As I drove through the intersection of 30th and Upas recently, I was struck by the positive changes in this once-neglected commercial junction. architectural preservation are just two of the many issues facing the While improvements to the surrounding houses started in earnest over residents of these restored communities.

Newer residents understandably have another vision than those who two decades ago, improvements in local businesses moved at a much slower pace. This has changed as a second wave of entrepreneurs, and started moving here in 1976. One difference I have noticed over the the people who finance them, are actively remaking older community past few years is that urban buyers seem, at least anecdotally, to value shopping areas scattered around San Diego’s pre-war urban core. The era location over provenance. My enthusiasm for architectural features of of vacant storefronts, cheap rents, and ample parking is coming to a close pre-war homes is often met with polite indifference. Many look upon in most once-spurned commercial nodes. The wheel has come full circle. these preserved artifacts as they would an eccentric bachelor uncle. I often saw them eyeing gumwood More than sixty years ago the trim warily, calculating how much public enthusiastically embraced 2489 Dar lington Row it would cost to paint it. I have been a new lifestyle characterized by asked more than once about the malls, modern housing, and freeLa Jolla • $2,100,000 economic wisdom of tearing out ways. These migrants took their that vintage purple and black-tiled incomes and shopping habits to bathroom. I wondered if there was a newer suburban locations. This new paradigm afoot I was not seeing. urban flight was disastrous for To answer that question, I many small neighborhood shopevaluated 147 home sales in Mission ping districts, which descended Hills that closed over the past 18 into a ramshackle collection of months. I divided the homes into two thrift stores, seedy bars, adult groups, those with high historical bookstores, and other operations character and those with lesser or that catered to a down-scale no period charm. Roughly sixty-five crowd. Even El Cajon Boulevard, percent fell in the former category. a once-mighty commercial and (I weighted the exterior more than transportation corridor, suffered the interiors, and yes this process similarly, as their anchor busiwas very subjective.) Resale values, nesses fled to Mission Valley and his 2,939 square foot home is truly different from any based on the price per square foot of other northerly destinations. other in Ridgegate. Located at the far northern end in the two categories, were statistically As might be expected, Metro a private cul-de-sac, this home has a sweeping, large equal. Certainly one can monetize residential neighborhoods lost circular flat backyard with unobstructed views to the east. the value brought to a home that has relatively affluent residents and There are several private outdoor entertainment/seating the Mills Act but most homes do not their former neighborhoods fell into areas. The covered outdoor kitchen is accessible from the have that status. disrepair, not unlike the experience home’s designer kitchen. The 4-bedroom home has 19-foot The survey results notwithstanding, of the adjacent commercial zones. ceilings in the living room and a spacious master bedroom older homes in original or mostly Fortunately around the mid-1970s’, with spectacular views opening onto its own very private original appearance contribute to two social forces combined to start balcony. A travertine faced fireplace, two walk-in cedar the intrinsic and extrinsic value of a renaissance in these forlorn places. closets and a large master bath complete the suite. The the neighborhood. They create a First, baby boomers entered their uppermost level has two large bedrooms, a lovely bath to sense of history, time, and place, a prime earning years and began to be shared by those rooms, built-ins, and a full-sized laundry living connection with our collective purchase homes. Many in this cohort room. Located in peaceful gated Ridgegate with 24 hour past. Vintage neighborhoods can gravitated to older neighborhoods, security, a community pool, meeting room, and sport court. be viewed as a valuable public art rejecting the sterile suburban lifestyle Call Jim Scott • 619.920.9511 project, an irreplaceable community Pete Seeger lampooned in his song, Broker • CalBRE #830226 resource that benefits the citizenry, “Little Boxes”. Second, the urban including the tourists that drive up core benefited from another kind of population flight, expats leaving big cities east of the Mississippi. from Old Town just to gawk at the graceful homes lining Sunset Boulevard.

They brought a different vision of city life to San Diego and made up Finally, I believe there is a difference between money and value.

Last month there was much media buzz about the 100th the first wave of pioneers that settled in older and semi-blighted areas close to and in downtown. South Park blossomed because of people from anniversary of the start of The Great War. It is easy to imagine people sitting in their gumwood-trimmed dining rooms in 1914 discussing the Philadelphia, not Poway What drew them was the ample presence of vintage homes, survivors distressing news from Europe. Perhaps this kind of history is why I have of freeway construction, bad remodelers, and unfettered apartment stubbornly nursed along the 103 year-old hardwood floors in my last developers. True the neighborhoods were of uneven quality, but house. People were standing on those very boards when they heard fortunately most had not descended into slum or near-slum status. What the news about the Titanic going down. These kinds of connections to saved our inner-city living spaces was the arrival of a large group of our past probably do not add to the price per square foot of that home on resale, but are they not priceless? affluent buyers looking for houses their parents had rejected.

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Scott & Quinn has three offices, in Mission Hills at 1111 Fort Stockton Drive, in Normal Heights at 30th and Adams Avenue, and in South Park at 2973 Beech Street. The company also features Scott & Quinn Property Management. Founded in 1982, Scott & Quinn is the oldest full service real estate firm in Mission Hills and is still locally owned and operated. Jim has been a homeowner in Mission Hills since 1976.

Jim Scott, Broker, CalBRE #830226, 619.920.9511 www.JimScottHomes.com

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