Presidio Sentinel, October 2012. Vol13 No.9

Volume 13, No. 9

October | 2012

Serving the Heart of San Diego | A Publication by Presidio Communications

Mission Hills Resident Earns Top Honors and Distinction

by Patty Ducey-Brooks

Daniel and Kathryn Rehm, who have been residents of Mission Hills for over 33 years, have two children that they are very proud of. They have a daughter, Katie, who attended Smith College in Northampton, MA, and their son, Benjamin, who graduated from the International Studies School at San Diego High School.

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Benjamin during the Eagle Court of Honor celebration.

A Celebration in Old Town

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Remembering a Friend & Writer

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Featured Stories

Featured Events

A Tribute to C. David Kulman

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Award Winning Theatre Makes Announcement

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A Festive Celebration to Remember the Dead

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Who’s Looking at Who?

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Point Loma High School Makes Dedication

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Scripps Mercy Names New Treatment Center

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Allegiance

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Country Outlaw

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AA – Romney, Ryan & Rand – III

By George Mitrovich

I am a confessing Christian but understand people have a right to their own faith beliefs – or the absence thereof.

My Christian convictions run deep but I do not proselytize. I am a welcoming person and my welcome is inclusive. I take seriously what Jesus said about loving our neighbors and respecting one another. To be my friend does not require you to share my faith or politics (but you should probably like baseball).

I allow this is not the norm for beginning an opinion piece about presidential politics, even here in the Presidio Sentinel, my Here I Stand once a month place, but it’s how I choose to begin, for reasons I hope will be clear.

I allow this is not the norm for beginning an opinion piece about presidential politics but its how I choose to begin, for reasons I hope will be clear.

Mitt Romney, the man who leads the Republican Party against Barack Obama and the Democrats, is not my focus. Paul Ryan, Mr. Romney’s vice presidential running mate, is.

But without Mr. Romney there is no Paul Ryan as the standard bearers of the GOP. So whatever judgment I make of Mr. Ryan, Mr. Romney is culpable.

The first thing one should know

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

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about Paul Ryan is not about his family or where he grew up, whether he was athletic or studious, of the girl he married or where he went to college, but a choice he made at the time of his intellectual awakening.

That choice involved a woman named Ayn Rand and a novel she wrote, “Atlas Shrugged”.

Given my age and Mr. Ryan’s I am reasonably certain I knew of Ayn Rand before he did, but unlike him I never, ever, thought Ayn Rand’s ideas worthy of admiration. From my own initial intellectual development I knew she represented almost everything I loathe – self-absorption, arrogance, greed, and worse, was a God denier and someone who viewed people of faith as objects of ridicule and contempt.

As a kid growing up in San Diego I was active in the Church of the Nazarene (evangelical but not fundamentalist), Youth for Christ, Campus Crusade for Christ, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Navigators. At age 27 I joined the Methodist Church out my profound regard for John Wesley, the man who saved England from the blood bath that engulfed France during its revolution (as Prime Minister Disraeli remarked). In time I would become a lay preacher and would be invited to speak and preach more than 100-times in churches representing

ten different denominations – from the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, to Capshaw Southern Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama (and two synagogues). I would later become president of the San Diego County Ecumenical Council, an organization of 125-Christian churches.

Every one of those associations represents what Ayn Rand reviled, and deemed its adherents as weakminded and worse, of weak and sniveling character.

This is the woman Paul Ryan came to apparently wholly embrace and to promulgate her ideas and “virtues” to others (and who, upon election to Congress, gave members of his staff copies of “Atlas Shrugged,” a 1,068-page novel, which at its core is everything that conceptually America isn’t).

This is one of Ms. Rand’s essential beliefs: “Man – every man – is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.”

Of Ayn Rand and “Atlas Shrugged,” Whittaker Chambers, one of conservatism’s patron saints, would write:

“Randian Man, like Marxian Man, is made the center of a Godless world…Out of a lifetime of reading, I can recall no other book in which a tone of overriding arrogance was so implacably sustained. Its shrillness is without reprieve. Its dogmatism is without appeal.”

Last December, in the Christian season of Advent, Will Willimon, a bishop of the United Methodist Church and author of more than 50-books, wrote this about “Ayn Rand and Christmas”: William F. Buckley, a perceptive conservative, had enduring contempt for Rand and her ‘philosophy,’ not only because of his wisdom but because he was a Catholic in a way that Congressman Ryan is not. Buckley knew Rand didn’t just happen to be an atheist. Her views on the danger of government, the sovereignty of the individual, the evil of the family, and the sanctity of self-aggrandizement directly relate to her hatred of God and religion (God as a primitive, silly illusion, and religion, any religion, as “a crutch” used by weak people who can’t cut it in a competitive market).

Atheism accounts for Rand in a way that it doesn’t even count in Marx.”

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A Festive Celebration to Remember the Dead Colorful altars and other traditional celebrations of Day of the Dead, one of Mexico’s most revered and festive holidays, return to Old Town San Diego November 1 and 2. This community-wide commemoration, which honors ancestors and other deceased loved ones with special menus, music, dancing and craft activities, is free and designed for all ages.

Not to be confused with Halloween, Día de los Muertos is when the living joyfully invite the spirits of relatives and friends to return “home” along paths lined with brilliant orange marigolds to find altars with samplings of their favorite food and drink. This traditional annual reunion reflects the Mexican’s view of life and death as a natural continuum and is now celebrated in many countries.

More than 50 personalized altars - some honoring Old Town’s historic figures - will be on display in museums, shops, hotels and restaurants, including Cafe Coyote at 2461 San Diego Avenue, the title sponsor of the 2012 Old Town San Diego’s Día de los Muertos celebration.

Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), San Diego County’s leading preservation group and the operator of the Whaley House Museum and Old Adobe Chapel in Old Town, is presenting the two-day event, now in its third year. In 2011, this popular holiday attracted 10,000participants, according to SOHO. For the Tour of the Altars both days, families and individuals, young and old alike, may follow a free tour of the altars map to enjoy the traditional and contemporary artistic installations, or join in a candlelit procession on November 2. The OTAF_10x7.75_pres_sent

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lively procession will begin at 6 p.m. at the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park plaza and follow San Diego Avenue several blocks to El Campo Cemetery.

There, participants will find a community altar, where they may leave photographs, messages, flowers, or tokens of affection for their loved ones.

Free maps and candles will be available at participating businesses throughout Old Town.

Guests create sugar skull artwork. Photo by Sandé Lollis.

In addition, information Free live music and folkloric dancing will be booths will be set up at the north and south ends of Old Town, at the Whaley House Museum, and Old presented on Old Town’s plazas and courtyards.

Artists will exhibit works that speak to this Town Market.

Old Town restaurants will create menus and Día legendary holiday and the power of love and ritual de los Muertos drink specials for the occasion. that connect us through time.

“We’d like everyone to come to Old Town Traditional Mexican holiday fare includes sweet bread called pan de muerto, chicken or turkey November 1 and 2 and feel a zest for life along with mole, tamales, maize cakes and pumpkin dishes. gratitude to those who came before us,” said Alana Tequila, one of Mexico’s gifts to the world, will be Coons, SOHO’s education & communications among the beverages offered, thanks to corporate director, who created Old Town’s Day of the Dead festivities. “This is meant to be a celebration of sponsor Azuñia Tequila.

Family activities will include Day of the Dead cultures and history in San Diego’s most historic sugar skull decorating, mask making, paper flower neighborhood.”

For information, visit www.sddayofthedead.org making; and face painting. These workshops will or contact SOHO at (619) 297-9327. be free or cost a small fee to cover materials.

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Outcry Over News Censorship W h e r e ’ s

By Patty Ducey-Brooks This past month I received an Op-ed from Corydon B. Dunham, former 25-year NBC-TV executive and author of “Government Control of News: A Constitutional Challenge.”

In the letter from Dunham, he states that “The Federal Communications Commission has drafted a new policy for government control of news. And even though a special study last year recommended that such a censorship policy be scrapped, it’s still pending, with the potential for action. Frankly, I’m surprised there is no outcry or debate about this political threat to distort news and speech and suppress them.”

The FCC’s proposed new Localism, Balance and Diversity Doctrine mirrors many aspects of the longdead Fairness Doctrine, he says. That doctrine was revoked in 1987 when the FCC and the courts found that it had suppressed news, chilled speech, imposed censorship, prevented criticism of the administration then in office, and created an atmosphere of “timidity and fear.”

As a member of the media, I can state honestly that what Dunham has stated is worrisome. At the same time, I also

worry about balanced reporting by the media, which is shared by a good friend and resident of Mission Hills, Paul Shulman. Paul recently called to talk about content in our newspaper, specifically the “political” articles written by George Mitrovich.

Mitrovich, as we all know, leans heavily to the left. Paul asked for a balanced message, the other perspective.

I agree with Paul. As executive editor of the Presidio Sentinel, I believe it’s important for us to present both perspectives of the political arena.

Not having another vocal, political writer who represents the other two sides, Republican and Independent, I’ve erred by not offering a balanced perspective.

However, for me politics has become a dirty word. What has become common practice is a lot of mud slinging, name bashing, people trashing and lies. This is because too much money is going toward paid political advertisements that send these messages. And, unfortunately, I think we can all agree, the major media is also biased and misleading What worries me is that there are people out there who make poor voting decisions based on the lies and propaganda of the media. And it’s

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getting worse because more money is being thrown at the campaigns to feed the propaganda.

As Americans we are blessed to have freedom of speech. Unfortunately, during the elections we quickly see that we’re not experiencing “free” speech.

It’s paid press with a misleading and

often damaging agenda.

As voters, we need to educate ourselves and learn the truth about the candidates. If we don’t, we have only ourselves to blame for being manipulated and influenced by the media with its own agenda.

started with an interview on Phil Donohue show, plus a few write-ups in Herb Cain’s column. After several years in San Francisco, he moved his business to Los Angeles, and then to San Diego, where he finally retired.

His last years were spent writing short columns for Buzz, and the Presidio Sentinel. His friends often

communicated that his life should have been a sitcom, and he should be the lead character.

Anyone who knew David realized that he left a lasting impression. He made a difference in the lives of many, including several of his former clients, who kept in touch right up to the end.

A Tribute to C. David Kulman

By Patty Ducey-Brooks

This past month, C. David Kulman, who has been a contributing writer for the Presidio Sentinel, passed away from congestive heart failure.

Kulman was an amazing man who had a passion for Hollywood, celebrities, trivia, food, theatre, entertainers, cats and friendships.

Kulman was an only child raised by two doting parents in Brooklyn. After high school he attended business college. By 19 he was employed as a secretary taking shorthand for the Office of Price Administration (OPA).

On a Saturday in 1945, while working for the OPA at the Empire State Building, a B-25 bomber crashed into the building. Kulman was unscathed, however there were fatalities. He was drafted into the Army near the end of World War 2. According to friends, he earned the rank of sergeant in less than a year and served stateside.

After he was discharged, Kulman went to Parsons School of Design on the GI Bill. Upon graduation he obtained a job designing nurses’ uniforms. It’s stated that he quit the position due to lack of interest in the product line. Eventually he moved to San Francisco where he worked for the City. It was during his time in San Francisco that he got the idea to start the first gay matchmaking service in the USA. He patented the name “David the Matchmater.” He interviewed

thousands of men after founding his gay-mating service in 1974.

Eschewing computers, videotapes and the other high-tech tools of space-age matchmaking, Kulman worked out of his antique-filled apartment, using a card file containing handwritten profiles of his clients and his own intuition to find likely pairs. His legend

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The War on Civility

By Ilene Hubbs

In Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company’s latest production, “Kita y Fernanda,” the story is told of two girls who grow up together in an upper-class home in Texas: one is a Mexican national living legally in the United States, the other the undocumented daughter of the Mexican maid of the house. This play explores issues of immigration, language and class, issues that are stage front in today’s upcoming election.

The girls represent two classes within a shared culture, a story that is concurrent with what is happening among legal residents of our country. Side by side in San Diego, as in every city in America, are people who may have started out in the same culture, the same class, but are now divided because of where life has taken them. In this polarizing election, our parties have pitted American against American separating us by some very fundamental issues. We have become the people who have made it, who have worked hard, made an excellent living, and now are reaping the benefits and people who for various reasons find themselves struggling to find a job, or working for wages that cannot support them or who can just no longer work. With the not so gentle push of the two parties fighting for leadership of our country, we have allowed this to happen.

Our brothers and sisters are now our opponents, or so our leaders have led us to believe. Everyone’s family once held immigrant status, even if they came over on the Mayflower. Other than English speaking cultures, everyone’s relatives had a language barrier. Because many people fled persecution to come here, and came with the clothes on their backs

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B etween t he Lines: and maybe a few valuables tucked safely away, many, if not most, of our forebears were struggling financially.

There were hate and bigotry generations ago. There were haves and have nots going all the way back to the formation of the United States. There were people who understood the basis for taxation and others who fought mightily against it. There were many lives taken in the fights for unions and we fought a major war to give basic human rights to people who were owned by other people.

There is nothing new in the issues facing us today, but the approach to these issues has become a case of class warfare and a matter of pure civility.

People are taking sides as though it was a war. War is the word we throw around to emphasize our intentions, the “war on poverty,” the “war on drugs” and now it seems as if we are in the “war” between the Republicans and the Democrats.

In “Kita y Fernanda,” the two women start out as friends, but as their circumstances move them away from each other, that friendship takes on another dimension. The similarities that once bound them are overtaken by the differences that now separate them. Isn’t this what’s happening in our upcoming election? The ties that bind us as Americans are being loosened by the rhetoric of politicians that seek to keep us at war with our own.

When there is a war, there is a winner and a loser. In elections there is a winner and a loser. Ideally both sides work together toward the same goals, peace and prosperity for each side, but then again, there might not be sides if that happened.

Mo`olelo’s production of Kita y Fernanda runs through Oct. 21 at the 10th Ave. Theatre. For tickets and information visit www.moolelo.net.

Live, Eat, Read

By Alice Lowe

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” This line from Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” appears on coffee mugs and salad bowls, t-shirts and baby bibs, posters and restaurant menus.

In what is perhaps a by-product of the “foodie” revolution of the past twenty-some years, more and more people not only want to dine well, we want to read and write about it too.

Beyond cookbooks—many of which make terrific reading even if you never use the recipes—and restaurant reviews and works about health and diet, there’s been a proliferation of food writing in books and magazines, blogs and tweets, in novels and stories, essays and memoirs.

My favorites are Calvin Trillin and Ruth Reichl, both of whom make reading about food almost as much fun as eating it. Three of Trillin’s books were combined into “The Tummy Trilogy.” Another, “Feeding a Yen,” has a chapter about fish tacos in San Diego. He read from it here in 2003, and as he autographed my book, I suggested that he should come back and try the scallop tacos at El Zarape. I offered to accompany him.

Ruth Reichl’s life in food, from Berkeley soup kitchens in the ‘60s to the sweeping heights—restaurant critic for The New York Times and editor of Gourmet magazine—has captivated audiences in her memoirs: “Tender at the Bone,” “Comfort Me With Apples,” and “Garlic and Sapphires.”

The movie “Julie and Julia” was based on a biography of Julia Childs and a memoir by Julie Powell, who cooked and blogged her way through “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” Nora Ephron, who wrote lavishly about food in her novels,

stories and essays, directed and wrote the screenplay.

Most food essayists and memoirists—going back to M.F.K. Fisher, Gertrude Stein, and others— are writing about their lives, families and travels; food is the unifying theme around which they piece together their stories. Humorists have a picnic with it. I just read a piece by David Rakoff on foraging for wild edibles; in another he mocks culinary fads and excesses. A number of celebrity chefs have gotten into the act too, writing their lives in food: childhood memoirs by Jacques Pepin and Nigel Slater, and Anthony Bourdain with his kitchen exposes.

There are hundreds of literary journals, both in print and online, with a remarkable number of stories about food. I’ve written and had published a few food essays myself, one about how eating sushi has kept pace with my life’s ups and downs, another about a relationship in which food was the primary, if not the only, common denominator, and still another recollecting a trip to England centered around Cornish pasties.

The old adage that “I think, therefore I am,” has been replaced by “We are what we eat.” Food is the hook into memories and moods; it offers keys to understanding and can unlock once-hidden mysteries. I’ve written stories about bacon—more since I became a vegetarian than when I was eating it—clams (a new allergy), rutabagas (a daunting surplus), and, of course, my mother’s cooking. We all like to reminisce about the foods of childhood—good and bad—and writers frequently incorporate them into fiction and memoirs.

Like my friend Jim, who recently included glazed Spam in a story.

“Come on,” I said; “your mother didn’t really make that, did she?” He sighed and nodded. As Nora Ephron said, “It’s all copy.”

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Home to one of the best dog beaches in the country (North Beach), Del Mar, California is a pet-lover’s paradise. Travelers and locals alike enjoy Southern California’s idyllic weather, pet-friendly beaches, and walking trails – all of which make for a perfect pet-friendly vacation in San Diego.

The San Diego Marriott Del Mar is welcoming pet-friendly travellers with their new Doggone Great Getaway Package. Available through December 2012, the package includes

overnight accommodations; breakfast for two at Arterra Restaurant and a welcome treat for your pet. Better yet, the hotel is waiving the pet-fee, so pets sleep for free. The property is just a 10-minute drive from North Beach. The package is priced at $129-$299 and is available from now through December 30, 2012.

The package can be booked online by using promotional code ZJ5. For more information about the hotel or this special, visit http://www. marriott.com/SANDM.

Del Mar beaches provide a perfect playground for canines.

Petco’s Second Annual National Adoption Reunion Sasha is a 9 year-old, American Pit Bull terrier. Whether snuggling up together on the couch to watch a favorite movie with you, or showing off her adorable gallop as you play fetch outside, she will be a happy girl as long as she’s with you. Sasha doesn’t let her mature age keep her from enjoying life to the fullest, yet she does understand the value of some good ol’ snuggling. She is hoping to find a forever family with whom she can spend her golden years being her mellow self: a sweet, easy-going companion who loves to be loved.

October 6, 2012 marks Petco’s Second Annual National Adoption Reunion where every Petco and Unleashed by Petco store nationwide will host adoption events to help find shelter pets loving homes.

To help kick off Petco’s National Adoption Reunion, “Animal Practice’s”

monkey star, Crystal, made a special appearance for employees at the Petco Corporate offices on September 27th.

Tom, Crystal’s trainer, was available to talk about the show and the importance of why exotic pets should only reside with professional trainers.

Sasha will do best in a calm home with kids who are at least 12 years old. Sasha’s adoption fee is only $25 which includes her spay, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, and a license if residing in Oceanside or Vista. Sasha also may be a perfect match for the San Diego Humane Society’s Seniors for Seniors Program.

Claude has been at the San Diego Humane Society since January 20, 2012 and during that time he has definitely stolen a few staff members’ hearts. HHe is an eight-year old Domestic short hair. Claude is always confident and composed at his mature age, yet not without a certain youthful twinkle in his eye. This lazy boy would love to be the sole pet of a nice, quiet home where he might find a cat tree for climbing and where he could devote the majority of his time to perfecting the fine art of napping the day away.

During the Pick Your Purrfect Price Promotion for 2012, you can determine Claude’s adoption fee, which includes his neuter, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, bag of food from Hill’s Science Diet, and a certificate for a free veterinary exam.

Crystal is with her trainer Tom Gundersonon (Photo courtesy of Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times.)

Sasha is available at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA Gaines St. Campus, located at 5500 Gaines Street in San Diego. For information, call (619) 299-7012.

Claude is located at the North Campus of the San Diego Humane Society, located at 572 Airport Road in Oceanside. For information, call (760) 757-4357.

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A Graceful Take on Weight Loss

By Sabine Starr Certified Life Coach

A frequent topic from my coaching clients is the dreaded weight loss issue. When they start talking about it, I can already see the shame they have around it. Their posture sinks, voice loses energy, face is stripped of its natural radiance. How sad, I think, looking at this very accomplished, strong and passionate person in front of me, knowing that, for any change in life, we need energy, enthusiasm and determination.

My first step then is to listen until all the usual misconceptions, “musts” and “shoulds” have been said, and failure is written all over the person confessing.

Then, the path out of this hole can begin, reminding them of their true self, of their strength, and then asking them to rate between one and 10 (one being “not important,” 10 is of “highest importance”) the importance of losing weight. Usually, anything from eight and higher has a great success prognosis.

Seven, maybe six can still have success.

A motivation of five or lower could

have some success, but is usually rather unpleasant for the client, and not the best use of our time together. This rating can also serve as self-assessment.

Honor the outcome and act accordingly.

Here are some new considerations regarding weight loss: 1. Usually, we can only achieve a positive change after we let go of any kind of self loathing, self judgement or resentment towards behaviors around weight or eating or exercising in the past. We are where we are, today. So incorporating any exercises, moments around forgiving ourselves and feeling good about ourselves is in order.

2. The gap between the average weight of models and the average weight of everyday women has been growing bigger over the last three decades. It is very important to recognize this and the pressure that the media puts on women, and increasingly, on men. Through that awareness we can soften the impact and separate it from our self image.

3. Our bodies are made to exercise, and our psyches and minds need it in order to function in a cheerful, well balanced way. Endorphins, the physical evidence of the positive effect of exercise, are being produced in our brains, and help us with feeling good. I believe that

A Mission Hill Welcoming Committee is Being Formed One of the many benefits of living and working in Mission maureen Hills is that, by and large, our residents are friendly, kind, antoinette and convivial. Stemming from this inclusive and sociable attitude comes a new initiative—A Neighborhood Welcome Committee. The purpose of the Mission Hills Welcome Committee is to embrace new residents of the community and help them integrate socially into the fabric of our great neighborhood. The Welcome Committee will operate under the auspices of the Mission Hills Town Council, and its purpose is to provide a warm community welcome to every newcomer to Mission Hills.

Participation by newcomers is completely voluntary, of course, and those who wish to participate will be provided with a yard sign to identify them to neighbors who may want to stop and introduce themselves. Under consideration is another form of identification as well, such as a hat, a visor, a water bottle or a tote bag—something that says “Mission Hills Newcomer” on it and might inspire a fellow Mission Hills resident or business owner to introduce themselves in the grocery store, the park, or in line at a favorite café.

We are looking for sponsors at this time.

Our new neighbors will also be provided with a Welcome Packet full of goodies upon their arrival. This is an excellent opportunity for local businesses to promote their services and encourage a ”Shop Local” mentality by providing business information, special offers, magnets, menus, coupons or freebies to the newcomers. Local organizations are also encouraged to provide brochures, flyers, special event schedules, websites, and meeting calendars to make our new neighbors aware of the excellent and varied community support options that are available to them in Mission Hills.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

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we all enjoy exercising in some way.

Finding the right kind is a key factor.

4. Food is keeping us alive, but too much is stored as fat, which has the potential to slowly make us sick. A good balance and a specific approach is in order; we can´t decide to give up food. We need to befriend it and have it support us as opposed to burden us, numb us or make us sick.

One way of getting food on our side is to start physically handling it more, cooking meals for ourselves, taking in the colors with our eyes, smelling and feeling its textures. Spending time with food in that manner can lead to eating less, because other senses have already been satisfied.

Weight loss takes patience. Keep in mind that it took many years for the pounds to slowly climb up. Losing the weight in a graceful way can go just as steadily down, with time. It is essential to lay out a plan, make a strong decision to stick to it (mistakes allowed) and go on with a fabulous life while the weight loss is happening. More on this topic at: www.healthwithtaste.blogspot.com.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Incorporate Healthy Habits into Your Daily Routine

By Blake Beckcom

Experts throughout the fitness community have long encouraged everyone to exercise more in order to live a healthy and fit lifestyle.

Recently, the medical community has further supported the importance of encouraging adults to be more physically active, especially for individuals who have or are at high risk for life-threatening diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.1 In honor and recognition of October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it’s imporant to revisit the importance of being active and eating healthy in order to reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer, increase fitness levels, and promote healthy living and longevity.

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), more than 572,000 Americans die of cancer each year, with 1/3 of the deaths linked to poor diet, physical inactivity and being overweight.2 The most important things you can do to help reduce cancer risk for you and your family include:

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• Use the stairs instead of the elevator.

• Walk or bike to your destination.

• Be active at lunch with your co-workers, family, or friends.

• Take a 20-minute activity break at work to stretch, or take a quick walk.

• Walk to visit co-workers instead of sending an e-mail message.

• Go dancing with your spouse or friends.

• Plan active vacations, rather than driving trips.

• Wear a pedometer every day to increase your number of daily steps.

• Join a sports or recreation team.

• Establishing and maintaining a healthy weight.

• Use a stationary bicycle or treadmill while watching TV.

• Incorporating regular, consistent physical activity into your lifestyle.

• Plan your activity routine to slowly increase the days per week and minutes per session.2

• Making healthy food choices with a focus on plant-based foods.

The latest recommendations from the ACS in regard to healthy physical activity levels for adults include 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activities each week. Moderate activity would be equivalent to prolonged brisk walking, biking and hiking In addition to adding regular workout sessions into your daily schedule that motivate, encourage and support living a healthy lifestyle, you also can begin incorporating more active habits into your normal daily routine.

Starting today, try incorporating as many of the following approaches (suggested by ACS) as possible to support an active and healthy lifestyle.

Breast cancer is a deadly disease that continues to take the lives of too many mothers, sisters, wives, grandmothers, aunts and best friends in our community every year. Our local Fitness Together studio is dedicated to helping you incorporate healthy habits into your daily routine to support an active and fit lifestyle that can help to reduce the risk of this life-threatening disease.

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Municipal Bonds Part II

Romney, Ryan & Rand Continued from page 1

Christians endorsing for president a political ticket that has as its vice presidential candidate, one-heart beat removed from the most powerful office in the world; a man whose core beliefs, as an acknowledged disciple of Ayn Rand, are the antithesis of what Jesus Christ taught and of the life he lived; of failing to understand that one can be a follower of Ms. Rand or Jesus but not both – because her teachings and his are incompatible.

How could that be? Is it because the tax cuts proposed by Mr. Ryan and his Republican colleagues in the House that benefit the wealthy while dismantling programs for the poor have somehow confused evangelical and fundamentalist Christians into believing they trump Matthew 25?

Or how do white evangelical/ fundamentalist – and the Romney/ Ryan supporters among them are overwhelmingly white – explain their apparent support of a man who endorses the philosophy of a woman, who in her life despised those same evangelical/ fundamentalists, while appearing to reject a president and vice president who have testified to their faith in Jesus Christ? (Only Jimmy Carter has made more public confessions of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior than Barack Obama.)

Do I allow that Mr. Ryan has changed his mind? That he has recanted his Objectivist beliefs. That he has moved intellectually beyond Any Rand. That he has come to see her God-denying beliefs as wrong-headed. That he has come to understand his fascination with Ms. Rand and her creed of greed is un-American and unworthy of someone who seeks to serve the public interest of a “community” greater than Janesville, Wisconsin.

Am I willing to allow all of that and to do so out of my Christian obligation to be charitable and forgiving toward others?

I am.

But I would ask of Congressman Ryan one thing: Will you publicly declare you have broken with Ayn Rand and her Gospel of Greed and have asked Jesus to forgive your idolatry of her?

If so, then in that spirit, I embrace Congressman Rand as a brother in Christ.

But until we have that public profession, I will see him as being in conflict with the Middle Class Values and Virtues I was brought up to believe embody the American Way.

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Congressman. Ryan, if you haven’t gone to Confession, I urge you, go.

PS: This was originally written a few weeks back and efforts to give it a wider audience, one beyond the Sentinel, have been spotty. I also wondered whether I wanted to say all of this, to again write something that becomes an object of controversy and makes me a target of attacks?

In consequence, I’ve been of various minds and moods.

But then Mitt Romney gave a talk at a private $50,000 dollars per person fundraiser in Florida and proceeded to say that 47 percent of Americans didn’t matter to him, that they, the non-tax paying government entitlement crowd, wasn’t his constituency, that he no chance to win their votes and he was done with them.

Thanks to Mother Jones and a video recording of Mr. Romney’s remarks, we know he said this; so if those on the right, the reality deniers among us, want to say this is all a liberal media conspiracy, the same self-serving bogus argument they always invoke, they will have to account for the fact that not even the Romney campaign denies he said what we heard him say (over and over again by media).

It was a shockingly revealing moment of a man seeking to be the President of the United States of America – and thereby, President of all the People.

And what it reveals about Mitt Romney is a philosophy of life that mirrors Ayn Rand’s basic creed that the only people who matter are those who achieve wealth and achieve it on their own.

How exactly did a self-confessing Catholic like Paul Ryan and a selfconfessing Mormon like Mitt Romney become Ayn Rand’s acolytes?

How is that possible, unless their understanding of their faith is so shallow they fail to understand what Ayn Rand taught and what Jesus taught are not remotely compatible; or worse, their public posturing of faith is false?

Those questions will be answered decisively November 6, but it’s not the answer either Mr. Romney of Mr. Ryan is looking for.

George Mitrovich is a San Diego civic leader.

He can be reached at, gmitro35@gmail.com.

By Rick Brooks Whatever happens in Washington on the tax policy front will have a significant impact on the holders of municipal bonds (“muni bonds” or just “munis”). As I discussed in July, the benefits of owning muni bonds depends on your tax rate.

The higher your tax rate, the better off you are with muni bonds lower tax-free income. Investors in lower marginal tax brackets are often better off buying taxable bonds and paying the tax on the income, because you may have more after-tax income than you would buying the tax-free municipal bonds.

So let’s assume you’ve decided that municipal bonds should be a part of your portfolio. What is the best way to acquire them? Like every other security, muni bonds can be purchased either through brokerage accounts, mutual funds, and a variety of other methods. I’ll walk through some of them in today’s column.

Brokerage Accounts. This is the traditional way to buy just about any security. The advantage of a brokerage account is that you can see the bonds you own, and all of the gory details of each one. You know when the coupon payments will be made, and you can see the price of each bond each day.

That said, there are a couple of challenges with traditional brokerage accounts. I’ve seen a lot of ads on late night TV from municipal bond “specialists.” Almost invariably, the bonds they are offering are bonds that they’ve helped the municipality to create. This is a potential problem because their job is to sell the bonds as fast as they can, for as much money as they can. Their job is NOT to get you the best bond for your situation.

The other problem is the cost. You generally have no idea how much you’ve paid to own a municipal bond because of the mark-up applied by the brokerage firm. They are sold based on yields and price.

For example, I recently looked up a bond that was sold to an end client at a price of $131.369. What wasn’t obvious was that the broker

paid $128.994 for that exact same bond a moment earlier. That’s a 1.8 percent commission on a single bond trade. It’s almost impossible to see what commissions or mark-ups you are paying, even for bonds traded through discount brokers like Schwab or TD Ameritrade.

Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs). The SMA is a bit of a wrinkle on a brokerage account. Instead of paying transaction costs per trade, you pay annual fees that cover trading, servicing and management of the account. In addition, you pay a professional manager like PIMCO or Nuveen to decide which bonds to buy.

In theory, this will give you the individual bond ownership of a brokerage account and better bond selection because the manager isn’t just buying whatever bonds that brokerage firm might have underwritten last week. In practice, it’s still very difficult to fully understand the costs, and few investors ever really take advantage of owning the bonds directly, like being able to harvest tax losses. Despite their advantages, these accounts tend to underperform mutual funds run by the same managers, once you include all of the fees involved.

Because the fees are lower for large accounts, these types of accounts tend to make more sense once you’re talking about portfolios of a few million dollars or more.

Mutual Funds. Despite their plebian reputation, mutual funds generally have the lowest costs and the best managers, giving them a significant advantage in the long run.

I say generally because there can be a vast difference between comparable funds. For example, a Vanguard intermediate-term California municipal bond fund costs around 0.20 percent per year, compared to a similar Oppenheimer fund with a 0.81 percent expense ratio AND a 2.25 percent front-end commission.

Furthermore, the income is more stable and the funds can be bought or sold with relatively low cost, compared to the high costs of buying or selling individual bonds.

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@bfadvisers.com. Rick and his family live in Mission Hills.

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Award Winning Theatre Makes Major Announcement Award winning Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company announces the appointment of Jessica Bird to serve as interim general and producing manager during Executive Artistic Director Seema Sueko’s upcoming working sabbatical. Bird, who will begin at Mo`olelo on September 10, served as casting director and artistic associate at San Diego Repertory Theatre and brings a wealth of experience including production, directing, administration, teaching and stage management at many local theaters. She recently co-wrote and directed the one woman show “Women in the Mirror, A Dancer’s Journey.”

Bird holds a B.A. in Theater and Music from Point Loma Nazarene University and is beginning her Master’s in NonProfit Leadership and Management at the University of San Diego.

Sueko’s sabbatical is thanks to her receiving the Theatre Communications Group’s (TCG) prestigious inaugural “Leadership U(niversity) One-On-One

Jessica Bird accepts position as interim general and producing manager.

Grant, a $75,000 award that will provide her with a 16 month in-depth mentorship with Molly Smith, Artistic Director of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington DC beginning in December 2012

Bayside Community Center Celebrates 80 Years of Philanthropy The Bayside Family Reunion luncheon took place on Friday, September 21 at the center in Linda Vista.

Over 200 guests attended, including donors, clients, staff, community members and Dancers Nadia Armbula and Mariachi Barca elected leaders who perform for guests of the reunion. have contributed to its 80 years of operating and success.

There was also recognition of the This event was held in an outdoor Center’s long standing partnership venue featuring the Center’s with the University of San Diego, community vegetable, herb and honoring the Center for Community flower garden and the gorgeous views Service Learning on the occasion of of the Tecolote Canyon. Attendees its 25th anniversary. enjoyed lunch, special recognition For more information, please visit announcements, music and dance http://www.baysidecc.org. performances.

Top Honors and Distinction

Continued from cover page Benjamin has been on quite a journey.

He was only one of twenty-three students who attempted to earn the highly-coveted and difficult to achieve International Baccalaureate Diploma. Last year, twenty-one of these candidates learned that they passed the rigid International Baccalaureate exams (one two-to-four hour written and oral exam in all of the core subjects). There are also creative, active, and service mandatory components to this diploma, a strict foreign language component, as well as spending an entire year writing an in-depth paper, with monthly mandatory turn-ins after monthly, mandatory editing. All of this is in addition to the regular, day-to-day academic workload of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

In addition to this special distinction, Benjamin also passed his Boy Scout Eagle board of review. His parents had

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a catered dinner after the formal Boy Scouts of America ceremony called the Eagle Court of Honor. Upward of 150 friends and family attended. According to Kathryn Rehm, only four percent of all boy scouts achieve this highest of ranks, and men who are Eagle Scouts usually say that they are more proud of this accomplishment than of their college degree. Judge David Gill presided over Benjamin’s board of review, along with retired Judge John J. Hargrove, and San Diego City Attorney for 27 years (retired in 1996) Mr. John W. Witt.

Adding to his accomplishments, Benjamin received a scholarship to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program (CBYX), which was created to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States through citizen diplomacy.

Approximately 260 USA students are awarded this full scholarship each year. Benjamin completed the program this past July 2012, returned via Washington DC, where he and his fellow students were hosted by Congress attended formal dinners with the Secretary of State and was taken on guided tours of DC’s attractions.

Benjamin’s latest accomplishment is being chosen to attend his dad’s alma mater, Saint Mary’s of CA College in Northern CA--about a 15 minute drive east of San Francisco. Benjamin was awarded an “Honors-at-Entrance” scholarship, as well as one of their few Theatre scholarships. Kathryn says that Benjamin is looking forward to performing in each semester’s live production, as well as to participating in the special program and its field trips that the Honors Program offers.

By the way, Benjamin is also an accomplished pianist, and has been taking lessons twice a week since he was nine years old. This is one amazing young man. What’s next on his life journey?

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Grafting Fruit Trees

By Barb Strona The Mission Hills Garden Club’s August meeting had a substitute speaker. April Bright and Erik Collins were able to pinch hit and answered many questions about grafting fruit trees.

Collins and Bright have a property in La Mesa with an 11,000 square foot urban orchard of fruit trees and bushes.

They have deciduous trees including pomegranates, figs, persimmons, grapes, apples, and Asian pears; and they have subtropical fruit trees with avocados and citrus and more. They also grow blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and boysenberries. In raised beds they grow vegetables, and they are experimenting with hops.

Since the original topic was grafting, they explained a few basics that must be followed to have success. First, the graft must be the same cultivar as the rootstock. This means that a stone fruit such as peach or nectarine can only be grafted to the rootstock of a peach, nectarine, plum, apricot or any other related cultivar. Various types of avocado trees can be grafted to a healthy avocado rootstock. In other words, if the trees were mammals, only humans can have an organ from another human; the race is immaterial as long as the species is the same.

Gorilla parts are compatible with other gorilla bodies, but a lemur’s heart cannot be changed for a gorilla’s; a lemon cannot be grafted to a plum tree!

The second essential is that they must have similar chill hours.

Chill hours are counted when the temperature drops to between 45 and 32 degrees over the period ranging from November 1 until March 1. If

your area has only 200 hours of chill, then you will only have success with plants that require fewer than 200 hours. You can find the number of chill hours for your area by going to http://www.sdedible.org/climatezones/chill-hours-for-san-diego-2/.

Metropolitan San Diego has received averages from 28 to 145 chill hours from November 1 through February in the years from 2006 until 2011.

La Jolla’s hours range from 3 to 64; Escondido’s go from a low of 493 to a high of 824 hours.

Another consideration is the structure of the rootstock and that of the grafted limbs. With all grafts, the limb that receives the graft must be strong enough to bear the weight of a fruit-laden branch, and the grafts should be evenly distributed around the rootstock.

One of the greatest advantages of “mixing and matching” fruits on one tree is that you can graft fruits that ripen at different times of the year enabling you to prolong the fruit’s season. For example, Golden Delicious apples ripen in September; Granny Smiths ripen from late September to October, while Fuji apples ripen from October to December. All three of these apple cultivars have similar requirements for hours of chill.

You can also do this with avocados.

Haas are great “Superbowl” party avocados, according to Collins.

Reeds are ready to harvest from August through October. Avocados, says Bright, will not ripen while on the tree. They will however, rot, so they must be picked at some point.

They ripen within 10 to 14 days after being picked, but they store on the tree for quite a long time, some for

as long as three months.

These three cultivars are good candidates to graft on a single root stock.

You can graft different types of citrus together.

One rootstock may have a grapefruit section, an orange section, and a lemon section.

To protect citrus from pests, spray them regularly to get dust off their leaves.

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Point Loma High School Kicks Off 2012 Football Season Dedicates New Turf Field and Weight Room Point Loma High School invited students, parents, staff and community members to kick off its 2012 football season and to celebrate the completion of its new synthetic turf football field and new weight room on Saturday, Sept 1. Board President John Lee Evans, Board Vice President Scott Barnett and City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer were guest speakers at the dedication ceremony held on the 50-yard-line of the new field. Principal Barbara Samilson welcomed guests, and Vice Principal Kevin Gormly emceed the event that included the presentation of colors by the schools’ Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a ceremonial football toss that marked the opening of the football season.

All physical education classes and athletes at Point Loma High will use the new facilities and state-of-the-art equipment. Both the field and weight room projects were constructed using

Proposition S capital improvement funds that cannot be used for teachers’ or administrators’ salaries.

The $1,434,196 field project involved the replacement of the existing 11-year-old, 107,000-square-foot synthetic turf football field at Point Loma High. The new field includes new synthetic turf, game markings, and a new drainage and cleaning system. The design/construction partner on this Prop. S project was Byrom-Davey Construction.

This weight room project involved constructing a new 3,190-square-foot weight room and exercise facility located adjacent to the track and football field on land previously occupied by district portables demolished in 2008.

The new weight room’s exercise equipment was funded by a $90,000 Jimmie Johnson Foundation Lowe’s Toolbox for Education™ Champions Grant. Started by race car driver and San Diego native, Jimmie Johnson.

Cutting the ribbon for the new state-of-the-art weight room at Point Loma High are, from left, Byron Wear, former San Diego City Council member; Grace Curran, varsity cheerleading captain; Kevin Faulconer, San Diego City Council president pro tem; Josh Morse, Lisa Tumbiolo, Lee Dulgeroff, executive director of the school district’s Facilities Planning & Construction; Scott Barnett, San Diego Unified School District Board of Education vice president; Mike Hastings, head football coach (back); and Justine Gibson, varsity cheerleading captain.

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Mark your calendars for this year’s Family Science Night on Friday, October 5th, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Grant K-8 School invites the community to join them for this tremendously fun event. Experience an evening of high energy, activity and discovery, OOzing with surprises for all Grant students, their families and their friends.

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Science Night. Admission and raffles are free. For additional information, contact middle school Science teacher, Mrs. Ginger Tyson, at the Grant School office: 619-293-4420.

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Elementary School Harvest Festival Silver Gate Elementary School invites the community to attend their annual Harvest Festival on Friday, October 19th, 2012 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Silver Gate Elementary School, 1499 Venice Street, in San Diego, CA, There will be games, food, and Halloween fun. The event features a

Halloween costume contest, laser tag, haunted pathway, cake walk, games for the kiddies, pumpkin patch, face painting, and more. Tickets for games and activities are on sale for $1.00 each at the door. For information, please visit the Silver Gate Web site at http://www.sandi.net/silvergate or E-mail Smattos28@hotmail.com.

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Scripps Announces Naming and Opening of New Treatment Center Woltman Family Infusion Center at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego Local community and health care leaders gathered in Hillcrest on Sept. 19 to celebrate the naming and opening of the Woltman Family Infusion Center, an outpatient service of Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego that specializes in cancer care and treatment of other health conditions.

The $1.3 million center is made possible by philanthropic support from the community, including a leadership gift from the Woltman family of La Jolla, who have had a long legacy of advancing Scripps’ efforts to provide patients with the latest medical advancements and individualized care. Located in the Mercy Clinic building at 4020 Fifth Ave.,

the 3,100-square-foot center shares the fourth floor with Scripps Cancer Center.

The new center offers 12 patient treatment stations, each with a comfortable recliner chair, seat warmer, Wi-Fi access and private television. The center also has an on-site pharmacy dedicated solely to the specialized needs of infusion clinic patients, which will help reduce treatment times.

The Woltman Family Infusion Center replaces an eight-station infusion center located on Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego’s ninth floor. Patient care at the center is expected to begin by October 2012.

Attending the event are (l to r) Dr. Marin Xavier, Dr. William Stanton, Susie Woltman-Tietjan, Richard Woltman and Dr. Carrie Constantini.

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“We’re grateful for the support of new center serves patients with the Woltman family to help bring this neurological, rheumatological and important new health resource to the gastrointestinal illnesses. Antibiotic community,” said Dr. William Stanton, therapy, blood product transfusions, medical director of Scripps Cancer biotherapy and intravenous hydration Center at Scripps Mercy Hospital. are also available.

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San Diego REPertory Theatre

“The Exit Interview,” by William Missouri Downs, is directed by Sam Woodhouse and stars Herbert Siguenza and runs through October 21, 2012.

Siguenza, of the group Culture Clash and “A Weekend with Pablo Picasso,” will star as Dick Fig, a professor with a Ph.D. in the works of Bertolt Brecht, who has just gotten the axe at a nameless university and is attempting

to answer some loaded questions from Eunice, the university’s unctuous human resources pawn in an exit interview like no other.

San Diego REPertory Theatre is located at the Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, in Downtown San Diego. For more information, please visit www.sdrep.org.

Old Globe Theatre “Allegiance – A New American Musical,” with music and Lyrics by Jay Kuo, and directed by Stafford Arima runs through October 21, 2012 at the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage of the Old Globe Theatre’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center An epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment Telly Leung (left) as Sammy Kimura and Lea of World War II starring Salonga as Kei. Photo by Henry DiRocco. film and television icon George Takei (“Star Trek”) and Tony adjust to their new home, Young Sam Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss (Telly Leung – Godspell, “Glee”) Saigon). Sixty years after the attack on and his sister Kei (Lea Salonga) find Pearl Harbor, a chance meeting forces themselves torn between loyalty to their WWII veteran Sam Kimura (television family and allegiance to their country. and film star George Takei) to remember With its moving score, Allegiance his family’s relocation from their takes audiences on a journey into our California farm to the Heart Mountain nation’s history through the eyes of one internment camp. As they struggle to American family.

The Oranges “The Oranges” is a comedy about two families who have been lifelong friends, and the hilarity that ensues when a rebellious daughter returns home for the holidays and causes a scandal. David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbors living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey. Their comfortable existence goes awry when prodigal daughter Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester), newly broken up with her fiancé, returns home for Thanksgiving after a five-year absence.

Catherine Keener is cast as Paige Walling.

Rather than developing an interest in their neighbor’s successful son Toby Welling (Adam ways, leading everyone to reawaken to Brody), which would please both their lives and reassess what it means families, it’s Toby’s father David who to be happy. captures Nina’s attention. When the “The Oranges” is 90 minutes long, connection between Nina and David Rated R, and opens October 19, 2012 becomes undeniable, everyone’s lives at Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas. For are thrown into upheaval. It’s not long information and times, call (619) 819before the ramifications of the affair 0236, or visit www.landmarkTheatres. begin to work on all of the family com. Film times and dates are subject members in unexpected and hilarious to change.

Old Globe Theatre Directed by Paul Mullins, “Good People” will run Sept. 29 – Oct. 28, 2012 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.

Margie Walsh doesn’t expect much from her hand-to-mouth existence in South Boston, where a few lucky rounds of bingo can mean the rent is paid on time. After losing her job at the local dollar store, Margie reaches out for help to an old high school flame who made it out of the neighborhood, and she soon discovers that not everyone wants to remember their humble beginnings. A funny and insightful new Eva Kaminsky stars as Margaret and R. Ward play, Pulitzer Prize winner Duffy as Mike in the San Diego premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People.”

“Good People” explores whether we can all have the Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

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Guests will get an opportunity to view and purchase Guests will be able to enjoy artwork to satisfy all tastes and interests. the brilliantly-colored art, delicious food, wines and beers and live restaurants. You’ll leave knowing why Latin–infused music can all be found Old Town is internationally recognized at Old Town’s largest and most vibrant as go-to destination for scrumptious, event, taking place on Saturday, October authentic Mexican and Spanish cuisine.

6th and Sunday, October 7th, from 10 The Old Town San Diego Chamber of a.m. to 6 p.m.

Commerce, a non-profit which benefits Leisurely drift down beautiful San from the event’s proceeds, invites you to Diego Avenue, which will be filled with take in all this free festival has to offer. over 100 renowned artists worldwide. Whether you are investing in a piece Seek creative insight from a wide of artwork to enjoy for many years, array of ceramics, paintings, chalk art, admiring the history and culture of this photographic prints, furniture, textiles, breathtaking neighborhood, or simply and jewelry. Contemporary art in every strolling, drinking and dining, this conceivable form will be available, from amazing art showcase has something to acrylics to steel, glass to mixed media. offer everyone.

The event will showcase so many styles The Old Town San Diego Art Festival and mediums, it will be impossible to is definitely a great way to spend the leave without a bit of inspiration (and a weekend. Mark your calendar and get lot of decorations). down to Old Town’s State Historic Park.

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Walking the Talk

By Charlotte Tenney, MA Integrative Healt I habitually live so much in my mind that my body needs to go to dramatic measures to get my attention. For instance, in the past it has resorted to frequent cluster migraines in order to communicate its need for some lifestyle changes. When I made the changes, the migraines went away. Last month, the message from the body suddenly got VERY LOUD, with symptoms of Lymphoma.

Beyond scaring the heck out of me with the halfcollapsed lungs and surprise diagnosis, it has presented me with the maximum test to living by my (holistic health) convictions.

Being released from the hospital, I was faced with the task of researching information on Lymphoma, its treatment options and prognosis. This has included many visits to a wide variety of doctors and health care providers, and much soul searching about their input. Along with that was the fear and uncertainty of how soon my symptoms might reassert themselves and in what form. Would I be able to go back to work? How will I deal with the admonitions to “quit messing around with herbs now, because this condition is serious”? For those who profess the desire to be of support to me, a good place to start would be to truly accept my decisionmaking process and take my expertise too seriously.

As an alternative health provider I have endured a lifetime of skepticism and disapproval; I am not putting up with that now.

Once my fear had turned to anger, it motivated me to take action. Instead of responding to the emotionally laden name given to the diagnosis, I took a look at the body functions involved in order to come up with a plan to manage the symptoms.

What Now?

These are things that I know how to deal with. There were a few core dysfunctions to address. First, there was a lot of inflammation. This was resulting in fluid accumulating in the lining around the lungs, restricting breathing and denying my body oxygen.

Once you deny the body oxygen lots of things start going wrong and the risk of damage to the whole body is very real.

Inflammation has many evidence-based and proven modalities to apply. Adopting the antiinflammatory diet that reduces or eliminates animal protein and fats, minimizes carbohydrates and emphasizes green leafy vegetables is an essential place to start. Next is to take concentrated doses of curcumin, the extract of turmeric, emulsified with good quality oils that boost absorption. Guggul and boswellia resins are additional proven antiinflammatories. Chamomile, ginger and/or Red Clover iced tea rounds out the regimen.

Toxins come from a variety of sources. Polluted air, chemicals on the foods, plastic outgassing of BPH and many external factors contribute to the toxic load. Internally produced hormones, cortisol from stress, lack of hormonal balance from lack of sleep or exercise and unresolved emotions are also part of what the body must process. Reduce as many of those factors as possible with organic foods, rest, meditation and deep breathing.

Detox is a matter of cleaning out the liver and supporting it in Phase 1 and Phase 2 detox processes.

There are many ways to do this. Wheat grass juice is a great place to start. Dietary fiber, digestive bitters, and high potency anti-oxidants are also needed.

Happily, improvement in my symptoms came almost immediately from using this functional approach.

Gone was the edema, the fluid around the lungs, the rib

Charlotte Tenney is on a journey to good health.

pain, and the shortness of breath. The results continue to improve every day. And I am feeling proud of making choices that are consistent with my education, training and understanding of health.

My most recent conversation with the oncologist has resulted in a plan that I can live with. The chemo treatment will be available as the fallback plan, in case I need it. Meantime, we monitor and track the biological markers as I proceed with my own symptom management. As with all chronic conditions, this is not something that will go away, but it can be managed by making lifestyle changes, if I am willing to do the necessary work. By managing the physical symptoms, I now have time to discover what the soul-deep message from my body might be about and find a way to respond to it. In Mind, Body, Spirit healing, only a third of the equation deals with the physical. And many big thanks to those of you who, early on, asked me what it means that this challenge is showing up in my life at this time. That is the right question.

The Sillies, or the Willies

By Laura Walcher

I forget to pray for the angels, and the angels forget to pray for us…

Item: I’ve already attempted to diagnose Barney, our Cairn Terrier’s evil obsession with the parking meter scooters – or their drivers? - but sadly, I continue to fail in this mission. Yet I have stopped fretting about it, even if this powerful little dog nearly pulls my arm off and would gladly fly into heavy traffic just to kill one.

But, it’s turned out - I think - that diversion may be the solution, per Barney’s highly expressive attitude after a particularly dramatic episode.

My interpretation: “I was so furious the minute we got outside ‘cause there was the parking meter guy and I had my total fit but right in the middle of it I smelled a snack on the sidewalk so I stopped my fit to eat it then I continued my fit and then I choked.”

Maybe retribution, instead of diversion, is the ticket.

Keep you posted.

Item: We think every competition should have a booby prize. Like the “onion” in our own American Institute of Architects’ “Orchids & Onions” awards.

Not only do these inspire better work, or better behavior – even if only in fear of being recipients – but it’s … fun. So we’re thinking the Navy should design one for their Sub-Skipper Commander Michael P. Ward II, who faked his death in order to end his extra-marital affair. Instead, they merely kicked him out of the service, or court-martialed him. Effective, I guess, but no fun.

Item: In Iran, two young women beat up a cleric who berated one for not sufficiently covering up in public.

The battered cleric landed in the hospital. We don’t yet know whether the cleric has learned his lesson. “They told me to just cover up my eyes,” protests he. He didn’t sue: he only cares, he says, that women adhere to the laws of Islamic hijab (the veil worn to cover women in the presence of non-related adult males).

Anyway, says CNN, he is expected to survive.

Item: Salman Rushdie. The good news: PR works!

Where haven’t you read about him, or seen/heard him interviewed? His new memoir, “Joseph Anton” (which we’ll get back to in a sec) relives the years of the “fatwa” that descended upon him by The Ayatollah Khomeini because of his “Satanic Verses,” considered to be insulting to Islam. Well, publicity is good, and the reviews have been impressive and sales are soaring.

Uh-oh! Has he invited yet another fatwa? We’re not aware that radical Islam has become less extreme. (“Joseph Anton”: Mr. Rushdie has used the first names of Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov, his pseudonyms while enduring the fatwa.)

Item: the fine, spine print. Unlike Salman Rushdie, this is one you could’ve missed; that’s why I’m such a value to my readers. The not-even-1/8-of-an-inch spine of a slim summer issue of Pacific Magazine carries this message: “I don’t know what’s more embarrassing in this country – that Michael Phelps fell from the graces for smoking marijuana or that you looked up to a swimmer in the first place.” Quotes comic Danial Tosh, Publisher Perloff must be one heck-of-a-fan.

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Aubree Lynn Speaks On Designer, Andre Soriano

By Aubree Lynn www.stylishlyals.weebly.com Bursting with flavor, personality and sweetness, I met him in a black and white fur vest, sporting a mohawk, holding a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other and pronouncing my name, Aubreé, as the French would say. This was at the press conference for Fashion Week San Diego, and my first encounter with the designer, Andre Soriano, whom I had been looking forward to interviewing all week. Meeting his team was also a treat; Monoj and Desi were just as full of life as Andre, with their own personalities and style. I left that evening looking forward to the upcoming Friday where I could go inside his studio and interview this power-house of creative energy. And so it begins…

AL: Who is Andre Soriano?

AS: Creative, sophisticated, classy, elegant gowns, modern, edgy, eccentric, fun, mysterious.

Loves people and creating art of beauty in terms of fashion, music and museums. I love harmony and balance…all the senses working as one.

AL: How many collections do you put out in a year, and how many pieces are there in your collections at one time? How would you say you portray the storybook on your collections?

AS: Clothing: spring, summer and fall. Accessories: twice a year. I go for classic pieces with gowns that can be utilized fifty to sixty years from now.

Each collection is normally ten gowns, with five to ten for trunk shows. For Fashion Week San Diego, my storybook follows old inspiration of Hollywood, such as Katherine and Audrey Hepburn, Jean Harlow, Joan Collins, and Veronica Lake…to newstars of Hollywood such as Kate Blanchet, Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway.

AL: How much time before a show do you need to get your line completed?

Key Question:

AS: With accessories, I plan six months out.

With gowns, I plan about one month or two in advance. I do all the sewing.I use seamstresses and manufacturers as needed, but mainly,I do it all.

AL: In which stores do you sell your clothing, in San Francisco and San Diego?

AS: In San Francisco, I sell in Paulo Alto…where I have accessories.

In Downtown San Diego, I have a few pieces in the East Village at Dianne O. Atelier. (Soriano pulls out a hard-stock bio and print of Atelier’s store).You can order and view online at andresoriano.com and dianneo.com.

AL: How many fashion weeks have you been in and how are they different each time?

AS: (He laughs). This is my first one! I am so honored that Allison invited me to be a part of it. She saw my stuff at Ambush (an art and fashion show held at Horton Plaza).

This is how I got my exposure in fashion. San Francisco is more of my community. Gowns and clientele, that is my destination other than them coming to my place. I make gowns for cocktail events and the opera.

For this Fashion Week I hope to gain exposure with San Diego seeing soft, eccentric and classy pieces.I want them to be informed of who I am and to build a strong client base here.

AL: What is your favorite part of the fashion design business? What is your least favorite part?

AS: T he freedom to create. I get personal gratification from the clients I gain. When they love it (he sighs), there is nothing better or more rewarding then that. Just to have clients, and the public, embrace your work, is so fulfilling. The least that I enjoy is wanting to party after an event, and then being

informed I have to work early the next day. (Referring to the press conference Soriano had night before FWSD. He was informed the next morning that he had to be in Coronado for a shoot at 8:00 a.m.). I love it but it can get hard to want to have fun,but the next day having to be back to the grind on such short notice.

AL: Do you have a stylist you work with here in San Diego for your shoots? Is there a certain protocol you follow?

AS: Manoj takes care of it all. I have make-up artists galore, models galore, hairstylists galore, and photographers galore. They put together all the looks and I am there to oversee it all. If anyone wanted to use our gowns they could just go through Manoj and set it up. We are very open about our pieces, and for the most part everyone is very considerate about borrowing our clothing for shoots.

AL: How would you describe your personal style?

AS: I’m a chameleon. Preferably I go for classic. Modern: so many influences I admire, from artists like Madonna to Lady Gaga; they are always reinventing themselves. I, too, try and reinvent myself and keep it fresh. That’s how me and Thomas, (his husband), have been together for sixteen years.

Without that, it gets old and boring which is no fun.

AL: Where do you expect the Soriano Team to be in one year?

Normally people would say five to ten years, but because I believe in your work and have seen your gowns up close, I will say one year.

AS: Ohhh, well thank you so much!

I hope to have a good platform for San Diego and Fashion Week. I want to be viewed in Hollywood for glamour, picking

Andre Soriano is a fashion statement.

strong statements and focusing on those for my pieces. I want to have a recognized signature (as he shows me pictures of his dresses with a unique triangle opening in the back which is very statement/signature driven). I want people to embrace my new collections and let them decide for themselves, and if they want to place an order, that would be great too! (He laughs.).

Andre Soriano left me with an inspiration, not only for the future of his career but for the San Diego community, “Everyone is in San Diego for whatever their career is.

Fashion design, styling…but they leave San Diego to go to larger cities to start their career, leaving it open for anyone in San Diego to make a name for themselves…leaving room for me.”

That statement is so spot-on, it is not even funny. To plant yourself where you are and to develop your name and contacts is the best way to get your name out there to a tight knit base and then to grow to those cities that everyone is over populating with their creativity.

Do I Like My Life?*

By Cath DeStefano Remember when we were young and it was summer off from school?

Eventually it happened, “Mom I’m bored. What’s there to do?”

I think this continues to happen as an adult. Only this time, we are the person who has to answer our own question…

True Story: There was a point when I looked into my future and I bored myself even thinking about it.

Monotonous!

So I took some of my own advice: Just ask. Put out a general request.

I asked for “a change for the better.”

Pretty darn vague, but sometimes that is the only place to start.

Then I had to remind myself, for the 315th time, the HOW this change for the better is going to happen I need not know. Just put it out there.

At the time I was just coming in off the road, doing keynotes in the 50 United States and other countries.

All I knew was that I wanted to sleep in my own bed and stay in one time zone for a while.

What happened next (the HOW) I couldn’t have dreamed up. In essence, I was offered the position of executive director of the San Diego Diplomacy Council. This has taken me on an It’s a courageous question. I hope you amazing journey of working with like your answer. If not? Just ask. Put out people from over 100 countries a year. a general request for what’s next.

Now that experience is drawing to a Speaker Author Artist close and once again I am saying “Next.”

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Country Outlaw Billy Joe Shaver at AMSDConcerts October 9th

By Richard Cone

AMSDConcerts is bringing a solo country act to the stage at the old church at 4650 Mansfield in Normal Heights that will be well worth the pittance you’ll pay to see. October 9 brings Texas Country music singer and songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, whose mid-1970’s album “Old Five and Dimers Like Me” remains a classic in the country outlaw genre.

After leaving the Navy, and after a series of dead end jobs, one of which cost him the better part of two fingers, Shaver ended up in Nashville, where he met Waylon Jennings. Jennings filled most of his next album, ‘Honky Tonk Heroes” with Shaver’s songs, and the rest, as they always say, is history.

Billy Joe Shaver has never been a household name, but his songs became country standards during the ‘70s and his reputation among musicians and critics has remained legendary throughout the ensuing decades.All Music Guide lists 23 albums, from 1973’s Old Five & Dimers Like Me through 2007’s Everybody’s Brother.

Among his many classic songs are “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Some Day),” “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “Georgia on a Fast Train,” “Live Forever,” “Tramp on Your Street,” and “Try and Try Again.”

In 1999, Shaver was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. In 2005, he was one of the performers on CMT Outlaws. In 2006, he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.

He recently served as spiritual advisor

to Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, and his 2007 album “Everybody’s Brother” was nominated for a Grammy award.

For his efforts, the Americana Music Association awarded him their Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting.

Shaver is truly one of the most respected living figures in American music. His songs have been cut by Elvis, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and many others. Bob Dylan, who rarely covers other writers, often plays Billy Joe‘s “Old Five And Dimers Like Me” in concert and Johnny Cash called him “my favorite songwriter.” The Washington Post noted, “When the country outlaws were collecting their holy writings, Billy Joe Shaver was carving out Exodus.”

Tickets for Shaver’s appearance are only $25, and come with the famous AMSDConcerts money back guarantee, the only one you will find in all of San Diego. If you don’t like the first set, simply find Carey Driscoll before the second set, let him know you want to leave, and your money will be refunded in cash, on the spot. My bet is that won’t be necessary. You’ll want to stay for the entire show – and the encores, not to mention the chance to meet Shaver, have a CD signed or just express your thanks for an evening of great country music.

Mark your calendar as well for AMSDConcerts for October 11, and the incomparable Tom Rush. In 2009, Appleseed Recordings released Tom Rush’s first full-length studio album in over thirty years, “What I Know.”

This album is the newest chapter in his legendary career and features original material and Rush’s interpretations of songs such as “Drift Away.” Included on Tom’s new album is a song by San Diego’s very own Jack Tempchin.

Today, after 50 years, he’s still doing what audiences love him for: writing and playing -passionately, tenderly -knitting together the musical traditions and talents of our times. This will be Rush’s fourth AMSD appearance, and his first three shows were excellent.

Tickets for this one are $35, and can

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blow no more.” Dylan wrote all of the songs himself with the exception of the track “Duquesne Whistle,” which he co-wrote with Greatful Dead scribe Robert Hunter. There isn’t a bad cut on this disc. It’s getting five star reviews right and left, and dubbed the single darkest record in Dylan’s catalog, “Tempest” has Dylan at the top of his game, the kind of album his fansmost crave. At 71, Dylan’s voice is ragged, but he still can wring more out of a single line that most singers can from an entire song.

Especially touching is the ode to John Lennon, “Roll on, John.” Other standouts are “Pay in Blood” “Tin Angel” and “Long and Wasted Years.”

There is some standout guitar work from Dylan’s long-time favorite lead guitarist Charlie Sexton; indeed, those most familiar with Dylan’s canon will easily recognize Sexton’s presence throughout the LP. If you’re up to brave the challenging acoustic vagaries of the Valley View Casino Center (previously the Sports Arena), Dylan appears in concert there on October 24 with Mark Knopfler

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Bob Dylan releases 35th Studio Album “Tempest” To Rave Reviews Bob Dylan was once quoted as saying, “A songwriter doesn’t care about what’s truthful. What he cares about is what should’ve happened, what could’ve happened. That’s its own kind of truth. It’s like people who read Shakespeare plays, but they never see a Shakespeare play. I think they just use his name.”

Rolling Stone’s Mikal Gilmore points out that the last play Shakespeare wrote was called “The Tempest” and ponders if Dylan’s “Tempest” might be his last album. Dylan is dismissive of that idea.

One can only hope that Dylan will keep on producing records like this one. This is one of his darkest, strangest records ever. The title track is a 14 minute tale of the sinking of the Titanic, but like many Dylan tunes, not all founded in fact. It’s his unique interpretation and his development of the characters that gives the tune its anything goes feeling.

The opening track, “Dusquene Whistle” is a classic Dylan train tune that once again hints at the possibility that this may be his swan song album: “Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowing. Blowing like she ain’t gonna

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of Dire Straits. You can also see him two nights earlier and two nights later in outdoor venues in LA and Santa Barbara). As of this writing, the latest set list on Dylan’s web page, from September 9 contains none of the tunes from “Tempest,’ but by late October, you can be sure he’ll work some of them into his normal 14 song, three encore sets. For ticket information (and be warned, they’re expensive), see www.bobdylan.com and click on Tours.You might also try Craig’s List and eBay for tickets to this show, which is likely going to be a sellout. But even if you skip the show, don’t skip the CD. I’m predicting that this one garners him another well-deserved Grammy.

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On the Cusp of Something Great

by David Rottenber I’ve been there before, many times.

I’ve reviewed a number of restaurants there, all with different names. I’ve always enjoyed the amazing views from this location. But the other restaurants have come and gone.

Where am I? I am at the top of the Hotel La Jolla, located on La Jolla Shores Drive, one of the gateways to the Shores and the Village.

But things are different now and both the hotel and the restaurant are on the cusp of something great. Fittingly, the restaurant’s name is Cusp Dining & Drinks, presided over by a chef new to San Diego, yet with a world full of culinary experience, Chef Don ald Lockhart.

The hotel is now managed by Kimpton Hotels, a boutique chain that has a significant presence in San Diego.

The chain also manages both Hotel Solamar and Palomar Hotel, both in the downtown area. The general image of

the chain is “hip, cool, contemporary.”

They brought their sense of style to Hotel La Jolla.

The lobby of the hotel has been opened up, with a small reception area and unique furniture. A bar has been developed off the lobby, Hiatus, that looks really cool and welcoming. Rooms were upgraded a few years ago.

Cusp, located on the top floor, has also undergone change. The décor has been modified and also looks really cool and hip. And the view is fantastic. Being so high up, one can see far out over the ocean, gazing as brilliant sunsets that plunge into the horizon.

There is a “show” kitchen near the middle of the restaurant where chefs seem to jostle and push each other to prepare the dishes that delight their diners. The cuisine can be easily categorized as “coastal

The Moroccan spiced king salmon is appealing to the eye and palate.

A beautiful setting is waiting for guests.

Mediterranean cuisine” utilizing fresh local ingredients. “I love my guests,” Chef Lockhart said, “and I go overboard to make certain that they always have a memorable experience. My cuisine is simple but very flavorful. I use many local ingredients to enhance the tastes of my dishes. We are right next to the ocean and the freshest seafood, and minutes away from local farms, fresh produce and culinary artisans.”

Chef Lockhart grew up in Southern California, where his family was in food related businesses. So he had an early introduction to food. “We had a family garden where we grew much of our own produce. This taught me a respect for food and an ethic towards how we grow and cultivate it” he said. He’s indebted to all the master chefs with whom he worked, who helped train him and influenced is culinary approach. He worked with Julia Child and other great chefs. He competed in the World Culinary Olympics and cooked at the James Beard House. He’s worked at international locales as well as in the United States.

The menu is not extensive but has something for everyone. There is a “raw bar” with seafood on the “appetizers” list, which also includes some of Chef Lockhart’s signature dishes. “Crispy pork bellies” is crispy on the outside but soft on the inside and comes with a terrific honey glaze.

“Pepperoni rolls” are like cinnamon rolls but have mozzarella and tomato on the inside.

Flatbreads come stuffed with savory ingredients, perhaps similar to pizza but way different and, in some ways, way better. The “San Sebastian” is perhaps reminiscent of that picturesque Atlantic Spanish city, filled roasted shrimp, Spanish chorizo, garlic and cilantro flavor.

Among entrees, the “pan roasted Jidori chicken” is a real winner, accompanied by a very tasty polenta.

The “Morrocan spiced king salmon” is beautifully presented and very flavorful.

For dessert, leave room for the chocolate peanut butter cake, served warm and with toasted marshmallows.

The bar offers some very fresh,

interesting cocktails created by veteran mixologist Nate Howell. There is a nice selection of beers, including a number of local brews, and a good collection of spirits. There is even an extensive collection of single malt scotch, listed by region of distilling, including a selection of hard-to-find Bruchladdich from the Isle of Islay region. Wines by the glass are available, including a delicious Monterey Pinot Noir by Carmel Road.

Prices at Cusp are surprisingly moderate, given the quality of the cuisine and the delightful ambiance.

The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and features a daily happy hour. Weekend brunch offers an a la carte menu. Whether by day or evening, the amazing view seems to just add to the cuisine.

The restaurant is located on the 11th floor of the Hotel La Jolla, 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive in La Jolla.

Call 858-551-3620 for information, directions, and reservations.

Chef Don Lockhart has introduced a new menu to entice guests.

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Thru Oct. n Head Start - San Diego Humane Society and SPCA.

This five-part introductory-level training class (for dogs over four months old) will teach you the basics of positive reinforcement training techniques while your dogs learn good doggie behaviors. Preregistration required, for times and locations call 619-299-7012 x2247 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

Thru Mid-October n 6-Hour Cruise to see magnificent Blue Whales. Join

theNAT and the Museum Whalers on an offshore adventure in partnership with H&M Landing.

Dolphins, sea lions, sea birds, and seals are spotted on every cruise! Tickets can be purchased at H&M Landing and at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.hmlanding.com. Packages can be purchased by calling 877-946-7797.

Thru Oct. 24 n Focus on Balboa Park Photo Contest - All-ages

photo contest invites shutterbugs of any skill level to take their best shot of Balboa Park’s picturesque attractions, historic buildings, lush gardens, and scenic vistas. For more information and contest rules, visit www.balboapark.org/focus.

Thru Dec. 8 n Teen Producers Project – For teens 14-18 interested

in filmmaking. 10:00 – 2:00 p.m., Media Art Center San Diego. For registration and information, visit www.mediaartscenter.org or call 619-230-1938.

Thru Mar. 2013 n The Maritime Museum of San Diego presents:

A new art exhibit by David Thimgan. The bulk of Thimgan’s paintings reflect his interest in the Pacific lumber industry that was so important to the development of the region, as well as its intimate connection with shipbuilding and maritime activity.

For more information, call 619-234-9153 or visit www.sdmaritime.org.

n Maritime Museum of San Diego presents: War of

1812 Exhibit. A new historical exhibit that tells the little-known tale of the events that took place in the Pacific Ocean-far from the war’s better remembered actions. 1492 North Harbor Drive, San Diego. For more information, call 619-2349153 or visit www.sdmaritime.org.

Oct. 1 – 5 n 7th Annual San Diego City College International Book Fair: “We Read Banned Books”. For more information on featured authors, visit www. sdcitybookfair.com or call 619-388-3596.

Oct. 2 n Lecture & Booksiging - Women Trailblazers of California with Dr. Gloria Harris. 6 – 7:30 pm, San Diego History Center Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park.

Call 619-232-6203, ext. 111 to reserve a seat!

Oct. 3 n P CI Healthy Start Community Baby Shower

Celebration - Jacobs Center at Market Creek Plaza. 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Jacobs Market Creek Plaza on Euclid and Market. The pregnant women and children will be treated to health services information from different community clinics, pregnancy-belly dancing, photo sessions and gifts. Lunch will be served. For more information, visit www.pciglobal.org.

Oct. 3, 20 & 25 n Pet Loss Support Group - San Diego Humane Society

and SPCA. Open to those ages 10 and up, including pet parents who are considering or preparing for euthanasia. For information on location, time and registration, call 619-299-7012, ext 2311 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

Oct. 4 n “Heartmony 3″ – A unique gathering of three

harmonic instruments on one stage. 7:30 p.m. in The Backroom performance space of 98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd, Suite #110, San Diego. For information, call 619-255-7885 or visit www.dizzysjazz.com.

This show is only open to ages 21 & up.

n Celebrate the Craft! Point Loma Association Annual Dinner at the Kona Kai Resort, 1551 Shelter Island Drive, Point Loma. This event will feature local craft beers, the “Polka Dots,” a German Music Band, an authentic German meal, a silent and live auction and Dick Lareau’s famous video featuring Beautification Award winners. To order tickets, visit www.pointlomaassociation.com or call Pam Kelly at 619-222-7859.

Oct. 5 n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s Heikoff Dome

619-255-7885 or visit www.dizzysjazz.com.

This show is only open to ages 21 & up.

Oct. 6 n EdUCate!’s Fourth Annual Oktoberfest, 2-6

p.m. Standley Park and Recreation Center, 3585 Governor Drive, 92122. EdUCate! is the community support group for University City schools. Activities include a rock-climbing wall, jousting, penguin flicker and giant Jenga. For information, visit www.uc-educate.org.

n 7th Annual San Diego City College International

Book Fair – Film Screening: “Precious Knowledge” a the Saville Theatre, Corner of C Street and 14th Street, Downtown SD. Readings from banned books by SD City College faculty and staff. For information, visit www.sdcitybookfair.com or call 619-388-3596.

n Scripps Radiation Therapy Center Open House - Get

a glimpse into the regions newest cancer treatment facility! 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Torrey Pines Mesa, 10670 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego. Guests can participate in health screenings, attend presentations by physicians and enjoy refreshments and healthy cooking demonstrations. For information, visit www. scripps.org.

n An Evening with Angels: Where Wounded Girls Give Thanks to Angel Faces for Skills to Take on the World, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at a private Residence. For information, visit www.angelfacesretreat.org.

n 4th annual Taste of North Park - Sample, sip and shop

from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each restaurant location will offer bite size tastes of house favorites while the galleries and boutiques offer a chance to shop while sipping award winning brews. For information, visit www.tastenorthpark.com.

n Grace Lutheran Church presents Gaudete Brass at 7:30 p.m., 3967Park Blvd, San Diego. For information, call 619-299-2890.

Oct. 7 n A quintet featuring jazz guitarist Jaime Valle, keyboardist Allan Phillips and multi-lingual vocalist Coral MacFarland Thuet present a program of jazz with a Latin tinge at 7 p.m. at Tango Del Rey, 3567 Del Rey Street, San Diego. For information, call 858-581-114. All ages welcome.

Oct. 9 n Serra Serenade Dinner/ Concert with Odeum

Guitar Duo from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Junipero Serra Museum, 2727 Presidio Drive, Presidio Park.

Enjoy an acoustic guitar concert in the beautiful surroundings of the Junipero Serra Museum, and cocktails and dinner on the loggia as you watch the sunset in the distant ocean. Call 619-232-6203, ext.

111 to reserve.

Oct. 9 & 10 n Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company presents The

Yearning Feed. Evenings of poetry, music and food featuring Poet Manuel Paul Lopez at 6:00 p.m. at the 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Avenue, San Diego. For information and reservations, email seema@moolelo.net, call 619-342-7395 or visit www.moolelo.net/2012/09/04/the-yearningfeed-by-paul-lopez/.

Oct. 10 n Faux Grad Night - ASB Directors and Student

Class Officers are invited to a free night of fun.

Eat, play, dance, and meet all of the vendors who can make your next Grad night amazing from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

RSVP to Lisa at 619-865-2943; or send an email to RHFgradnight@yahoo.com.

Oct. 11 n Lecture & Booksigning: How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy with SDSU Associate Professor, Sarah Elkind from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the San Diego History Center Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park. Call 619-232-6203, ext. 111 to reserve a seat.

n Free mental health lecture series - A Perspective from

the Consumer and Caregiver: Real Life Experiences from The Members of International Bipolar Foundation from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Sanford Children’s Research Center (Bldg 12), 10905 Road to the Cure, San Diego. Guest speakers are Karen Sheffres and Ellen Frudakis. Please R.S.V.P. To areitzin@internationalbipolarfoundation.org.

n Nature and Me Storytime - Come enjoy an

imaginative journey into nature through dynamic readings and visits to exhibitions at 10:30 a.m. Open to all ages with a parent (recommended for ages 1–5). Free with Museum admission. For information, visit www.sdnat.org or call 619-255-0210.

Theater – Flight of the Butterflies. Based on true events, it follows the epic journey of the iconic monarch butterfly in one of the most incredible migrations on Earth and the equally epic quest of determined scientist Dr. Fred Urquhart, who spent 40 years trying to discover the mysteries surrounding their journey and secret winter hideaway. For tickets and information, call 619-238-1233 or visit www. rhfleet.org/site/imax/index.cfm.

Oct. 12 n Chocolate the Exhibition at the NAT - Discover

n John Lennon Birthday Tribute with guitar

n 5th annual Aztec for Life Homecoming Celebration

virtuoso Fred Benedetti, his daughters Regina & Julia, & multi-instrumentalist Jeff Pekarek.

8PM, held in The Backroom performance space of 98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd, Suite #110, San Diego. For more information, call

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the unique cacao tree whose seeds started it all from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Unearth the origins of chocolate consumption and discover how chocolate was transformed from a bitter drink of kings into the indulgence we love today. For tickets and information, visit www.sdnhm.org or call 619-232-3821. to benefit the Marshall Faulk Foundation. The event raises funds for the SDSU Aztec Club to support SDSU Aztec Football program scholarships as well as Boys to Men Mentoring Program. For tickets and

information, visit www.marshallfaulk.com.

Oct. 13 n The West Lewis Street Shops in the heart of Mission

Hills presents: Halloween in the Hills – Music shopping, food, drinks, tricks and treats from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

n 54th Annual Auditions with the San Diego District of

the Metropolitan Opera National Council - Compete for the chance to end up on the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera at 10 a.m., Crill Performance Hall, Cooper Music Center at Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego. The public is invited to hear these possible “stars of tomorrow. For information, visit www.sdmonc.org.

costumes. Tours of 45 – 60 minutes will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. For information, visit www.sdmaritime. org or call 619-234-9153 ext. 101.

Oct. 20 n 24th Annual Make-A-Wish Golf Classic - Maderas

Golf Club, 17750 Old Coach Road, Poway. Classic will include 18 holes of golf with support from the San Diego Chargers and Charger Girls, and many on course beverage and specialty sponsors. For information, visit www.mawgolfclassic.com.

Oct. 23 n Taste of La Jolla, 6-8:30 p.m., downtown La Jolla

Oct. 14 n Coastal Communities Concert Band: “Music from

- A gourmet taste tour of La Jolla restaurants. This is your chance to stroll the streets of La Jolla and enjoy a “taste” from each of the 20 plus participating restaurants and attend an exclusive After-Party at Barfly Restaurant & Lounge with special pricing for drinks. For more information, call 858-551-1250.

Open to the public.

n Little Italy’s 18th annual FESTA! - The West

Oct. 24 n U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion,

the Movies” featuring special guest Michael Ruhl.

2:00 p.m., Carlsbad Community Church, Carlsbad.

For tickets and information, call 760-436-6137.

Coast’s largest Italian Festival. Along with “Gesso Italiano,” an annual pizza toss competition and an Italian Motorsport exhibit, the festival will also feature over 150 food, art and retail vendors, an “Italian Table” demonstrating preparation for classic and contemporary Italian dishes, beer and wine garden, and a Stickball exhibition and Bocce ball tournament. Also, Chef Antonia Lofaso, a contestant on Bravo’s hit series, Top Chef and a finalist on Top Chef All-Stars, will demo recipes from her new book for attendees of the festival, take part in a ‘meet and greet’ with fans and make this year’s event even more exciting. For information, visit www. littleitalyfestasd.com.

n The 7 member Sketchy Black Dog returns - A string quartet of four beautiful women swirl & swell around the sounds of a jazz trio perform at 7 p.m. in The Backroom performance space of 98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd, Suite #110, San Diego.

The music is evocative & fun, plus they mine the modern music songbook and use songs by the Beatles, Bowie, The Police, and Led Zeppelin as outlines for jazz improvisation. For information, call 619-255-7885 or visit www.dizzysjazz.com.

Only open to ages 21 & up.

Oct. 16 n McAlister Golf Classic - The Crosby Club, Rancho

Santa Fe. Check in: 10 a.m., Shot Gun Start at 12:00/noon. Cocktails at 5:00 and Dinner at 5:30.

For registration and information, visit www. mcalisterinstitute.net or call 619-442-0277.

n Grace Lutheran Church presents The Sights and Sounds of Northern Germany with Janice & Bela Feher. 7:30 p.m., 3967Park Blvd, San Diego. For information, call 619-299-2890.

Oct. 17 n The Songs of Sarajevo: Music of the Jews, Muslims

and Christians. This musical commemoration and celebration will present the cultural richness of the three major religions that historically lived together in Sarajevo. 7:00 pm, Rhapsody Hall, Music Building. For information, call 619-594-5327.)

Oct. 17 & 31 n ArtLab Studios, Robin Henkel Band w/ Whitney

Shay and Billy Watson (blues and jazz) will perform from 8 to 10 p.m., by donation, at 3536 Adams Ave., San Diego. For information, call 619-283-1151.

Oct. 18 n Science on the Rocks and the Sweet Science of

Chocolate - Reuben H. Fleet Science Center from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. With activities like Deep Freeze: Ice Cream in Seconds; Design Your Own Chocolate; Chocolate Frenzy: The Group Challenge; The Alchemy of Chocolate; Choc-o-Gami; and Chocolate Exposed! This event is open to adults ages 21 and over only. For tickets and information, visit www. scienceontherocks.eventbrite.com. Space is limited.

Oct. 18 -28 n “Malashock/RAW3” - All new choreography by

Michael Mizerany, Malashock dance artistic director John Malashock, and guest choreographer Regina Klenjoski will take place at Malashock Dance Studio at Dance Place San Diego, NTC Liberty Station, 2650 Truxtun Road, Suite 202, San Diego. For information, visit www.malashockdance.org or call 619-260-1622.

Oct. 19 n San Diego Museum of Art Docent Lecture & Bus

Tour – Still I Rise: Modern and Contemporary American Portraiture, 10:00 a.m.

For information, call 619-232-7931 or visit www. thesandiegomuseumofart.org.

n Silver Gate Elementary School Harvest Festival from 5:00 -8:00 p.m. at 1499 Venice Street, San Diego.

The event features a Halloween costume contest, laser tag, haunted pathway, cake walk, games for the kiddies, pumpkin patch, face painting, and more.

For information, visit www.sandi.net/silvergate or E-mail Smattos28@hotmail.com.

Oct. 19, 26 & 27 n Haunted Tales of the Ship – It’s time again for all

aspiring ghosts, goblins, pirates and princesses to gather on the Star of India for some ghostly tales of enormous proportions. Creepy treats will be given to all who dare attend and kids are encouraged to wear

Chris Proctor will perform at 7:30 p.m. at McCrea Music Company, 8361 Allison Ave, La Mesa. For information, call 619-698-7272. All ages welcome.

Oct. 25 n Grace Lutheran Church presents Cecilia String

Quartet at 7:30 p.m., 3967Park Blvd, San Diego. For information, call 619-299-2890.

Oct. 26 n Halloween Doggie Café - San Diego Humane

Society and SPCA. 6-8 p.m. at 5500 Gaines Street, San Diego. Bring your friendly, on-leash dog to socialize with other dogs during our Spook-tacular Halloween event! There will be a costume contest with prizes for dogs in costume. Dogs should be at least 4 months old and up-to-date on all vaccines, including rabies, to attend. For more information, call 619-299-7012 ext 2230 or visit www.sdhumane. org.

n Lincoln High Homecoming for Class of 1962, 6

p.m., Lincoln High School stadium, 4777 Imperial Ave, (92113). It’s back to the future for the 50th reunion of the hot Hornets from ‘62 during the annual football homecoming game. For information, call Esther Omogbehin at 619-266-6500. Open to the public.

Oct. 26 – 28 n 47th Annual Borrego Days Desert Festival - Enjoy a

spectacular parade in the heart of the town to see the lively marching bands, floats, classic cars, decorated golf carts and equestrian groups. For information, call 619-233-5008 or visit www.BorregoDays.com.

n Southwestern Yacht Club will host US Sailing’s

National Disabled Sailing Championship for the first time in San Diego. There will be 11 races over three days, noon - 4 p.m., daily, held in San Diego Harbor between Shelter/ Harbor Islands and Coronado Island. Participants with varying levels and types of disabilities are expected from all over the U.S. and Canada. For information, contact Sandra Sherman at slsherman@cox.net or Carolyn Sherman at cmaidn@ yahoo.com or call 619-222-0438.

Oct. 27 n Gonzalo Bergara & his Quartet - Unmatched passion,

energy, & virtuosity, bringing gypsy jazz into the 21st century at 8 p.m. in The Backroom performance space of 98 Bottles, 2400 Kettner Blvd, Suite #110, San Diego. For information, call 619-255-7885 or visit www.dizzysjazz.com. This show is only open to ages 21 & up.

n Halloween Family Day at theNAT! Come and be surprised by your wildlife neighbors from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For information, visit www.sdnat.org.

n 4 th annual Balboa Park Halloween Family Day.

In addition to free children’s admission with a paid adult, participating museums and cultural attractions will present a spooktacular array of hands-on activities, crafts, costume parades, tours, storytelling, and other free goodies from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Among the highlights is a doggie costume parade and contest at the Lily Pond, a Great Pumpkin parachute drop at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, a creepy nocturnal Critter Cavern at the Natural History Museum, and activities that explore legendary local ghosts at the San Diego History Center.

For a complete listing of all the activities, visit www.balboapark.org/visit/halloween.

Oct. 28 n Lestat’s - Robin Henkel Band with Horns! Blues

and jazz concert performs at 8 p.m. at 3343 Adams Ave., San Diego. Cost is $8. For information, call 619-282-0437.

Oct. 30 n Ninth annual Wine D’Vine Food and Wine Tasting

Benefit will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Grand Del Mar. Fine wines will be perfectly matched to the culinary delights from some of San Diego’s finest restaurants. For tickets and information, call Sarah Lara-Toney at 619-727-5887; email slara-toney@waldenfamily.org, or visit www.waldenfamily.org/content/wine-dvine.

Cocktail attire is suggested.

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Mission Hills Branch Library October 2012 Events Pajama Storytime

10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30 (Every Tuesday) 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Children are invited to an evening storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets. Feel free to come dressed in your pajamas.

LEGO Playtime

10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31 (Every Wednesday) 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Kids can have fun and get creative while building with LEGOs.

Mission Hills Book Group 10/04, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

The Mission Hills Book Group will discuss “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime” by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Please read the book beforehand. Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

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Join an exciting team and rapidly growing company.

Sales experience preferred.

Preschool Storytime

10/05, 10/12, 10/19, 10/27 (Every Friday) 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Call 619-481-9817

Children are invited to a fun storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets.

•CAREGIVER SERVICES•

Book Sale

Need a helping hand?

Seniors, Children, Pets, House Sitting & More Great references and experience.

Call Mr. Tom at 619-885-9605

10/20, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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

Children’s Craft Time 10/20, 10:00 a.m. – noon

Kids can enjoy a fun Halloween-related craft time.

Mission Hills Mystery Book Group 10/24, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Voices for Children is determined to help each and every child in San Diego’s foster care system.

Meeting this ambitious goal means a CASA volunteer for every foster child who needs one. It means we must have the community’s help.

It means we need you.

Become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and make a difference in the life of a foster child.

Go to www.speakupnow.org or call 858-598-2235 for location.

The Mission Hills Mystery Book Group will discuss a mystery book. New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Please read the book beforehand. Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Author Talk

10/25, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Author Paul Koudounaris, PhD, will discuss his book “The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses.” This unusual and compelling work is a beautifully illustrated study of buildings that store human skeletal remains. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

Mission Hills Branch Library

925 West Washington Street San Diego, CA 92103 • 619.692.4910 www.tinyurl.com/missionhillslibrary

Grace Lutheran Church and Preschool Our website is: www.gracesandiego.com Sunday School and Bible Study is at 9:00 a.m.

The Divine Service is at 10:00 a.m. and a Wednesday evening Communion service at 6:00 p.m.

Grace Lutheran Preschool 6 months to Pre-K directed by Rexanna Blas

UNIVERSAL SPIRIT CENTER A Center for Spiritual Living

Rev. Kevin Bucy, Senior Minister 858 Front Street (at University and Front Streets) San Diego, CA 92103 Extra parking across the street at Florence School

www.universalspiritcenter.org.

(619) 291-4728

SUNDAY MORNING GATHERINGS 8:00 a.m. Meditative with full message 10:00 a.m. Music-filled gathering (with Youth Ministry available)

11:30 a.m. Music-filled gathering

Wednesday Night Gathering at 7:00 p.m. every Wednesday

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Civic Calendar Hillcrest 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 Uptown 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.

Kensignton-Talmadge 2nd Wednesday

KENSINGTON-TALMADGE PLANNING COMMITTEE Kensington Community Church. 6:30 p.m.

For information, call (619) 284-0551

Linda Vista 2nd Monday

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

Contact Jeff Perwin at 1-619-806-9559 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.

3rd Wednesday

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.

3rd Wednesday

LVCollab– LINDAVISTACOLLABORATIVE Bayside Community Center at 3 pm. Contact Adriana Gallardo at 858-278-0771or agallardo@baysidecc.org. For details. Visit the website www.lindavistacollaborative.org

3rd Wednesday (Odd Months)

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

3rd Tuesday

Linda Vista Town Council Baha’i Faith Center Alcala Knoll Drive Contact Thomas Kaye 858-277-6973 at 6:30 pm

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

Various Wednesdays

LVNewsletter– LINDAVISTAVIEW Civic Association Community Newsletter. Bayside Community Center. Contact Sarah Granby at (858) 405-7135 or e-mail sgranby@lvca-sd.org. 2:00 p.m.

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Mission Hills Garden Club Bring your children as this will be a family pumpkin carving event and contest. The winner gets bragging rights. Meetings are at 4070 Jackdaw from 6 to 8 p.m.

Guests pay $10.00; members are free. 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.

4th Wednesday

OCEAN BEACH TOWN COUNCIL Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Avenue.

Call Jere Battan at (619) 515-4400 for information. 7 p.m.

Point Loma Point Loma Garden Club For events and meetings this month visit www.plgc.org.

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$445,000

2548 Katherine Ct

Currently set up as two separate living areas. House is move in ready. Perfect for an extended family living situation. The two units are separated by a door so it could easily be opened back up to be one large house. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, washer & dryer, dishwasher, trash compactor & gas fireplace in the family room. The downstairs has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, gas fireplace in family room, dishwasher, washer & dryer.

Call Lucy Abernathy, Agent DRE #815301 at (619) 203-7222

Call Jennifer Armitage, Agent DRE #01365880 at (619) 723-8479

New Listing!

Balboa Park

Marston Hills

$979,000

3 bedroom 2 bath with pool, A/C and updates galore.

Views and on a cul-de-sac.

See more details at www.SDHomePro.com JONATHAN SCHWEENWEISS J.D., LL.M. President

Voted in San Diego Magazine’s, “Best in Client Satisfaction,” 2008 -2012 DRE# 01378508

619-279-3333

Allied Gardens

1285 Brookes Terrace. Spacious and highly updated home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Marston Hills. Over 2,450 sq. ft., 3 br/2.5 ba on a canyon, close to hiking trails and Balboa Park.

Lovely kitchen and baths, nice floor plan, 2 car garage, French doors out to back yard.

$949.000 $965,000

Park-Front Morley Field

This 3 bedroom 2.5 bath charmer directly across from Morley Field is not your Grandma’s old Spanish.! Gracious interior, ultra-private tropical backyard designed to celebrate today’s indoor/outdoor lifestyle. Access to the many activities, including dog park, tennis, swimming, disc golf, children’s park, velodrome and much more.

Maureen and Antoinette

Maureen and Maureen and Antoinette Antoinette

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

619-800-1103

Mission Hills

Coldwell Banker Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Residential Brokerage

619-800-1103 619-574-5138

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Mission Hills C S om oo in n! g

Just Listed!

Downtown

Desirable, west-facing, 6th floor unit at Brittany Tower with lovely bay, ocean,& Point Loma views. Condo has very spacious rooms & functional floor plan. Eat-in kitchen. In addition to master bedroom closet, additional walk in closet in master bath. Dual vanity sinks, separate stall shower & tub in master bath as well. There is an operable window in master bedroom.

Call Lucy A. Neale, Agent DRE #912709 at (619) 889-8807

Carlsbad

230 W Laurel St # 603

Awesome 3 bedroom in the Edgewater.

Freshly painted & carpeted. 2 story townhome but feels like a detached home. Seller can close quickly. Sorry but NO FHA loans on this property, complex is not approved.

$519,000 $519,000

$799,000

Call James Hardy, Agent DRE #01076819 at (619) 204-9511

6273 Avenida De Las Vistas Ave. #4

$492,900

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$499,000

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$1,079,000

The Grande North

$425,000

5426 Waring Road

$1,275,000

Gated Estate

Enjoy one of the most spectacular vantage points in all of Downtown San Diego from this 33rd floor residence with north and west views of the bay, ocean, Downtown and Point Loma!

Two bedrooms plus den or office, gleaming hardwood floors, west facing balcony. Residents enjoy full services in the building including gym, sauna, steam, pool, and Jacuzzi.

3 bedroom 2 bath home completely updated with wonderful indoor and outdoor spaces. Indulge your “inner chef” with this large and well-appointed eat-in kitchen.

1859 Sheridan

Lovely 4/3 home on a premier street.

Great flow, master suite, large lot, basement, tons of charm.

This one-of-a-kind property was designed by world renowned architect Arthur Porras and has never before been offered for sale. Over 6,000 sq. ft. of exceptional quality on huge, private canyon parcel. Please call for details.

Maureen and Antoinette

Maureen and Antoinette

Maureen and Antoinette

Maureen and Antoinette

619-800-1103 619-574-5138

619-800-1103

619-800-1103

619-800-1103

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

maureen antoinette

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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Recently released Metro area housing statistics show the residential real cuts and tax increases effective in 2013 if no agreement on the debt could be estate market is much improved from a year ago. When compared to the fall reached before the end of the year). Cooler heads inside the Beltway should of 2011 or the fall of 2010, nearly every metric indicates the Great Recession work out a new budget deal before the January 1st deadline. Neither party in real estate is finished. For example, this year the number of distress sales wants to face the wrath of the voters if sequestration were to actually come and foreclosures has dramatically dropped and traditional equity sales have about. There will be some grand compromise this time around and it is likely there may be less Federal swag to be substantially increased. Owners have had in these parts. Also, Mr. Romney recovered over half of their paper has said if elected he would replace losses they suffered so quickly in 2008 3433 Jackdaw Street Mr. Bernanke in early 2014 when his and 2009.

South Mission Hills • $1,629,000 term expires. Quantitative Easing is This does not mean it is time to break very controversial and has a legion of out the champagne. What you read in critics who argue that the end result of the papers is old news, and as they say QE will be untenable future inflation in the financial world, past performance rates. Presumably if elected he would is no guarantee of future success. What nominate a chairman that would be an is easy to overlook is how the Fed, inflation hawk and fiscal conservative, fearing a deadly deflationary spiral in and who would be expected to rein house prices, aggressively intervened in Mr. Bernanke’s accommodative in the mortgage market. By printing policies. trillions of greenbacks, the Fed drove Finally, our regional income has down long-term interest rates. The always been based on the troika of uptick in prices and sales over the past Federal spending, tourism and real two years are the indirect results of estate development. I am concerned those efforts. Can you imagine what about the first. We are inexorably this market would look like if mortgage moving into an era of shrinking rates were six or seven percent? government resources and I believe It is clear the Fed believes housing and the Department of Defense (DOD), the economy still need more help. The 4 Bedrooms 4.5 Bath modern masterpiece complete among other Federal agencies, will Federal Reserve Board just launched the with a two car garage and an elevator to the first floor. not be spared. No matter which party first part of Quantitative Easing 3, using Just minutes from downtown. Located at the end of a gains power, the future of how this freshly printed dollars to buy mortgagequiet cul-de-sac in Spruce Canyon in S. Mission Hills. country decides to defend itself and backed securities and keep rates at their project power abroad will eventually Fabulous great room, downtown skyline views. Enjoy current levels. Low long-term home loan impact San Diego home prices. rates, the thinking goes, will spur housing this modern vision of indoor/outdoor living.Quiet and We can only hope the advantages starts and re-sales, which will in turn private yet in the heart of the city. of San Diego’s geography and create more growth in other parts of the Call Greg Glassman, installed military infrastructure will economy. An ancillary benefit, saving agent (DRE #877550) at 619-981-2745 carry the day. The region’s economy struggling homeowners with historically is more diversified than ever but it is cheap refinance money, will also benefit still heavily dependent on Federal tax the financial system and provide a floor under home prices. A little inflation is usually not bad for real estate, as housing transfers. It is hard to believe there will not be some major restructuring of the DOD budget. I believe there will be some agreement in Washington next usually leads the economy out of recessions.

Unlike his obtuse predecessor, Mr. Bernanke is being as transparent as year on the debt and more than likely there will be fewer Federal dollars possible and has repeatedly stated that his cheap money will be available coming this way.

In spite of these risks, the Fed under Mr. Bernanke will not throw housing until mid-2015. This strategy, however, does not completely insulate residential real estate markets from potential problems that could arise from under the bus for the rest of his term. I believe the market is close to the global markets, the political environment, or from potential structural budget beginning stage of the next long-term cycle. Moderate inflation in housing will be the new norm. The future market will resemble the old one---the changes now being discussed in Washington.

First, the sluggish economies in Europe and China could easily derail postwar period before the first oil shock of 1973. Then homes were not a America’s fragile recovery. San Diego’s job base will shrink if those major commodity to speculate on but a utility, which modestly increased in value.

All of us will be better off when this occurs. The hard part is getting through trading partners cannot reverse their respective declines in growth rates.

Second, the political drama over the national debt is of more concern. the next two or three years without a relapse as the body politic must, and I believe we will not see the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that will, restructure Federal tax and spending policies. would come from sequestration (Congress approved automatic spending Regards, Jim Scott

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’s past Market Reports dating from 1997 are on the company web site at www.sqre.com. You can learn more about Jim at www.jimscotthomes.com Call Jim Scott, Broker, DRE #830226, 619-920-9511

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