Presidio Sentinel, March 2018, Vol. 19, No. 03w by Michal Tuzinkiewicz

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Third Annual Mission Hills

5k Run/Walk Returns Saturday, March 10 See page 11 for details.

Billy Graham in his Final Crusade in 2005

Mission Hills Heritage’s Legal Challenge Moving Forward

Vincent dePaul’s Big Bash

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Maria Menounos To Host Susan G. Komen® Fundraiser

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Mission Hills Resident to Run Over 1,500 Miles

Mad for March in Mission Hills

“The Big Bang Theory” Star Adopts Rabbits

Designer Territa Torres’ Las Vegas Fashion Week

Featured Stories New Program

Gems of South Mission Hills

“A Little Night Music” at Cygnet Theatre

MADCAPS’ Annual Fundraiser

The National Conflict Resolution Center Celebrates 30 Years

Featured Events

Provides Jobs for Homeless

By Patty Ducey-Brooks For all of us who live in San Diego, it’s very obvious that the homeless situation has gotten increasingly worse. The number of homeless encampments has grown substantially and the locations around the city and county have become more obvious. Hillcrest business owners and residents recently shared with me that they are very concerned about the impact it is having on the quality of life for residents and visitors to the area. Balboa Park and other city parks are regarded differently due to the recent Hepatitis A outbreak. Playgrounds and park restrooms are no longer considered safe for guests and visitors. So, what do we do? I learned personally the challenges of attempting to improve the life of a homeless person. A homeless woman who I will refer to as Carol contacted me through the newspaper. She had seen an article I had written on caring for our fellow San Diegans and noticed a “soft spot” in my personality. What I learned is that I am vulnerable. After over a year of providing her free housing, I realized that she didn’t need a “handout” that I had gifted her. She needed a program that would set boundaries and provide structure. She needed tough love. The Alpha Project, which is run by Bob McElroy, is an organization that I have always considered a place of change for people who have gone through some serious life challenges, including drug and alcohol addiction. The Alpha Project has been successful at getting people back from recovery and re-entering the workforce. This past week, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Councilmember Scott Sherman introduced the beginning of a new program run by the Alpha Project called “Wheels of Change.” It’s objective is to provide day jobs for interested homeless individuals in the City of San Diego. According to an announcement I received, the program is identified as “simple.” Two days a week a van will pick up homeless people who express an interest in working. The van will drive to a

designated site to pick up trash, pull weeds, clear brush, and do other activities for five hours. At the end of the day, workers will be driven back to Alpha Project, or the City’s tent structures for the homeless, and will be compensated for their work. In addition to giving individuals work opportunities, the Wheels of Change program is designed to connect them with important services and help assist with transitioning to permanent housing. The program, I learned, is based on Albuquerque’s “There’s a Better Way” program which started as a six-month pilot program, but now has two vans that run five days a week and employs up to 20 homeless individuals a day. Over a dozen cities have implemented a similar program including Austin, Chicago, Denver, Lexington, Portland and Seattle. “This is all about creating more opportunities for homeless individuals to lift themselves out of extreme poverty,” Mayor Faulconer said. Wheels for Change will help restore dignity by allowing people to earn a paycheck and begin to get back on their feet. For many this may be just the chance they need to begin turning their lives around.” I was told that since the program in Albuquerque began, over 3,400 homeless received jobs, 368 individuals connected with employment services and obtained additional work, over 175,000 pounds of trash was removed, and 600 neighborhood blocks were cleaned. “An important step to a successful transition out of homelessness is re-exposure to the dignity of work. The Wheels of Change program provides the opportunity to participate in this confidence building experience,” said Councilmember Sherman. According to Bob McElroy, “We are looking forward to starting this program and giving the clients the ability to make a difference in the local community.” Since this is a test pilot, because the first six months of the program have been funded by a generous private donor, we should closely observe its success after three-to-four months. Obviously, we can all agree that we want it to succeed because none of us want anyone to be homeless. This is a hand up, not a handout.•

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Mission Hills Heritage’s Spring Event is schedule for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 14. This year’s walking tour, “Gems of South Mission Hills,” includes guided walks through this delightfully charming neighborhood. Guests will experience an extensive variety of architectural styles built over many decades, one home dates all the way back to 1888. Docents will lead participants along a onemile route, explaining various architectural styles and pointing out salient elements. The history of the neighborhood, and its houses, including stories and legends of residents, will be detailed. Tours will leave from South Mission Hills approximately every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. New this year, seven seminars and workshops will begin on the hour in the auditorium of Francis Parker Lower School. The first presentation, entitled Gems of South Mission Hills, The Talk without the Walk, begins at 10 a.m. Other topics include Early 20th Century Entry Doors and Millwork; Is There a Dragon in Your Chimney?; Historic Designation and the Mills Act Explained; The Effect of Historic Designation and the Mills Act on Present Day Real Estate Values (a follow-up to the Narwold Report); Can I Do That?, An explanation of additions and rehabilitations following the Secretary of the Mission Hills Heritage Spring Event allows guests to experience an extensive variety Interior’s Standards. of architectural styles built over many decades Twelve exhibitors will have displays in Parker’s courtyard throughout the day. They will share their expertise and be available to answer questions. Food trucks will be at Parker School for your convenience. And, as always, complimentary homemade cookies and lemonade will await guests at the conclusion of the tour. For online advance ticket sales, visit brownpapertickets.com/event3336032. All-inclusive tickets are discounted for Mission Hills Heritage members at $15, non-members $20. Day-of-event ticket sales begin at 9:30 a.m. at Francis Parker Lower School, located at 4201 Randolph Street. Members pay $20; non-members cost is $ 25. Tickets are non-refundable. All events begin with registration and check-in at Francis Parker School. Consider all-day parking at Parker and walk, carpool, or use rideshare (approximately $3.50 to $5.) with Uber or Lyft) from Parker to the walk’s starting point. This full day of activities includes a fact-filled walking tour, educational seminars and informative exhibits. Participants are urged to plan their schedule according to the array of interesting options and to purchase cost-saving tickets online to facilitate check-in on the day of the event. For further information, the schedule, and membership information, go to www.missionhillsheritage.org.•

Mission Hills Resident To

Run Over 1,500 Miles To Support Children with Cancer

Richard Nares of Mission Hills will run more than 1,500 miles from Seattle, Washington to San Diego, California to raise money for the Emilio Nares Foundation (ENF), a nonprofit that helps families navigate their child’s journey through cancer. In 2003, Richard co—founded the Emilio Nares Foundation with his wife Diane after losing their son Emilio to cancer. Richard’s Heart & Sole Run for Emilio will begin on Monday, June 4, 2018, at Seattle Children’s and continue through Oregon and California, ending in San Diego in mid—August. His goal is to raise $250,000 for the foundation. “When Emilio was going through his cancer treatment in Boston and he saw runners outside the hospital room, I made a promise to him that I would run. This run is for my son Emilio and for all children battling cancer and the parents supporting them,” said Richard Nares, co—founder and lead visionary of the Emilio Nares Foundation. “I believe my run is nothing compared to the long and grueling journey of a child battling cancer.” Richard will start his run at Seattle Children’s on Monday, June 4 and continue for approximately 12 weeks with six stops at children’s hospitals through Portland, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Orange County, and ending in San Diego. Each children’s hospital stop will include a presentation of Emilio’s Loving Tabs shirts, innovative shirts designed with an open— close shoulder panel to allow medical professionals to easily administer chemotherapy into a child’s permanent chest catheter port, without requiring children to lift or remove their clothes. The foundation has a goal to provide these shirts to every children’s hospital across the country. In 2013, Nares completed a 700—mile run, “Richard Runs California,” from San Francisco to Rady Children’s Hospital—San Diego, raising over $75,000 in support of ENF’s programs. According to Richard, his preparation includes running six days a week, strength training, stretching, yoga and proper diet (lots of vegetables, chicken, fish, pasta). He said he followed this program when he ran from San Francisco to San Diego in 2013. In preparation of the 1,500—mile run, every month he increases his activity to build stamina and endurance. He said he focuses on his form to ensure that he is running properly. He also breaks down the miles into small segments, so he doesn’t think of the total distance while running. He offered, “I do not think of the days ahead only what is in front of me that day and I never listen to music.” Richard also said he is working with Steve Lathrop, a very good friend and fellow runner. Lathrop is in charge of making the route from Seattle to San Diego. He also offered that there about 15 to 20 people who are involved in the coordination, including transportation coordination, hotels, meals, hospital coordination, marketing and publicity. It’s a team effort. Since 2003, ENF has touched the lives of families in San Diego and across the country with resources and support. Services include their flagship Ride With Emilio transportation program that provides free reliable rides to and from the hospital to ensure that no child misses a life—saving cancer treatment due to lack of transportation. Other services include Emilio’s Loving Tabs shirts, a nutritional snack bag program, a family resource center, therapeutic knitting classes, and end of life child and family care. For more information about the Emilio Nares Foundation, visit Richard Nares prepares for his 1,500-mile run from Seattle, Washington www.enfhope.org.• to San Diego, California to raise awareness and funds for an important cause.

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Billy Graham By George Mitrovich Upon the passing of Billy Graham, I posted a tribute to him on Facebook and shared my tribute with close friends I frequently email on issues important to me. First, here is my tribute: The passing of Billy Graham ends an era, not alone for American Christianity, but in the world. In his 60—years of ministry, Dr. Graham’s estimated lifetime worldwide audience, including television and radio, was 2.2 billion people. The question of how many lives did his preaching effect or how many people decided to become followers of Christ from his preaching, is unquantifiable—this side of heaven—but know it is a great number. For six decades he was listed the “most admired American,” and why not? He was such a good man, who spent a lifetime honoring his faith and his Lord, to “walking the walk,” as they say, and while many attempts were made to sully his name, his name remains unsullied. As Christianity Today wrote, “Graham was a model of integrity. Despite scandals and missteps that toppled other leaders and ministers, including Graham’s friend Richard Nixon and a succession of televangelists, in six decades of ministry, no one ever leveled a serious accusation of misconduct against him.” Growing up in San Diego, active in the Church of the Nazarene and in Youth For Christ (YFC), listening to Dr. Graham preached on his “Hour of Decision,” was a Sunday ritual for me, and my high school pals. He impacted my life, strengthening the most important values I had been taught by my parents and by the Church of the Nazarene, and subsequently the Methodist Church, to honor every life, to treat everyone with dignity and respect, independent of color, class or creed. As God is my witness, and He is, those values transcend all others—and remain fixed in my life. It is somewhat odd, I think, given how significant a figure Dr. Graham was for me growing up, and continued to be through my adult years, I had never met him, until, as press secretary to Senator Harold Hughes, Democrat of Iowa, then running for President of the United States, the Senator introduced us before a private lunch in the U.S. Capitol. Dr. Graham was tall, handsome, and possessed the most penetrating blue eyes of anyone I had ever met. When we shook hands, he looked deep into my eyes, as I was the center of his attention, seeming oblivious to all the U.S. Senators who had gathered round. It was a moment in time—but I remember the moment. I had mistakenly thought the quote, “The most segregated hour in America is eleven o’clock on Sunday mornings,” was said by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But he didn’t say that, although he quoted it often. It was first said by Billy Graham. My liberal friends, politically and religiously (if religious), are sometimes confused by my regard for Dr. Graham. They shouldn’t be. My politics as a liberal Kennedy, Dukakis, Democrat, my fundamental believe in social justice, of the obligation of every person to be civically

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engaged, to love our brothers and sisters as ourselves, is rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ (see Matthew 25 in the Christian New Testament.) Whatever else I may be, however often my failings, often, it is the essence of me. Am I saying that my liberal politics have been informed by a conservative evangelical Christian leader like Billy Graham? Yes. In the long history of American revivalism and its evangelists, from Jonathan Edwards to George Whitfield, from Dwight L. Moody to R.A. Torrey, from Charles G. Finney to Billy Sunday, no one stands equal to William Franklin Graham. We have lost a Great Man. I was lucky to have lived in his time. One of those who responded to my tribute was Lawrence Hess, a major donor to charitable causes and Democratic Party candidates. He said he was not aware of Billy Graham in my life, but he was impressed by what I wrote. I responded: “Growing up in SD in the early 50s the most exciting place to be on Saturday nights, if you were in high school, was the First Baptist Church downtown, at 10th & E (later converted to condominiums). First Baptist was a big church and its sanctuary seated 1,500, and on Saturday nights it was filled, as kid came from all over San Diego County came to attend Youth For Christ (YFC). The music was great. The preaching, by some of the country’s top young evangelists, was also great. Meaning, they made us laugh a lot, before they got serious. “The rallies began at7:30 and ended about9:30, which left time to drive over to Carnation’s on El Cajon Blvd at 30th, to have hamburgers and milk shakes (Carnation’s hamburgers were the best). The guys who hung out with me, Frank Morgan and Jerry Rhodes, were Helix High baseball teammates and student government leaders, plus Frank’s girl friend, Jerelyn Taylor (who he would later married), stayed around until midnight and after, and then went home. There was never an issue with our parents, because they knew we were good kids and possessed good values. “One of those years I won the YFC Preacher Boy contest, which meant I won a set of bible commentaries and a trip to Sacramento to compete for the California Preacher Boy title. “Alas, I lost to a kid who had Billy Graham down to a tee. No, really. Had he have been preaching from behind a curtain, you would have thought it was Graham himself. As the winner he won a trip to Winona Lake, Indiana, to compete for the national YFC Preacher Boy Championship. “But in those years and after, I followed Billy Graham, and did indeed listened to him preach every Sunday afternoon on the radio, often while riding around East County in Jerry Rhodes’ convertible. “Billy Graham is a huge figure in American Christian history, but as my politics grew liberal and enlightened, I moved away from Graham’s political conservatism, but never, ever, lost my regard from him as a person or of his great contribution to our world.” My Facebook posting on Graham drew this response from Jamie Reno, the former Newsweek correspondent and now free—lance writer (Jamie’s good): “My take on Billy is that while he seemed generally to be a man with love in his heart, like most ambitious televangelists, he had delusions of grandeur. He also refused to participate in the 1963 March on Washington and often denigrated Dr. King’s statements, and said some truly horrible things about gay Americans, who are loved by God just as much as Billy was…” I responded: “I am aware of Dr. Graham’s defects, which, later in his life, he acknowledged. “He came to regret his endorsement of Nixon, but only after the tapes revealed a Nixon he did not know. “On the March on Washington, his absence is more than offset by his refusal, in his Southern crusades, to segregate people because of color. And, as it relates to the March, many Democrats were wary of Dr. King, and stayed away. “As to ‘gay Americans,’ there is no defending Dr. Graham’s views on this, but to understand it, you must remember Dr. Graham was a Southern Baptist, and, therefore a fundamentalist. Meaning, he believed Scripture without error. So when St. Paul writes about homosexuality being an ‘abomination,’ Biblical literalists believe similarly. “Three verses of Scripture condemn homosexuality. More than 2,000 condemn poverty. So why do we only hear about the three? “The damage done to the witness of the Christian faith in our country by fundamentalists is huge. It is as if they have crucified Christ a second time. “My non—fundamentalist friends in the Christian ministry, many, are concerned about the damage being done to the church’s reputation. “Finally, the world’s a better place for Dr. Graham’s life and ministry, as there are millions around the globe who became confessing Christians because of Dr. Graham, and have, from that moment on, sought to be better people, loving people, caring people. “That’s redemptive, not destructive.”•

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Legal Challenge Moving Forward

By Barry E. Hager The legal challenge filed by Mission Hills Heritage (MHH) to the new Uptown Community Plan reached a milestone last month with completion of the administrative record. MHH’s legal challenge was filed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and is based on flaws in the environmental analysis underlying the community plan update. The just completed administrative record, which is a compilation of all the documents relating to the community plan update process, consisted of 187,010 pages (that number is not a mistake!), with an index alone that is 183 pages long. Briefing will take place in June and July, with a court hearing after that. As background, in November 2016 the City Council adopted a last minute re-write of the Uptown Community Plan that had been in the making for over seven years. Only days before the City Council voted, the Planning Department threw out land use maps that had been developed through years of community input and replaced them with maps based on the old 1988 plan. Similarly, the environmental analysis underpinning the project was hastily recrafted to fit the revised plan without properly analyzing and addressing that plan’s numerous, unmitigated impacts on the community. In an unprecedented move, the Planning Department ignored extensive recommendations from Uptown Planners, the City’s officially recognized community planning group for Uptown. The resulting community plan will invite irreparable damage to the character of Mission Hills. MHH’s primary concerns include that the new community plan will allow new buildings up to 100' tall or higher in the commercial core area of Mission Hills around Goldfinch and Washington Street, and that the new plan includes no timetable for processing potential historic districts identified many years ago for the Mission Hills neighborhood. Alarmed by the threat of very tall buildings that are out-of-scale with our community, Mission Hills residents had been pushing to make permanent an interim 50' building height limit in the commercial core area. But the Planning Department and City Council ignored almost 900 signatures on a petition supporting the permanent 50' building height limit, instead adopting a 100' limit with a weak discretionary review process for projects in the range of 50' to 100'. As we have seen with The Fort on the corner of Hawk and Fort Stockton Drive, a developer can still exceed any height limit, by adding a few “affordable units” under the City’s Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program, and still charge other renters $3600-$4500 monthly for approximately 1000 square-foot units. Without a lower base height

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A Comment on Building Heights & Affordability

Patty Ducey-Brooks Publisher

Ilene Hubbs Associate Editor

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Contributing Writers Blake Beckcom Rick Brooks Melody Brown Ian Campbell Richard Cone Cath DeStefano Violet Green Barry Hager Ilene Hubbs David Kamatoy Philip C. Lee Alice Lowe Aubree Lynn George Mitrovich Fausto Palafox David Rottenberg Anne Sack Barbara Strona Charlotte Tenney Laura Walcher

The Fort exceeded building height limits by adding a few affordable units with the remainder being extremely unaffordable.

limit, projects can go even taller—and housing units, while maintaining just as expensive. that project heights will continue With growing public concern to be regulated by the underlying over housing affordability, the base zone. Whether or not you connection between building support AB 2372, there is an heights and affordability has implicit recognition that allowing come into focus. Unlike the City’s more building height does not Affordable Housing Density Bonus result in more affordability. We Program which allows a developer hope that our local leaders in the to exceed any building height limit City will recognize that allowing by adding a limited number of 100' plus building heights in affordable units, newly proposed Mission Hills will do nothing to State legislation would encourage improve housing affordability. more affordable housing within Please consider contributing existing building height limits. to help defray the cost of MHH’s AB 2372, proposed by San Diego lawsuit. For more details, visit Councilmember Georgette Gomez www.MissionHillsHeritage.org.• and introduced by Assemblymember Todd Gloria, would authorize the use of a new floor area ratio that would Ilene Hubbs will return encourage smaller and with the April 2018 issue therefore less expensive

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“The Big Bang Theory”

Star Adopts From San Diego County Animal Services

by Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office Actress Kaley Cuoco of TV’s “The Big Bang Theory” is happily settling in with two new pet rabbits after adopting them from County Animal Services. According to an Instagram post by her fiancé, Karl Cook, Cuoco woke up that day saying she wanted to adopt some rabbits. Cook lives in North County San Diego. He and Cuoco decided to pay a surprise visit to the County shelter on Gaines Street. Once inside the rabbit area, Cook took video of Cuoco as she was picking out one of her new pets. He then posted it on Instagram. Department of Animal Services (DAS) staff members say Cuoco was crying happy tears as she said, “This is the one!” The two female rabbits had been at the shelter since January 16. Cuoco said she was so glad she came. Employees at County Animal Services recognized Cuoco right away. They said the actress, who plays the character Penny on “The Big Bang Theory,” was very nice and agreed to take photos with the staff. She, in turn, thanked them for being fans.•

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This handsome, three—year old, Doberman Pinscher/mix is named Dobie G. He loves attention and can be a little exuberant, jumpy and mouthy with people. His previous owner told us that he is very people—friendly and listened well, but needs to be given plenty of enrichment and exercise so that he doesn’t get bored and chew on inappropriate items. Dobie G is potty—trained and loves playing fetch, playing with squeaky toys, going on field She is a big love. You trips and hanging out with staff. While see, Holly is very overweight and she will out on leash walks, he can be very vocal towards other dogs, need a home where her weight loss and management will but with dogs he’s met here at the shelter, he engages in play. be a priority. You’ll also notice from the photo that she has When Dobie G arrived here, he was very thin and had intestinal a cleft lip. Holly was born with this and is not impaired by issues. He’s better now, but the medical team will need to inform you it – in fact, we think it adds to her charm. of his medical history and potential future needs. Holly’s adoption fee includes her spay, current vaccinations, Dobie G is neutered, current on vaccinations, and has permanent permanent microchip identification, a certificate for a free microchip identification, 30 days of complimentary medical veterinary exam and waived enrollment fee for medical insurance from Trupanion Insurance, a certificate for a free veterinary insurance from TruPanion. exam, and a license if residing in Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, San She is available at the non—public Sherman Street campus. Marcos or Poway. If you are interested in meeting this lovable lady, please Dobie G is currently residing at the Oceanside Campus of the call 619.299.7012 or stop by our San Diego Campus on San Diego Humane Society, Gaines Street to schedule an introduction. located at 2905 San Luis Rey Road in Oceanside. For information, Holly is a sweet, four— year old shy gal who needs a little time to get to know you. Once she is comfortable, well let’s just say, that’s when the fun begins. After allowing you the high honor of giving her cheek scratches, tummy rubs and brushing sessions, prepare yourself for some extraordinary purring.

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Cardio Workouts to Do Without a Treadmill

By Blake Beckcom

Of course, a good weight-lifting session is always something that people love to do when hitting the gym, but in order to have the best overall health, it is important to add some cardio in as well. Studies show that overweight and obese people who begin exercise programs that involve both cardio and weight training lose more weight after 12 weeks than programs that are either only cardio or only weight training. However, seeing as it is the middle of winter, it can be difficult to get a good amount of cardio in without getting bored. Few want to go out for a run and sometimes it is hard to do anything outside when it is cold. Weather limitations may make you feel like you have to hit the treadmill, which can be really boring for a lot of people. However, there are other ways to knock out some great cardio at the gym without having to slave away on the treadmill. Here are six indoor workouts that will increase your heart rate, burn calories, and pump up your muscles. 1. Rowing Machine Rowing machines haven’t always been as popular as they are now. People used to overlook them for other machines at the gym, but they are now becoming one of the more popular exercises to do. The rowing machine provides a great workout that challenges your upper body muscles, cardiovascular system, and legs, giving you a complete body workout.

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To get a great workout: 1. Warm up by rowing for 200 meters at a moderate pace. 2. Row for 250 meters at 70 percent effort before resting two to three times as long as your interval lasted. For example, if rowing 250 meters takes you one minute, your rest period would then be between two and three minutes. 3. Do this six times.

2. Airdyne Bike If your gym has an Airdyne bike that involves both your arms and legs, use it! This will help work your quads, hamstrings, and glutes with more resistance while also using your arms to improve your cardio conditioning. To do this: 1. Pedal with only your arms for 10 calories, then immediately do the same with your legs, and then pedal 10 calories with your entire body. 2. Rest for 90 seconds. 3. Repeat this five times.

3. Barbell Complex Cardio Workout This intense workout is for guys who really dislike using cardio equipment. Start with 95 pounds on the bar, and then adjust the weight depending on your fitness level. You will complete the full circuit without rest, going straight from one exercise to the next. How to do this: 1. Do 15 front squats, 15 shoulder presses, 15 bent-over rows, and finally, 15 Romanian deadlifts. 2. Rest for two minutes.

4. Body Weight Circuit Indoor Cardio Workout These are great for increasing your heart rate and getting a complete body workout. The intensity can be modified to fit your fitness level. This workout can also be customized for people who have upper or lower body joint issues by swapping out a few of these exercises for some that are lower impact. For example, you can switch burpees out for boxing if you have knee problems. Instructions: 1. Do 20 bodyweight squats, 20 jumping jacks, 20 burpees, 20 pushups, and 20 mountain climbers. 2. Rest for two minutes. 3. Do between five & eight rounds total.

5. Versa Climber Indoor Workout This machine simulates what it feels like to climb a mountain. They are known for giving a great cardio workout and they challenge the muscles in your upper and lower body.

Blake & Gwen Beckcom 4. Go for one minute, and then rest for one minute. 5. Go for another minute, and then rest for 45 seconds. 6. Go for 55 seconds, and then rest for 50 seconds.

Here is a great example of a workout:

7. Go for 50 seconds, and then rest for 55 seconds.

1. Go for 45 seconds, and then rest for 45 seconds.

8. Go for 45 seconds, and then rest for one minute.

2. Go for 50 seconds, then for 50 seconds.

9. Rest for three minutes before starting round two. Do three rounds altogether.

3. Go for 55 seconds, then for 55 seconds.

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3. Do five to eight rounds total.

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By Rick Brooks

Hiring a bookkeeper is an excellent way to help keep your finances organized, especially if you’re not that into managing money and balancing a checkbook. A bookkeeper who can keep track of income and pay bills is a valuable resource for a busy entrepreneur, enabling a business owner focus on his or her business instead of mundane tasks like keeping the lights on. Whether you’re managing a business or just trying to keep your checkbook balanced, a good bookkeeper can be a valuable investment. In my experience, most people are honest, hard working and sincere. Unfortunately, there are occasionally exceptions, and they aren’t always obvious. Someone intent on theft will probably find a way to make it happen. However, there are things that can be done to help keep honest people honest, or at least make someone who’s merely desperate look elsewhere. First you need to know some of the warning signs that an employee might turn bad. None of these are sure signs of trouble, but they can be red flags for extra attention. Financial Difficulties. Frequently, an employee who is embezzling funds is under some kind of pressure or external stress. This could be excessive debt, gambling or drug habits, or simply living beyond their means. Whatever the underlying reason, the stress causes them to feel like they have no choice but to steal. Changes in behavior. Someone struggling with drug, alcohol or gambling addictions may start acting differently at work. An underachiever who suddenly starts working overtime and weekends might just be turning around, or might be working on a something devious, too. Desire for Control. Just because an employee offers to lighten the load and take on additional responsibilities does not mean they’re up to something bad. However, someone positioning themself to embezzle funds will need to be in control of the purse strings and in a position to control the business owner’s access to financial information. Whether you’re running a small business or your own personal finances, you should also structure your operations to make embezzlement harder to accomplish or easier to detect.

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Separate Responsibilities. In a larger organization, this is fairly straight forward. But in a typical small business, it’s much harder to accomplish, since everyone has to wear multiple hats. Still, the person paying the bills should not also be the one reconciling bank statements. An employee in charge of depositing cash at the bank should not also be in charge of collecting funds from customers, since this can present a tempting opportunity to skim profits before they are booked. Limit Access. Requiring a second signature on all checks is one way to reduce the opportunity to embezzle funds. You can also limit an employee’s access to a single bank account, limiting his or her ability to cause damage. Accounting software can also help you to limit employees’ access to certain transactions. Audit and Review. As Ronald Reagan once said: “Trust, but verify.” A periodic audit is your last line of defense against fraud. If you must consolidate financial responsibilities in a single trusted employee, then insist on seeing reconciled financial reports. Ensure you understand income and expenses, and are provided copies of receipts for every payment made. This will help prevent employees from submitting fake expenses for reimbursement. Compare your financial records to bank statements to ensure that you can track money coming and going from your accounts, and that every distribution from your accounts ties to your financial records. For individuals and families working with an assistant, bookkeeper or other fiduciary, the controls are very similar. Your bookkeeper can collect bills, print checks and balance your accounts while you actually sign the checks or authorize electronic payments. If you have to rely on someone to pay bills, make sure you get an accurate accounting at the end of each month. Hiring a bookkeeper is an excellent way to keep your finances organized, but these internal controls are important to keeping your finances secure. Taking the time to put these controls in place—and follow them—can save you a great deal of heartache (and money) in the long run.• This column is prepared by Rick Brooks, CFA®, CFP®. Brooks is Director/Chief Investment Officer with Blankinship & Foster, LLC, a wealth advisory firm specializing in comprehensive financial planning and investment management. Brooks can be reached at 858.755.5166, or by email at brooks@bfadvisors.com. Brooks and his family live in Mission Hills.

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Benefits of

Lifestyle

Wild Fires

By Barb Strona

Going to hear naturalist Gary Ferguson speak on wild fires was difficult for me. I have been terrified of fire since I was fiveyears old when the kindergarten class, seated in a lotus position on wooden folding chairs so feet wouldn’t bang on the seat’s edge, saw a movie about what not to do to prevent fires. After the mother breaks every rule about fire safety, father and children return home to see their home burnt to the ground with only a chimney in sight. The final scene shows them at the hospital. The mother lies on a gurney swathed in gauze with holes cut for her eyes while her children and husband look sorrowfully at her. I did not light a match until I had been smoking for two years, and I worried about every building I entered might burst into flame. I can’t say I feel any better having heard Ferguson speak at San Diego Horticultural Society’s January meeting, but he did alter my perspective on fire a little. Trees, Ferguson says, are “the keepers of landscape history.” Fire scars on the rings of a tree show the history of the tree and its site from the tree’s beginnings to when it was cut. Studying a number of trees in a small area can tell scientists the size of past fires, the fires’ directions and the fuel load on the forest floor. The fuel load is the debris of fallen trees and dead branches, dried grasses, and other material that has dried. The ring scars reveal growing conditions in the lifetime of an individual tree, which allows fires to be dated, often to the month in the year the fire occurred. These factors give us a sense of the frequency and intensity of fires, both of which have increased over the past few hundred

years. They tell the good and the bad results of fires. Fires are influential and, in many ways, are beneficial. They determine which species shall survive and what type and shape they may be. Fire releases chemicals and minerals, which filter down to replenish the soil. When the grasses reappear, the nutrients released from the fire create fodder, which is richer in protein. This helps elk and other grazing wildlife to flourish. Because many seeds only germinate after exposure to the heat of fire, another bi-product of fire is to produce plants which may have not been seen for decades or even centuries. This allows many other animals to benefit from fire. After a fire many changes occur. One of the first plants to reappear is the fire lily. Within nine days, one species produces carpets of flowers. Meanwhile a burnt forest is still working on rejuvenation. Some conifers only reproduce if their cones become hot enough in a fire to open. They only need 20 seconds of intense heat to kill the tree but that is enough time for cones to open and release their seeds. The new forest will grow unless insects or disease kills the young trees. Surviving trees will grow until another fire causes it to burn reseed once more. Eucalyptus trees have little buds of hormones under their bark. When fire raises their temperature enough, the tree releases these hormones creating new branches on the tree. The roots of mostly burnt aspen and scrub oak will send new shoots of growth after the fire. In 1910 a season of ferocious wildfires began. From April through August, hundreds of fires broke out. Some fires were set by loggers, campers and steam locomotives. Some came from lightening. The fires in August killed 86 people, destroyed

Fire allows this tree to propagate. The cone needs heat to open.

most of Wallace, Idaho, and according to Ferguson’s book, “Land on Fire,” it “destroyed enough timber to fill a freight train more than 2400 miles long.” This fire is called the Big Burn. As a result of these fires, the Forest Service felt these fires needed to be suppressed. Sixty years later, we paid for suppressing the fires. Fires burn off much of the canopy that shades the forest, which allows protein rich grasses to thrive bringing health and vigor to elk and other animals that browse on. Dried debris, timber, kindling, grasses and other flammable items collected on the forest floor. Eventually, this piled up into enough fuel to turn what should have been an average fire into a much larger and hotter fire. Fire suppression has led to hotter and bigger fires than ever. In his book Ferguson says this suppression means, “A staggering 300 million acres of western forests are today suffering from unnaturally heavy fuel loads.” Another result is no fires allow diseases and pests to flourish leaving huge quantity of diseased

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or dead timber for fuel. When there are no healthy large trees to survive, the next forest consists of trees all the same age and species making destruction by pest and disease easier. Shade tolerant white oak has begun to thrive in California. But unlike Ponderosa Pines and other trees which have few or no lower branches, white oak have many lower branches which create a ladder for fire to mount. Ferguson points out that these white oaks have too many knots to make good lumber. In addition, they often climb high enough to burn nearby giant sequoias. In a future article I will address some topics Ferguson mentioned. How do creatures survive a wild fire? Why are there so many more fires? Why are they so much hotter than they were? And what can we do to prevent them or to survive them? The March 28 meeting of the Mission Hills Garden Club will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mission Hills Nursery, located at 1525 Fort Stockton Drive in Mission Hills.•

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By Krista Lombardi, President Mission Hills BID

If you are anything like me, the arrival of spring during the month of March feels like a new beginning. It happens to be my birthday month, which I share with Saint Patrick and all of the day’s revelers. I plan to keep it local and celebrate in Mission Hills, knowing our neighborhood is well prepared to host those who will be celebrating with me. Hope you will too. Building on last year’s success, another March must-do is the Mission Hills 5k. Each year the Mission Hills BID has offered its support for this 5k and many of the BID’s members continue to serve as sponsors. All proceeds raised go directly to support STEAM programs at Grant K-8. Grant is a true jewel in Mission Hills, which attracts families with children and enhances our fine neighborhood of businesses, residences, and schools. This year’s 5k takes place at 8 a.m., Saturday, March 10. Please join me in supporting this annual event as a sponsor and runner. The increased turnout at the BID’S committee meetings, board meetings, and business mixers has been heartening. New attendees bring new Chef Luciano Cibelli is the new owner of The Red Door. energy. Please join us at 3 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at the parlor of the Mission Hills United promoting collaborative neighborhood involvement. During the last couple Methodist Church for Mission Hills BID meetings. Also, BID business of weeks the BID received many questions about the free standing lime mixers are hosted by local businesses and take place quarterly on the third green bicycles in Mission Hills. The company placing the bikes is LimeBike. Wednesday, following the BID board meeting. All who hold a valid business The placement happened without outreach to the BID. The day after the license in the Mission Hills BID, or have joined as associate members of the bikes landed in the BID we extended an invitation to LimeBike general Mission Hills BID, are encouraged to attend the quarterly mixers. manager Zack Barlett to attend a BID meeting, and he accepted. During the And, speaking of new, I recently met Luciano Cibelli, the new chef/owner March 21 Mission Hills BID board of directors meeting, a portion of time of The Red Door, located at 741 West Washington Street. Following more will be devoted to seeking input from Mission Hills’ business owners and than a decade as chef at an Italian restaurant in San Diego’s North County, residents about the LimeBike bicycles in Mission Hills. Please plan to attend Cibelli is excited to be in the fine dining neighborhood of Mission Hills. I and learn more. For more information about the meeting please visit www. also recently met Colleen Field, agency owner of Allstate Insurance, located MissionHillsBID.com. at 930 West Washington Street. Fiele has been with Allstate Insurance for As you welcome spring and consider what might be personally meaningful nearly two decades and is enthusiastic to now have her own agency in and worthwhile, please know the Mission Hills BID is a great organization Mission Hills. Welcome Luciano and Colleen. looking for people who want to work together to make Mission Hills an I appreciate the many business owners and residents who share with even more preferred place to live, work, shop, dine and relax. me their thoughtful ideas and hopes for tackling neighborhood issues and There is so much for which to be Mad for March in Mission Hills.•

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5k Run/Walk Returns Saturday, March 10

The third annual Mission Hills 5k returns Saturday, March 10 at 8 am. Promising fun for the whole family, this fun run/walk will wind through the scenic, historic neighborhood of Mission Hills, beginning and ending at Grant K-8 (1425 Washington Place), a local, public school. Runners of all ages and fitness levels are encouraged to register at www.missionhills5k.com. The Mission Hills 5k unites the local community in achieving a healthy, fun-filled goal: reaching the finish line. The idea was conceived by a small group of Mission Hills residents and Grant K-8 parents, who are once again leading this year’s event. All proceeds will once again help fund Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programs at Grant K-8. This year, the event hopes to attract 1,000 participants and raise even more. US Bank has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor. Other local business leaders supporting the race include Morgan Stanley, The Patio on Goldfinch, The Lombardi Team, Brian Cane, Brad Sund with State Farm, Fenn Orthodontics, Station Tavern, Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, The Behemoth and Lazy Acres. “Thanks to the community’s overwhelming and continued support of the Mission Hills 5k, including sponsors, volunteers and participants, Grant K-8 is helping create a new generation of science and technology leaders,” says Kristin Boyd, a member of the Grant School Community Foundation and one of the event organizers. Other Mission Hills 5k committee members include Karen Evenson, Lauri Brennan, Patrice Shumaker, Katy Pinon, Carolyn Muhlstein, Petya McLaughlin, Janet Worthy and Jennifer Benson. Kristin notes that event organizers are continuing to work hand-in-hand with city event planners to ensure maximum accessibility for residents, visitors and emergency responders. Barricades will ensure a clear map route and trained personnel will be available throughout the route to direct race participants and traffic. Post-race festivities will include refreshments, music and giveaways on the blacktop at Grant K-8. To register individually or form a team (or join a team that has already been created), log on to www.missionhills5k.com.•

The Mission Hills 5k offers healthy fun for the whole family while raising much-needed funds for STEAM programs at Grant K-8, our neighborhood public school.

Mission Hills 5k event planners are working with the City of San Diego to ensure maximum runner safety, as well as public pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle accessibility on race-day.

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St. Vincent dePaul School Presents

A Time to Bond Big Bash Get ready for A Time to Bond as St. Vincent de Paul School in Mission Hills presents their Annual Big Bash on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Doubletree by Hilton – Mission Valley. The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. where guests can bid on their favorite silent auction items and win fabulous prizes in their Casino Royale followed at 7:30 p.m. by dinner, live auction, entertainment and dancing. Join guests for an unforgettable night of James Bond style, incredible music, delicious martinis, and much more. Guests are encouraged to wear their favorite Bond attire at this incredible event that brings together school families, parishioners, and the community for a great cause. This exciting evening is sure to be a memorable one as guests spend a night inspired by 007 himself and support St. Vincent de Paul School. Tickets are $100 each and sponsorships are available. Proceeds benefit students at St. Vincent’s and assist in fulfilling the school’s mission to empower its students by providing them with a quality Catholic education. The school inspires its students to live and deepen their faith, with a focus on the Gospel message that motivates them to respond to the needs of others. For information to purchase your tickets or sponsorship opportunities, visit www.svscatholic.org or call 619.838.1368. St. Vincent de Paul School is a Catholic, co-educational elementary school, founded in 1948 in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, St. Vincent’s services children from Preschool through Eighth Grade.•

Left to right are Antoinette and Beau Kinley with Derek and Chrissy Correia at St. Vincent’s previous Big Bash.

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Left to right are the 2017 Big Bash Chairs, Lupita Cefalu and Jennifer Navarra.

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American Road Trip is Theme of 2018 MADCAPS’ Annual Fundraiser

Mothers and Daughters Club Assisting Philanthropies (MADCAPS) celebrates 58 years of community service with its annual benefit show happening Thursday, March 8 through Saturday, March 10, at Point Loma Nazarene University’s Brown Chapel Theater. The theme for this year’s show is “American Road Trip” with a tribute to American cities across the nation including Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City. Tickets are currently being sold with prices ranging from $5 to $25. Tickets can be purchased at www.sdmadcaps.org.•

The full dance team performs during the 2017 MADCAPS’ event.

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Cygnet Theatre Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music,” the Tony Award winning musical is considered one of Sondheim’s most beloved works, and features stunning melodies including the popular “Send in the Clowns.” Cygnet’s production is directed by Sean Murray and runs from Wednesday, March 7 through Sunday, April 22. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film “Smiles of a Summer Night,” this captivating and delightful tale of lost love and secret liaisons takes place in 1900’s Sweden on a midsummer’s eve at a country home. Desiree Armfeldt has always captured the hearts of men. When both of her lovers-and their wivesshow up for a weekend in the country, a tangled web of love and desire lead to humorous and heartbreaking revelations. This musical is sophisticated, literate and stylish, but also disarmingly warm, funny, charming and very human. The diverse cast of 16 actors includes artists seen in the 2008 production as well as some new faces. Director Sean Murray will reprise his role of Frederick Egerman. Desiree Armfeldt will be played by Karole Foreman. The live orchestra will be led by musical director Terry O’Donnell. The production features set design by Sean Fanning, costume design by Jeanne Reith, lighting design by Chris Rynne, and sound design by Chad Lee Thymes. Wigs and makeup will be created by Peter Herman. Craig Campbell will stage manage. Tickets are available at the box office, located at 4040 Twiggs Street in San Diego Old Town Historic State Park, or by phone at 619.337.1525 or by visiting www.cygnettheatre.com.•

Landmark Theatres “Foxtrot” opens with a knock on a door. A woman, Daphna Feldmann (Sarah Adler), answers and immediately falls to the ground. She knows what the arrival of Israeli soldiers at her door means—her son Jonathan has died in the line of duty. The arriving soldiers confirm this news to Dafna’s husband Michael (the excellent Lior Ashkenazi), and Maoz’s formalism is instantly clear and striking. He opens his film with procedure. It’s not just the information of the death of a child but the procedure that entails. This is the kind of filmmaking—in which formal

choices are clear and striking—that one immediately recognizes as accomplished, intertwining visual art with deep wells of emotional impact like grief and anger. Maoz uses his skill as a visual artist to enhance the human urgency of his story. Directed by Samuel Maoz, “Foxtrot” is one hour and eight minutes long, and Rated R. It opens Friday, March 2 at Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas, located at 3965 5th Avenue. For information and times, call 619.819.0236, or visit www.landmarkTheatres.com. Film times and dates are subject to change.•

Sean Murray and Karole Foreman star in “A Little Night Music.” Photo provided by Ken Jacques.

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Life of a Stylist Designer Territa Torres’ Las Vegas Fashion Week

By Stylishly Aubree Lynn Stylist/Producer/Writer Can’t top doing what you love in life? Well, I would like to introduce you to someone who fits the bill. I had the pleasure and honor of styling Fashion Week San Diego Designer Territa Torres’ look—book for Las Vegas Fashion Week this past February. I am familiar with Torres’, expertise, which are pleated garments that fit women’s bodies to a T. My goal was to find accessories that went along with her collection, to give it that extra something to compliment the amazing pieces to be displayed. I had just one day to pull the look together after getting her story—board presentation. It was go to work time. I reached out to Jewelry Designer Art Rivas, Celebrity Designer Liz Russell, and local boutique proprietor Bad Madge in South Park. Rivas didn’t have pieces that would compliment the items we were photographing, and Liz Russell had a busy day, which didn’t allow us to connect until very late in the day. Later that day, Bad Madge did show me some items that could have worked beautifully, but due to time constraints, I was unable to get the items. So now it is on me, as the stylist. So I pulled from my own wardrobe and was assisted by my mother, Tina Lynn Stout of Stout Designs. She had broach bouquets, necklaces and some vintage pieces that just were on point. The items worked fantastically. Fortunately, I felt so much better about the next morning that I was able to sleep well. At 9 a.m. we were on set. Our hair stylists, make—up artists, models and photographers were all so pleasant. We all meshed. When you have a team like this working together, you can bust out 16 to 18 different styles in four hours. The photos were looking great and all of Territa’s clothing looked stunning on these beautiful models. The photographers worked their magic and the day was a stylists dream. Congratulations to Territa Torres on making it to Las Vegas Fashion Week and the Look Book team that made this day such a pleasant and enjoyable fashion set to work on. To learn more about this 24—hour process as a stylist, and to view a special promo reel of the day’s shoot by Simple Annalisa, visit Stylishly Aubree Lynn’s YouTube and click on Positive Pregnancy—Styling Territa Torres Look—Book Las Vegas Fashion Week. There you can find team information and much more. As an added note, Territa Torres Designs was awarded Las Vegas Fashion Weeks 2018 Emerging Designer. Congratulations to Territa Torres.•

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Maria Menounos To Host Susan G. Komen® San Diego’s

“Screens, Genes & The Choices We Make” Annual Fundraiser

On March 14, Susan G. Komen® San Diego (Komen San Diego) will bring together leading cancer and wellness experts from around the globe to share the latest developments in breast cancer research, treatment and well-being at its much-anticipated fourth annual dinner symposium, “Screens, Genes & The Choices We Make” presented by Bank of America. The event will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, located at 1 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101. Proceeds from the event will benefit Komen San Diego, the County’s largest funder of free breast cancer services and support and the only organization providing qualified women the free services they need for every step of the breast cancer journey. Emmy® award-winning journalist, brain tumor survivor and The New York Times bestselling author, Maria Menounos, will host the interactive, casual and cutting-edge event. Menounos holds the distinct honor of conducting the only interview with the entire Obama family. The interview was touted by ABC News as one of the defining moments leading to Obama’s historic victory. Her groundbreaking conversational style of reporting led her, at the age of 22, to become the youngest person ever to host Entertainment Tonight. Menounos would go on to do the same for the Today Show, Nightly News, Dateline and Access Hollywood. Menounos has also overcome significant personal challenges. Just months after her mother was diagnosed with stage IV brain cancer, Menounos was also diagnosed with a brain tumor. She endured a difficult operation and recovery, and thankfully the tumor was benign. “We’re thrilled to once again come together to not only raise critical funds, but also learn about the progress in the fight against breast cancer,” said Shaina Gross, president and CEO, Komen San Diego. “There will be nothing ‘stuffy’ about this event as it is meant to be a candid and real conversation about the latest and greatest advancements in breast health research. It will be a fun-filled night of inspiration and continued commitment to all San Diegans facing breast cancer.” To register for the event and for additional information, Emmy® award-winning journalist, brain tumor survivor and The New York Times visit www.komensandiego.org/sgk_events/screens/.• bestselling author, Maria Menounos is guest speaker.

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Whispers and Shouts by Cath DeStefano

Here are the various answers I have recorded over time in response to the question: “What does your inner voice tell you?” • Watch Out! It acts as a warning system.

Something in you says, “Pay attention.”

• This or That? Intuition is helpful in making decisions. You tune into body messages as you imagine yourself taking first one road and then the other. Leave your job? Stay in your job? Take that trip? Stay home and not go?

Which feels right?

• Just Right. Intuition guides creativity. When creating something, whether art, song or craft, tune into the intuitive nudges telling you what the next step might be and when your creation is finished.

You know when it’s right.

• Yoo Hooooooo, Hellooooooo! It alerts you to pay attention. It is notifying you of a needed change. Time to stop smoking?

End a relationship? Get more focused?

As we connect more with this ancient way of being in our world, we will come home again to our own knowing, relying less on experts and trusting ourselves more.

Sometimes your inner voice whispers.

Sometimes it shouts.

Tune in. Cath DeStefano, Author, Speaker, Artist Book excerpt: Vital Signs for Life www.humantuneup.com • HumanTuneUp@Live.com

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The National Conflict Resolution Center Celebrates 30 Years of Peacemaker Awards By Laura Walcher

Thirty years ago, with a cadre of attorneys, activists, civicminded citizens, Liz O’Brien, CEO of the S. D. Mediation Center, launched the organization’s Peacemaker Awards. It was time. The group, wholly dedicated to the practice, nevertheless struggled—as non-profits often do—with funds, visibility, with community recognition. Would those early Peacemaker Awards help? Indeed. Even though the first few years of the Awards were a little luncheon-in-the-park-ish, by the time 15 years had passed, the community understood— even embraced—the merits of meditation. Under O’Brien’s leadership, Peacemaker had become a welcome San Diego event . Today, O’Brien works out of Denver, continuing to be that region’s “goto” expert on the subject. At the helm of the organization for the past 15 years is CEO Steve Dinkin, having hailed from the east to continue the organization’s impact. O’Brien and Dinkin gave us their perspectives on mediation—and the awards. LW: N ot that “no one” ever heard of mediation 30 years ago, but then, the practice still needed a definition, some inspiration for disputants to actually embrace it, vs. what folks were inclined to do—go to court? O’Brien: 3 0 years ago it took most civil cases three years to get to the judge, and then the judge proceeded to order a settlement conference. Very few cases actually went to court. Satisfaction rates were very low for resolved disputes. There was also research that indicated that imposed settlements were not so successful; instead, disputants participating in the process led to better outcomes, greater satisfaction and more compliance. LW: W hat led you and your team to launch a mediation program? O’Brian: I ’d been hired by the Law Center of the University of San Diego to manage mediation programs in Mira Mesa and Golden Hill. Our team agreed that this was too limiting. Instead, began providing services throughout the city. We named ourselves S. D. Mediation Center (SDMC), serving small claims, Superior Court, divorce, HOA, juvenile court, EEO, Army, Navy, etc., and continuing to undertake community cases. The team was so creative and competent. It all worked, and is still going strong. LW: T his is the 30th year of the Peacemaker Awards. How much credit do you give it for publicizing, growing the practice of mediation and of course, the growth of the organization? O’Brian: J ulie Mazo, a mediator, and I came up with Peacemaker. While our work was good, and we were busy, we were also cash poor, mediator rich–no one had ever heard of us. The event also got the attention of the judiciary; there were clearly cases that did not belong on an already overburdened docket. With the event’s publicity, we became the vehicle to get even more disputes into mediated agreement. LW: What were your greatest challenges? O’Brian: The greatest was convincing the courts, to take us seriously. Today, mediation is taught in most law schools. And, getting people to the table. It’s hard to sit across from an adversary, a niggling neighbor, someone who owes you money, your ex – wife, its harder than it sounds. In the beginning, lawyers ignored us. Then, they said only lawyers could be mediators. Today, most list mediation as one of their services. We were trying to get disputes solved faster, more effectively and way more affordably. Also, our message was that people, given the opportunity and a skilled neutral mediator, are entirely capable of managing conflicts. LW: B y the time you left, the SDMC had grown, to say the least. How did you measure your success by then? O’Brien: We’d earned darn near every award available. Kudos from People to Watch, League of Women Voters, Bar Association Best Org, Healers of Conflict Award, among others. We helped establish the Southern California Mediation Association and The California Dispute Resolution Council. We were the first to train in Germany, Austria and many of the Eastern European countries. Significantly, we had 250 trained and ready mediators. LW: When you left, you’d put in 17 years at the helm. How are you presently involved in mediation? O’Brien: I now set up mediation centers internationally, in Mexico, Peru and Eastern Europe. I also mediate EEO cases, and I’m busy as a conference speaker. LW: What do you think of how your “baby” has grown up? O’Brien: So pleased that its still going strong; both humbled and gratified at having laid the groundwork for a solid institution. LW: S teve, by the time your took the helm of the organization, Peacemaker had been an annual event for 15 years. Since then, you’ve strengthened the scope and breadth of the organization. Importantly, you’d changed the name, to the National Conflict Resolution Center.

Steve Dinkin is CEO of the National Conflict Resolution Center.

Dinkin: W e changed the name to reflect the growth and outreach of the organization. By then, our work encapsulated all forms of conflict resolution. Although we’re based here, we’ve provided our services to all levels of society. LW: What have been your greatest challenges? Dinkin: U nfortunately, we now live in a world where incivility—conflict— is pervasive. While the challenge is greater, and conflicts exist throughout society—family, college, workplace, etc.—the task is to address it in all its contexts. In the community, we’ve developed a series of trainings in communication, conflict resolution, inclusivity, etc. all grounded in the basic principles of mediation. We proactively address disputes before they escalate into the court system—this is how we can, hopefully, transform our culture into a more peaceful society. LW: Y ou’ve added a series of new initiatives, too? I assume these are training programs? Dinkin: I mportantly, yes. One is for at-risk youth, called, Avoiding the Pipeline to Prison, which we’ll feature at the Peacemaker dinner. We teach restorative justice with the San Diego Unified School District and our law enforcement. Another. the Campus Civility Initiative, in which thirteen university campuses in California and Arizona instruct student leaders with tools and life skills, to be more inclusive. We also conduct an empowerment program, for teaching life skills to at-risk homeless, veterans, foster youth, refugees, etc., helping them become effective members of society. LW: Are there any sorts of disputes you don’t address in mediation? Dinkin: B y and large, we don’t handle domestic violence, in which a power imbalance usually exists, and where one individual might be coerced into an agreement. I want to emphasize that in mediation, the results we seek and mediate must be voluntary, free and fair. LW: By now, its 30th year, what have you added to the Awards? Dinkin: T en years ago, realizing that incivility had become so pervasive, we felt that publicizing national Peacemakers could make a significant contribution to the practice. The first national award went to Judah and Ruth Pearl, who, responding to their son Daniel’s murder in Pakistan by Islamic extremists, created the Daniel Pearl Foundation, devoted to improving Muslim-Jewish relations. Another example is Representative John Lewis, who has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, and securing civil liberties. We continue to seek creative solutions to disputes, determined to make strong contributions to effect positive societal change. The 2018 Awardees are KPBS and NCRC, who receive the Community Heroes; No Labels receives the National Peacemaker award; Philanthropy in Peacemaking goes to San Diego Padres’ Peter Seidler and Dan Shea. th The 30 annual Peacemaker Awards takes place on Saturday, April 7, at the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina. Tickets can be purchased online at www.NCRConline.com, or by phone: 619.238.2400, ext. 222.•

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March 2018 Thru April 1 n Women’s Museum of California, located at 2730

March 1 n Westfield UTC Palm Plaza, located at 4545 La Jolla

Historic Decatur Road, Suite 103, Liberty Station, San Diego, presents California Women’s Clubs: An agent for progress and community in the 20th century. This new exhibit examines how women’s clubs functioned as a vehicle for women to enter the public sphere and use their voice to create positive change in their community at a time when women’s roles were confined strictly to the home, Women’s clubs, formed by middle-class white women and African Americans, focused on social reform for issues concerning the country in the late 19th and early 29th centuries such as child labor, prison reform, suffrage, education, public health, and temperance.

Village Drive in San Diego, hosts Whitney Shay & Robin Henkel from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. For information, call 858.546.8858.

Thru April 6 n Taboo Studio, located at 1615 ½ W. Lewis Street in Mission Hills, Celebrates 30 Years with Arm Candy: An Exhibition of Exceptional Bracelets. Some of the artists that have helped with this exhibition include Lynda Bahr, Elisa Bongfeldt, Shauna Blythe Burke, Lisa Ceccorulli, Lori Gottlieb and Heather Guidero. Each artist has hand-fabricated pieces reflective of her particular inspirations in materials ranging from hi-karat golds and silver, to mokume gane, diamonds, and semi-precious stones. Please come and enjoy this one-of-a-kink exhibition. Please visit www.taboostudio.com for information.

Thru April 15 n African-American Fine Art Exhibition debuts at San Diego History Center located at Casa De Balboa, Balboa Park, 1649 El Prado, Suite #3, San Diego. For decades African American artists from or with strong ties to San Diego have had limited opportunities for the community to experience their exceptional talent. Many have made significant contributions to the cultural fabric of our city, yet the great multitudes of visiting tourists rarely encounter these works. Legacy in Black, a new exhibition highlights the art work of eight African American artists with noteworthy influence on the African American fine art scene in San Diego. These artists are Manuelita Brown, Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. (Deceased), Jean Cornwell Wheat,——Albert Fennell (Deceased), Kadir Nelson, Faith Ringgold, Charles Rucker (Deceased), Rossie Wade (Deceased). For more information please visit www.sandiegohistory.org.

Thru June 2018 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Canyoneer Hikes. Free and open to the public, dogs or other pets are not permitted on the walks, as they interfere with observing wildlife. Wear comfortable walking shoes and a hat. Hiking boots are recommended for desert and mountain hikes. Bring adequate water and food: even the short or easy hikes can demand liquid and energy resources. You may also wish to bring a jacket, binoculars, and field guides. Bring rain gear if rain is a possibility. Get complete hiking information by visiting www.sdnat.org/canyoneers.

Thru 2018 n San Diego Air & Space Museum at 2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, Brings “Speed” to San Diego in 2018. The fastest vehicles in the world roar into San Diego all year long as SPEED: Science in Motion—- a fun, interactive adventure for all ages—highlights the most iconic, record-setting planes, rockets, spacecraft, race cars, motorcycles, drag racers, bicycles and race boats on the plant. In a move never tried before, the Museum will change out the display vehicles in SPEED: Science in Motion every month. March features “Drag Racing,” with Race Boats” roaring into the Museum in April. Visit the Museum’s website for monthly updates at www.sandiegoairandspece.org.

March 1 n Zel’s Del Mar, located at 1247 Camino Del Mar in Del Mar, hosts Robin Henkel solo blues from 7 to 10 p.m. For information, call 858.755.0076.

n Martinis Above Fourth, located at 3940 Fourth Avenue, Second Floor, at 8 p.m. presents Las Vegas headliner Chadwick Johnson as he returns to the stage with his new show, Your Song, Celebrating the hits of the piano men from Elton John, Billy Joel, and Stevie Wonder to John Legend and Barry Manilow. Visit www.martinisabovefourth.com for information.

March 1 thru 25 n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is providing informal learning experiences that support and enhance exploration, create excitement and facilitate scientific, discoveries. This program is designed for children ages three to five years old with an accompanying adult. Classes meet from 9 to 10 a.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon. Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Contact Client Services at 619.238.1233, ext 806 or visit wwwrhfleet.org/events/young-scientists.

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n Come see the creative mind of John Malashock Unleashed from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. during Friday Night Liberty Arts District Liberty Station Community Association at 2701 Lytton Street in San Diego. See new and remounted works up close and personal in a teaser for the season production at the Lyceum Theater.

n AMSD Concerts is pleased to have John Gorka as he is perhaps the quintessential ironic singersongwriter of the 80’s scene. Performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Sweetwater Union High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.amsd.com.

March 3 & 4 n The Spring Busker Festival returns to the San Diego waterfront at Seaport Village, located Downtown at West Harbor Drive and Pacific Highway. Attracting hundreds of applicants from around the world, the free festival will welcome nine of the best street performers for an entertainment-filled weekend. The event runs from noon to 6 p.m. both days, with a special Buskers After Dark performance on the March 3 from 7 to 10 p.m. Featuring a DJ, food and beer specials and busker acts, the event is best suited for those over 18.

March 4 n Maritime Museum, located on the North Embarcadero in downtown San Diego, at 1492 North Harbor Drive, presents New Wind & Water: Sailing in San Diego Photography. The museum presents this rare, new photographic collection of historic, classic, and wooden yachts racing and sailing in San Diego. For information, visit www. sdmaritime.org or call 619.234.9153.

March 5 n Reuben H Fleet Science Center, located at 1875 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents the first Monday of every month for seniors 65 and better to enjoy the Science Center exhibits, a show in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater and a lecture on the quietest day of the month for only $8. The doors open at 9:30 a.m. to get Senior Monday started early. The lecture topic for this month is History Through Science. Learn about some of the important scientific discoveries in the field of chemistry, accidental and on purpose, that changed the course of history. Visitors are encouraged to stay to enjoy the galleries and special senior discounts in Craveology and the North Star Science Store.

March 6 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, offers residents Free Days on the first Tuesday of each month. Balboa Park organizations offer free admission (special exhibitions and films are not included) to San Diego City and County residents (with ID), active military, and their dependents on selected days for one day each month. On Residents Free Day, please enter at the south side of the building near the fountain. All guests will exit at the north side of the building near the big fig tree. For information, visit www.sdnhm.org.

March 7 & 8 n Martinis Above Fourth, located at 3940 Fourth Avenue, Second Floor, presents Leslie Jordan in “Exposed” at 8 p.m. Exposed is a part comingof-age and part lighthearted Hollywood exposé, one thing you can say about this latest show is that the star is not lacking in material. Visit www. martinisabovefourth.com for ticket information.

March 8 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, presents Nature & Me Storytime at 10:15 a.m. Open to all ages with a parent or guardian (recommended for ages one to five-years ols). Free with Museum admission. Visit www.sdnat.org for ticket information.

n AMSD concerts presents The Mammals at 7:30 p.m. at Sweetwater Union High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. A high-octane Americana quintet from New York’s storied Hudson Valley. The Mammals deftly move from olderthan-dirt banjo duets to sound-the-alarm topical fare that’s right in line with the times, bouncing from roof raising hoe-downs to hear-a-pin-drop a cappella balladry. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.amsd.com.

March 8 thru 10 n Point Loma Nazarene University’s Brown Chapel Theater, located at 3900 Lomaland Drive in San Diego, presents Mothers and Daughters

Club Assisting Philanthropies (MADCAPS) as it celebrates 58 years of community service with its annual benefit show. The theme for this year’s show is “American Road Trip” with a tribute to American cities across the nation, including Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City. Tickets can be purchased at www.sdmadcaps.org.

March 9 thru 17 n Don Powell Theatre, located at 5500 Campanile Drive in San Diego, will showcase the SDSU School of Theatre, Television, and Film as it presents “Company” at 7:30 p.m. The Tony awardwinning musical by Stephen Sondheim marks the 35th Anniversary of the SDSU MFA Musical Theatre program. Reimagined for a 2018 audience, the production incorporates social media into Sondheim’s timeless musical about relationships and society. Tickets can be purchased online at www.theatre.sdsu.edu.

March 10 n Birdrock Coffee Roasters, located at 5627 La Jolla Boulevard in La Jolla, hosts Robin Henkel solo blues from 10 a.m. to noon. For information, call 858.551.1707.

n A Mardi Gras Cruise on the WD Evans Paddlewheel boat, located at 998 West Mission Bay Boulevard, Takes place at 5 p.m. Come join the Euphoria Brass Band, the Casey Hensley Band, Shay and the Hustle, Fuzzy and the Bluesmen, Robin Henkel, Nathan James, Sarah Rogo, Sharifah, Gregory Page, Michelle Lundeen and Ben Powell. Tickets can be purchased at www.paypal.me/Rexrodeproductions.

March 10 & 11 n Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is holding a Saturday and Sunday Science Club for girls in grades five through eight. This month we will discuss: The Windy 500. Design your own wind-powered cars and explore the different ways that wind power can be utilized. To participate, parents must pre-register at 619.238.1233 x806.

March 14 n Martinis Above Fourth, located at 3940 Fourth Avenue, Second Floor, presents Alexis Michelle at 8 p.m. From the exhilaration of being thrust into the reality TV spotlight to the struggles of the social media age, Alexis has lived it all and is stronger for it. Visit www.martinisabovefourth.com for ticket information.

March 14 thru April 8 n Moxie Theatre, located at 6663 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite N, San Diego, features The Roustabouts Theater Company as they present A Jewish Joke Starring Phil Johnson. In 1950’s Hollywood, at the height of the Communist Blacklist, when careers were ruined by a whisper, we meet irascible comedy screenwriter Bernie Lutz. Funny and lovable, Bernie has made his way up the ladder by being a spineless Hollywood sellout. One man’s journey through a historical reality as well as into the depths of his own soul is the heart of this multi-layered, compelling, funny and relevant play. For information, visit www.theroustabouts.org or call 619.728.7820.

March 15 n Nate’s Garden Grill, located at 3120 Euclid Avenue in San Diego, hosts Robin Henkel solo blues from 6 to 8 p.m. For information, call 619.546.7700.

n Martinis Above Fourth, located at 3940 Fourth Avenue, Second Floor, presents Vickie Shaw in “A Very Vickie Venture” at 8 p.m. Shaw’s show proves once again how much fun you can have eating, drinking and sitting in the dark. No one is safe, even her son and daughter, who happen to be in the room. Visit www.martinisabovefourth.com for ticket information.

March 16 n Proud Mary’s Southern Bar & Grill, located at 5550 Kearny Mesa Road in San Diego, hosts Robin Henkel Band with Whitney Shay from 7 to 10 p.m. For information, call 858.278.0800.

March 17 n Westfield UTC Palm Plaza, located at 4545 La Jolla Village Drive in San Diego, hosts Whitney Shay & Robin Henkel from noon to 2 p.m., and 4 to 6 p.m. For information, call 858.546.8858.

n The Westgate Hotel, located at 1055 2nd Avenue in San Diego, hosts its first Champagne Literary Tea of the year from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Guests are invited to delight in a three-course afternoon tea in the company of the highly acclaimed author Mark Sarvas. Come celebrate Mark’s second book, “Memento Park,” the story of a son who begins to unravel the story of his father after he acquires a mysterious piece of art. The event will take place in the hotel’s Le Fontainebleu Room. For information, visit www.westgatehotel.com or call 619.238.1818.

n Martinis Above Fourth, located at 3940 Fourth Avenue, Second Floor, presents Jarrod Spector

and Kelli Barrett in “Funny How It Happens” at 8 p.m. Hitched in 2014, Kelli Barrett (“Wicked”, “Dr. Zhivago”, “Royal Family”) and Tony Nominee Jarrod Spector (“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”, “Jersey Boys”) present Funny How It Happens, an intimate look at the uncanny parallels and fortuitous make-it-or-break-it moments throughout their careers and friendship that eventually bought them together. The show features pop favorites and iconic songs from their Broadway musicals while offering an inside (and often hilarious) scoop on what life is really like as a married Broadway power couple. Visit www.martinisabovefourth.com for information.

March 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25 n The Lyceum Theater, located at 79 Horton Plaza in San Diego, celebrates a landmark 30th Anniversary Season for John Malashock, who will premier new choreography set to a suite of five dynamic and diverse musical works by composer Matthew McBane, and continue a rich collaboration with renowned composer Judd Greenstein. This newly expanded Company of 11 dancers will inspire audiences with their unparalleled talent and evocative performance. Purchase tickets at www. lyceumevents.org or call 619.544.1000.

March 18 n theNAT, San Diego National History Museum, located at 1788 El Prado in Balboa Park, hosts Flower Power Family Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Become a junior botanist and celebrate the beauty and power of flowering plants during the lushest of all the seasons. Learn the science of plants, grow and dissect seeds, and make plant-inspired crafts for you to take home. For information, visit www.sdnat.org.

March 22 n Martinis Above Fourth, located at 3940 Fourth Avenue, Second Floor, presents David Hernandez in “Soul Sessions” at 8 p.m. Enjoy an intimate evening with Hernandez as he makes his return to MA4. Enjoy your favorite soul cover songs and many of his new, original pieces. Accompanied by piano, this acoustic set takes you on a journey through old-school to modern soul music. Visit www. martinisabovefourth.com for ticket information.

March 23 n ChuckAlek Biergarten, located at 3139 University Avenue in San Diego, hosts Robin Henkel solo blues from 7 to 9 p.m. For information, call 619.800.6797.

n AMSD Concerts presents The Dustbowl Revival at 8:30 p.m. at Sweetwater Union High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. This group is an Americana and Soul band with eight full-time members who mash the sounds of New Orleans funk, bluegrass, soul, pre-war blues, and roots music, into a genre-hopping, time-bending dance party that coaxes new fire out familiar coal. For information, visit www.amsd.com.

March 24 n Nate’s Garden Grill, located at 3120 Euclid Avenue in San Diego, hosts Robin Henkel solo blues from 6 to 8 p.m. For information, call 619.546.7700.

n AMSD Concerts presents Mary Gauthier at 7:30 p.m. at Sweetwater Union High School, located at 2900 Highland Avenue in National City. In conversation and in public, Gauthier comes off as a practical, no-nonsense woman. She has a way of burrowing into that hole so many of us carry inside our souls, and emerging with universal truths that show we aren’t so along after all. For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.amsd.com.

March 25 n Lestat’s, located at 3343 Adams Avenue in San Diego, hosts Robin Henkel Band with Horns— jazz and funk concert from 4:30 to 7 p.m. For information, call 619.282.0437.

March 26 thru 30 n Reuben H Fleet Science Center, located at 1875 El Prado in Balboa Park, offers exciting options to help keep kids active and learning about science, technology, engineering, art and math during spring break. The camps take place at the Science Center and feature fun, educations, hands-on activities for kids in grades one through seven. Parents can enroll their children for one day, multiple days or the full week. Visit www.fleetscience.org/events/springcamps for a complete list of activities.

March 30 n Wynola Pizza, located at 4355 CA-78 in Julian, hosts Robin Henkel solo blues from 6 to 9 p.m. For information, call 760.765.1004.

March 31 n Westfield UTC Palm Plaza, located at 4545 La Jolla Village Drive in San Diego, hosts Whitney Shay and Robin Henkel from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. For information, call 858.546.8858.

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Signing Storytime March 5, 12, 19 and 26 (every Monday) from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

Find out what’s going on in your baby’s mind, strengthen your bond with your baby, and lessen frustration brought on by miscommunication. Interactive presentation is led by Jennifer Duncan and also includes sing-alongs and bubble time, ending with Q&A period. Program is recommended for children from birth to four-years old.

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LEGO Playtime March 7, 14, 21 and 28 (every Wednesday) from 5 to 6 p.m.

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

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Attend a children’s Irish Dance performance, and then search for the leprechaun’s hidden gold.

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Book Sale March 17 from 9:30 a.m. to noon

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Kadampa Meditation Center 3125 Rosecrans Street, Bldg. B 619.230.5852

Meditation Classes most Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. & Saturday at 4 p.m. Kids & Families Sundays at 9 a.m. Prayers for World Peace Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Simply Meditate MWF 12 to 12:45;TT 12:15 to 12:45 p.m

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

Introduction to Indian Classical Music March 17 at 3 p.m.

Learn about Indian classical music with a presentation and performance by singer Devesh Vashishtha and accompanying musicians.

Mystery Book Group March 28 at 6:30 p.m.

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

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