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Local Kiwanis’ WWII vets honored

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On a perfect, picturesque morning atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla, four living legends of the Greatest Generation, the

four World War II veterans of the Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis Club, received a public and well-deserved “thank you” for their years of service to the country and to Kiwanis.

The four living legends, each over 90 years in age, were able to personally witness the dedication of their own shared plaque as part SEE KIWANIS VETS, Page 10

Book explores stroke recovery, resilience

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[Editor’s note: May is Stroke Awareness Month. For more information about strokes and recovery, visit the American Stroke Association at stroke.org.]

Short film on geology of Mission Trails Park earns a nomination. Page 17

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In 2010, San Diego State University professor Patricia Geist-Martin approached stroke survivor Bill Torres on his daily stroll to feed the ducks at Lake Murray. Little did they know that this first encounter would morph into a timeless friendship and eventually a book covering Torres’ life story and journey in recovering from a massive stroke.

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(l to r) Patricia Geist-Martin, Bill Torres and Sarah Parsloe (Photo courtesy Patricia Geist-Martin)

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As California moves from tier system restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Lake Murray Fireworks & MusicFest committee has been in contact with city and county officials about the feasibility of hosting a July 4, 2021 event. Based on permit restrictions, liability concerns, and public health risks, the committee has made the difficult decision to postpone the festivities until 2022.

“We are not comfortable hosting an event that encourages people to gather, while the city would require us to set up the area for gathering,” said event chair Tracy Dahlkamp.

“Overall, we decided that we would be unable to host a high-quality event that we could be proud of and the community deserves.”

To host just the fireworks portion of the annual event, the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department would have required organizers to obtain an event permit, insurance, lake staffing, trash cans, dumpsters and portable toilets, traffic safety measures, and a police presence for crowd control.

Furthermore, legal counsel advised it would be difficult to enforce social distancing and mask-wearing at a fireworks event with gatherings around the lake and visible throughout the region.

This is the second Lake Murray Fireworks & MusicFest canceled since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020. Previous Independence Day music festivals at Lake Murray Community Park drew a rotating crowd of an estimated 3,000 people. The evening fireworks show could be seen

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organization is one that I am taking very seriously and happy to be a part of,” he said.

Pamela Cottais is a resident of 40 years and is an alumnus of Patrick Henry and SDSU. She worked as an RN before going into real estate and raised four boys in Del Cerro. “I’d like to continue being active in the community,” she said. “I started with the wonderful group Save Del Cerro and that kind of sparked an interest in the community.”

Dante Wyatt is a Del Cerro resident of 16 years. He is a parent and works as a criminal defense attorney, and spent 10 years in the public defenders office, before working the last nine years in private practice. “My desire to be involved is to hopefully create a really good structure and foundation that models transparency and creates a board that is responsive to the residents and is a strong voice for us when we have issues that needs to be addressed with the city or other entities,” he said.

Nate Stein moved to San Carlos in 1988, then Del Cerro in 1991 where he raised his children. He recently retired from a career in nonprofits where he served on boards and committees. “So being part of this was a no-brainer to me,” he added.

Jay Sener moved to Del Cerro over two years ago but lived in nearby Rolando for almost 20 years. He is a parent with his oldest attending Henry. He said he is interested to get involved in community planning and

has community group experience having served on Rolando Community Council in leadership roles, including president. “I believe in a grass-roots approach to community planning and I think it’s important to understand what’s important to constituents being served by an organization,” he said.

Sandi Einstein moved to Del Cerro from Cleveland two years ago to be close to her son, daughter and granddaughter who live in San Carlos. She is a professional organizer and life coach. “I’m interested in keeping our community safe and clean and making more people aware of what’s going on,” she said, adding that she is a member of the Save Del Cerro Group.

Lyn Worthington is a Del Cerro resident of six years. She works for San Diego County in contracts, primarily to settle disputes, and has experience working on boards for the county as well as nonprofits. “The reason we bought here is the sense of community here, the multiple generations that we see,” she said. “So clearly there are a lot of roots here and the reason I want to be a part of this is to continue that.”

Barbara Blakeley moved to Del Cerro from Rolando over two years ago and has lived in San Diego since 1999 “jumping around” neighborhoods but thinks this is where she’ll stay.

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On April 28, the currently-forming Voice of Del Cerro group held its first public meeting.

“The impetus for Voice of Del Cerro was a response to the Del Cerro Action Council’s retirement as an entity and residents of Del Cerro felt there was a void that was left with that organization retiring and there was need for more transparency and an inclusive voice in Del Cerro, so a group of residents decided to organize and develop this group,” explained Ellis Clay, who led the meeting.

The online event was attended by over 50 residents and included a visit from San Diego City Council member Raul Campillo.

The meeting was mostly an informal presentation and introduction of the members of VODC’s working board who volunteered to write bylaws and create structure for the group based on public input.

During an interactive presentation, attendees were invited to share their thoughts on what they wanted the group to be. The main themes that surfaced were: community, transparency, representation, civil discourse, inclusiveness and communication.

Clay explained that the original structure of VODC is to have a founding board of roughly nine members and that the board will meet “hopefully sooner than later” to discuss organization and responsibilities of board members and “larger functions of the group.”

“At that point it will be opened up to those that expressed interest as volunteers and other support elements to be able to chime in with their own input and that will be part of the inclusiveness and transparency that we will be hopefully working to create,” he said.

Clay then officially introduced himself and the other founding members of the working group introduced themselves as well.

Clay is a Del Cerro resident of two years. He works as an educator, is a parent and a member of the Del Cerro BLM group. “The opportunity to be involved in this

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member of Save Del Cerro. “I’m really interested in having a voice that will speak for the entire community, not just a select few that is inclusive of all walks of life,” she said.

Lisa Busalacchi was listed as a volunteer to be on the working group board but was not in attendance.

After introductions, Clay made a point that although many board members were made aware of VODC through other organizations, this group would not have the same mission as those other groups.

“One of the notions behind Voice of Del Cerro is that it would be an inclusive voice for all Del Cerro,” he said, adding that VODC welcomes members from all local groups such as Del Cerro Moms or Friends of Del Cerro.

“That is a distinction from other groups like Save Del Cerro which has a singular purpose or Del Cerro for Black Lives Matter that has its own singular purpose. So in terms of having this be a more inclusive and whole community we want to make sure that every voice is heard and we have a broad spectrum of issues that we cover and address as we move forward.”

Clay then introduced Council member Campillo who thanked

the group volunteers and attendees for “standing up for community” and finding consensus and reaching out to connect with each other.

“It’s not very often that you have a new community group pop up like this and its certainly not even common to have 54 people show up to any meeting whatsoever,” he said. “I know this group will be a vehicle for the residents of Del Cerro to come together, help each other, build community and bring issues to each other’s attention and we will be here so it’s in our attention.”

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“We offered to come to their homes to vaccinate them and verified with each which vaccine they preferred. Offering these patients the option of having vaccine brought to them decreases risk factors and brings them peace of mind,” said Joie Trautman, director of Alvarado Hospital’s Vaccine Clinic.

Since January, Alvarado Hospital has been working diligently to vaccinate as many people in the community as possible.

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Gomez went on to explain that many people who need the vaccine the most may not have the means to travel to central locations to obtain vaccine. Seniors, for example, may find it difficult to reach one of the vaccination super-sites around San Diego county. “Our clinics aren’t meant to replace the super-sites,” Gomez added. “We’re meant to complement them. In this case, we’re bringing Mohammad to the mountain.”

In March and April alone, the Alvarado Hospital Vaccination Team has given over 5,000 vaccination shots, with an eye towards reaching the goal set by the county of vaccinating 2 million San Diegans. In addition to holding clinics on-campus, the hospital has held clinics at the La Mesa/ Spring Valley School District, Santee School District, San Diego Catholic Diocese, San Diego Lutheran Diocese, and Jewish Family Services to name just a few.

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The church’s role in dismantling racism

By RICK FRY

As a boy, I vividly remember a painting of Jesus displayed front and center in our church just behind the pulpit. It was a reproduction of the “Head of Christ” portrait by Warner Sallman.

One could not help but glance over the pastor’s shoulder as he preached and observe a blueeyed Jesus gazing up to heaven, light streaming into his darkblonde hair. This image of Jesus has shaped the faith of generations of Christians in ways both subtle and profound.

The physical features of the Jesus in this painting bear little or no resemblance to the darker skin tone and hair of people from the First Century Galilean region where Jesus was from — features that Jesus himself would share.

The tranquil image of Jesus also bears little resemblance to the Jesus of the gospels. Jesus disrupted and challenged oppressive forces in order to share God’s shocking love, justice and healing revealed in the collective of the “kingdom of God.” He would declare the poor and hungry blessed by promising them redemption (Luke 6: 20-21), share table fellowship with people who were excluded (Matthew 9:10), direct pointed words at religious elites who failed to teach and practice “justice, mercy and faithfulness” (Matthew 23: 23-24) and overturn tables at the center of power at the Temple in Jerusalem (Mark 11: 15-18).

Jesus showed such love and fidelity to God's vision, and was such a threat to the power of the

religious and political elite, that they put him to death on a cross, but according to the confession of the church he “rose again on the third day.”

This past year has seen challenges to systems of power. A jury has handed down guilty verdicts on all charges brought against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

But George Floyd’s murder has brought a long coming reckoning to the reality of racism in the United States. It has led to renewed protests with calls for police reform and accountability.

While some form of justice has been served, one conviction in a single courtroom doesn’t portend progress. State violence against black communities continues to pose a threat.

But the calls for police reform, along with the reform of other institutions, evoke the need for systemic change.

Many Christians have asked what role the church plays in dismantling racism. Churches are in the business of changing hearts and minds. We are less adept at disrupting and challenging systems which threaten or diminish vulnerable communities. This includes examining the ways in which predominately white churches, including pastors, have benefited from ignoring or upholding these very systems.

Making systemic change in the church is difficult and painful work. It’s much easier to make surface level changes — to change the paint colors of the building, or change a church’s name based on

marketing research — than to ask hard questions about the priorities of church budgets or the investments they hold, examining who is included and excluded when major decisions are made, or the ways in which churches insulate themselves from changing demographics in their communities.

This is true not just of the church, but virtually any institution — law enforcement, school boards, health care institutions. It’s notoriously difficult to effect change at systemic levels. When the choice is between protecting the power of the institution versus solidarity with communities threatened by white supremacy, we too often side with safeguarding the self-interests of the institution.

At a time when churches across all denominations are declining in membership, it may feel counterintuitive to speak or act against systemic racism. It seems too controversial. Yet, what if our communities are hungry for churches that are as fearless, loving, justice-seeking and inclusive as the one we follow?

Our churches can find new purpose and meaning in rediscovering the radically open heart of their faith. It means moving from charity-based approaches to ministry which fix the imbalance of power between giver and receiver, towards ministries in solidarity with the pain of our communities. It means being more inclusive in decision making, including listening to and sharing power with the surrounding community. It means using endowments and

creating new line items in budgets for ministry that supports the work of justice and equality.

It means advocating for greater accountability and reform of police, as many local activists and clergy are working hard to bring about.

Houses of worship, at their best, are sites of community transformation. As pastors and faith leaders we paradoxically take both great pride and are humbled by the dedication of the people we serve. Many of them are eager to see the very transformation that brings about real change. Thus, churches are uniquely equipped to form their people to be sent out and reform systems within the businesses, boards and institutions their members serve.

Dr. Cornel West once famously said, “Justice is what love looks like in public.” Churches have powerful stories of love to share. I hope that our “love made public” would seek to disrupt and transform the complex web of systems and institutions when they would go against the deepest core convictions of our faith — that humanity is created in the beauty and dignity of God’s image. Or, to put it another way, black lives matter.

The docile image of Jesus has made it difficult for churches to feel the power of Jesus’ mission and message with new impact, urgency and clarity. It means letting go of the passive Jesus of popular imagination, and siding with the Jesus at the margins.

—Rick Fry is pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church.

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EDITORIAL INTERN Lainie Alfaro CONTRIBUTORS Joel Anderson Ellen Bevier (CTC only) Hanna Bowen Raul Campillo (MTC only) John Crawford (MTC only) Laura Crivolo Robin Dohrn-Simpson Rick Fry Shain Haug Michelle Irwin Patricia Mooney Jennifer Morrissey Sean Quintal Jeff Ristine Sarah Ward Jay Wilson

By JOEL ANDERSON Would you be surprised to learn that 67% of all sexually violent predators (SVPs) a re cu r rently located i n East County? It’s true. What makes matters worse is that the courts may soon place as many as three more of these criminals in unincorporated El Cajon. If this happens, that percentage will jump to over 70%.

I understand, and fully appreciate, that nobody wants these individuals in their community, and I’ve heard the argument that they must go somewhere, but 70% in one district? Some districts in San Diego County have zero percent. How did this happen?

Like everyone else, this is what I wanted to know.

I instructed my staff to research this issue and, after several weeks, the information we received from state and local officials was unclear, contradictory, and incomplete.

Most of the public agencies we contacted indicated that they have no ability to expand their roles in the notification of registered sex offenders and the housing of SVPs. We found there is no requirement for local law enforcement to be notified until 10 days after a registered sex offender moves into a residence. We also found a lack of clarity and inter- com munication exists between governmental departments, agencies, and law enforcement task forces.

Disturbingly, the San Diego Sex Offender Management Council (SOMC), a board of law enforcement and public health officials responsible for community protection and

prevention of future sexual violence, has been inactive since 2019.

In other words, the process is dysfunctional, lacks transparency, and has inadequate public notification requirements.

This is unacceptable.

I believe the county has the resources and the ability for an improved notification and placement process on the housing of registered sex offenders.

It is for this reason I introduced a directive by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors instructing the San Diego County Counsel and the Chief Administrative Officer to fully investigate and report back with actions that can be taken to improve the processes and procedures in notifying the public on proposed placements and living situations for sex offenders.

I am pleased that the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved my item and I want

to thank my colleagues for their support. The appropriate placement of these dangerous individuals demands our full and immediate attention. When simple questions cannot be answered on such an important matter, the consequences threaten the safety of our citizens — particularly our children. It is irresponsible to allow this situation to continue and I intend to do everything I can to prevent the dumping of sex offenders in our communities.

It’s time for local authorities to step up and lead this process.

I would appreciate the opportunity to keep you updated on this important issue. Please visit my website at supervisorjoelanderson.com to join our mailing list and receive news on future developments.

—Joel Anderson represents District 2 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

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OPINION / POLITICS sdnews.com Crisis at our Southern border

By LAURA CRIVOLO

Please join us at or next Republican Women of California – Navajo Canyon (RWCNC) luncheon at The Legacy Hotel in Mission Valley on Tuesday, June 8. We will feature a speaker from U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration. Check in begins at 10:15 a.m., meeting begins at 11 a.m. RSVP to diane.randolph@ att.net. You can save time by purchasing tickets ahead of time at waveapps.com/yb847m-vb2kme.

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We are a country of immigrants — legal immigrants. We want lawful immigration, but there is a process and it is not storming our borders. You must apply to become a citizen and wait your turn. We ask that you assimilate and become contributing members of our society.

Our forefathers were honored and proud to become American citizens. My father-in-law was so proud of his new homeland that he would not allow Italian to be spoken in the home when

my husband was growing up. He always said, “We are Americans now, we speak English.”

We want you to come, support yourselves and your families without being a burden to U.S. taxpayers. What we have now with the Biden administration is quite the opposite, illegals are encouraged to come with the promise of “free” everything. The problem with “free” is that someone else is paying for it, that someone is you and I. This policy is a direct violation of the Constitution, laws and COVID regulations. While we have been shut down, lost our jobs, our children have been out of school for over a year, our borders are wide open with no regard for our health and safety. Security, jobs and safety of our country and our people is a right that has been taken away. We are more unsafe than ever!

Drugs are spilling into the U.S. at an alarming rate. Mexican and Chinese cartels are responsible for making the drugs and smuggling them into the United States. Five thousand pounds of fentanyl has been seized since the year began, more than all of 2020. It takes exactly two days from the time these

drugs enter the country to reach major cities such as New York and Chicago and are shipped to all over the interior of our country shortly thereafter.

I could fill this entire newspaper with shocking reports on the drug problems caused by this crisis at the border, unfortunately I don’t have the space. I encourage everyone to research the alarming statistics. It’s absolute insanity.

What are the Democrats doing? Well, it’s actually quite simple. The Democrats’ interest is in other countries — not America.

They are perpetuating the notion that we are systemically racist.

That is a lie that is being taught to our children. If you are against open borders, you are deemed a racist.

We are not a country if we don’t have a border. Large scale immigration shifts the control of power. That is what this is all about, power. Frightening — and they are getting away with it. What a country we are leaving to our children and grandchildren. This must be a wake up call.

—Laura Crivolo writes on behalf of the Republican Women of California–Navajo Canyon.

GOP now just a culture war platform

By SEAN QUINTAL

In 2004, Thomas Frank wrote a book entitled “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” In it, he examined why his home state of Kansas, long a hotbed of progressivism, had developed into a bastion of conservative GOP politics. Why, Frank wondered, did lower- and working-class people so frequently vote against their own self-interest and well-being. Frank concludes that the culture wars allowed the GOP to capture the populist language of social class and to present themselves as the embodiment of working-class anti-elitism. Or more recently, as the slovenly sinister Steve Bannon phrases it, “Politics is downstream from culture.”

Today, we see the Republican Party relying almost exclusively on the same playbook. In 2021, however, it’s called “cancel culture,” and the GOP has come to embrace opposition to it as one of two reasons for the party’s existence (the other being fealty to the deposed Mad King in MarA-Lago). Republicans have been peddling lies that President Biden wants to force Americans to eat less meat, or that the government was handing out copies of Vice President Harris’ books to refugees, or that Virginia was eliminating advanced math in schools in pursuit of racial equality, or that “cancel culture” emasculated Mr. Potato Head. All these

are lies, yet the GOP and the right wing media machine have repeatedly bellowed them. As Congress debated President Biden’s COVID relief bill, Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House, read aloud from a Dr. Suess book to promulgate another lie that the author’s books were being “canceled” by Democrats.

Why do they perennially beat this drum? Because Republicans win elections by scaring the hell out of their voters. They do this by otherizing the opponent: Obama is a socialist Muslim! Hillary is a crooked murderer! Crazy Bernie!

The Squad! Unfortunately for the GOP, President Biden is really hard to demonize; the Trump campaign tried every trick in the book in 2020 and failed pretty miserably. More importantly, both the President and his polices are popular with Americans. So instead, the GOP has invented a “cancel culture,” and a “woke mob” to focus on, purely to stoke conservative outrage. Because the last things Republicans want to talk about are the Democrats’ economic initiatives that have proved popular, such as an infrastructure package and a stimulus law that coupled pandemic relief with major expansions of safety-net programs.

But American voters will know the facts. Every Republican recently voted against a COVID relief bill with 70 percent support nationally, according to polling. The GOP ignores the pandemic and pretends something called “cancel culture” is an existential threat to the republic.

Republicans prefer to talk about Dr. Seuss and Potato Head toys, because they need to distract from their unpopular, special interest agenda. While Democrats have been putting money in people’s pockets and shots in their arms, Republicans have fought to prevent Americans from getting a pay raise and pushed to cut taxes for multi-millionaires.

This is the turf on which next year’s elections will be fought.

Democrats will run on an agenda of competent leadership, vaccinating people, distributing $1,400 relief checks, and rebuilding America’s infrastructure.

Republicans will try to enrage white voters with phony controversies about children’s books and red meat.

So “What’s the matter with Kansas” is what’s the matter with California, and what’s the matter with America. The Republican Party chooses to be a force for division and distrust in this country, rather than an institution dedicated to competent and just governance. And that’s a culture that needs to be canceled.

Join the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club on June 2 at 7 p.m. The meeting will focus on local issues related to climate change, and on the local presence of extremist and hate groups. Find the link to join the Zoom meeting on our website lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com —Sean Quintal writes on behalf of the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club.

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ESTATE PLANNING FOR SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES By: Dick McEntyre and Chris von der Lieth, Attorneys at Law Safe deposit boxes, which are located in a financial institution’s vault, are typically used by individuals to store important items, such as jewelry, coins, and certain documents like a will, declaration of trust, or title to a car.

Most people do not fully understand the nature of the agreement between the institution and themselves for use of the box or the ramifications of naming themselves and/or additional people on it.

A safe deposit box is rented under a lease agreement with a financial institution. So, although you might say informally that you have, or own, a safe deposit box, you are really just renting it from the institution, usually for an annual fee.

Typically, the number of named renters under a rental agreement is limited to four, and a maximum of two keys will be provided regardless of how many renters are listed.

Under the simplest scenario, you would rent a box in solely your name. So long as you are alive, this is satisfactory, because as the sole renter, you would be the only one with access to the box and its contents. However, if you die, the executor of your estate will have to either petition the local court for a probate administration to obtain letters testamentary to gain access to your box—very expensive and time-consuming—or will have to furnish a small estate affidavit where the contents of your box, together with any other assets in your estate, are worth less than a total of $166,250.

Where it is unknown if a deceased renter of a safe deposit box had left a will or a trust, there is a special “access rule” under California Probate Code Section 331 which allows an individual to search the contents of the box for a will or declaration of trust.

The search must be performed under the supervision of an employee of the financial institution, and the individual must provide

the institution with his or her identification, a death certificate for the decedent, and a key for the box. If there is a will or a declaration of trust, the institution can make a photocopy of it, and have the individual put the copy in the box and keep the original (in the case of a will, the original must be deposited with the local superior court). No other contents of the box can be removed under this procedure.

Perhaps by your will you have left your estate to your three children, but you named only one of them as a renter on the box along with yourself in order to provide that child access should you die or become unable to get into the box. This could result in some unfortunate consequences. Your child would have unfettered access to the box and could remove all its contents, claiming falsely that you intended the contents were his alone.

One remedy providing for both uninterrupted access to the box and assuring that the contents will pass on your death to your intended beneficiaries is to make sure you have set up a living trust for yourself, and specify therein who is/are to receive the contents of the box on your death. In the rental agreement you would designate as the renter yourself in your capacity as trustee of your trust. This way, only you would have access to the box during your life. When you die, your successor trustee could then go to the financial institution with the appropriate paperwork – a death certificate for you and a copy of your declaration of trust – and become the new renter of the box as your successor trustee. Since your trustee has fiduciary responsibilities to carry out the terms of your trust, and the trust directs the disposition of the contents of your box, your successor trustee should carry out your disposition objectives without hesitation.

The above statements are not to be taken as legal advice for the reader’s particular situation.

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Not everyone is familiar with the YESCO name, but most are familiar with the company’s work.

For over a century now, YESCO has created and maintained some of the most iconic lighted signs in the country, including the famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign.

Last year, YESCO Sign & Lighting opened a service branch at 4780 Mission Gorge Place that is primarily dedicated to serving customers with repairs and maintenance to existing signs and lights.

“We are pleased to offer YESCO’s industry-leading sign and repair services here in San Diego and I’m thrilled to be leading such a knowledgeable and talented team. This new location enables us to serve the businesses in the area much more efficiently,” said

general manager Mark Harmsen, adding that local customers in need of a custom sign can be serviced at the YESCO production facility in Jurupa Valley, California near Riverside.

YESCO founder Thomas Young started the company in 1920 in Ogden, Utah. Today, the company is headquartered in Salt Lake City and is still owned by the Young family. “[Young] founded it right when neon lighting was becoming a thing,” Harmsen said. “He got into Las Vegas when the city was starting boom and every casino seemed to want a bigger and better sign to out do the other casino as they started to grow.”

The famous “Welcome to La Vegas” sign entering the strip is owned by YESCO — the company’s is even written on the sign itself.

“We just completed the new City of Las Vegas sign,” Harmsen

The YESCO service center at 4780 Mission Gorge Road (Courtesy photos)

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added. “That was a big project that spans the entire strip there down by the Stratosphere.”

Although the service side of YESCO is less glamorous, the San Diego office down work on some of our most-known local signs.

“We’re working YESCO services monitors the Gaslamp Quarter with the Gaslamp sign for outages.

Quarter and a lot of iconic signs in San Diego, the “It sounds in theory like it’s ‘Oh Boulevard in El Cajon and you yeah you just go program it in,’ got some other ones in Normal but it takes a technician to make Heights, Hillcrest and we’ve those adjustments for the signs worked on those signs,” Harmsen and photocells. Often times, the said. “We’re focused on re-lighting sign is just an after thought for a San Diego, keeping San Diego lit business owner. They buy a sign amidst the pandemic.” and they don’t realize that there is Most of the day-to-day opera- maintenance required and there tions at YESCO’s San Diego office are things that need to be adjustinvolves servicing everything ed,” Harmsen said. form mom and pop restaurant Making local businesses more signs to bank parking lot lights. environmentally friendly is also “A lot of people think about a large part of the YESCO service.

YESCO and think about signs, “We kinda live right now in they don’t realize that we do a lot an era of technology upgrades, of specialty projects on parking so a lot of people are converting lot lights,” Harmsen said, adding their signs from original lamped that some lighting or sign work is signs to more energy efficient or performed hundreds of feet in the better products that last longer,” air and require a certain level of Harmsen said. expertise.

For more information about Another aspect of lighted signs YESCO and its history, visit yesthat requires expertise are the co.com and yesco.com/sandiego. adjustments for Daylight Savings —Reach editor Jeff Clemetson at changes, which happen twice a jeff@sdnews.com. year.

San Diego Health and Human Services website also has resources you can use. You can also visit the Alvarado Hospital website, AlvaradoHospital. com, for information about COVID-19 and the vaccines.

CITY APPROVES LEASE, IMPROVEMENTS AT MONTGOMERY-GIBBS In a step toward modernizing the MontgomeryGibbs Executive Airport and strengthening its role as an economic engine in the region, the City Council voted unanimously April 27 to approve a lease and redevelopment of 26.2 acres at the airport. The $16 million project, which will include new hangars and a flight club lounge with a viewing area, will help bring the 84-year-old airport into the 21st century.

“Montgomery- Gibbs Executive Airport is one of the nation’s busiest airports and a major transportation hub for residents as well as business and leisure travelers,” said Penny Maus, director of the city’s Real Estate Assets Department, which oversees the airport. “This approved project is a great addition of SEE NEWS BRIEFS, Page 15

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In order to take input from the public to ensure that District 7 residents’ voices are heard in our city’s budget process, my office has put together a survey for residents to fill out to let me know what they want me to focus on as it relates to the budget. Please visit tinyurl.com/cvmx4mne to participate in the survey.

In addition to the survey, on May 10 I hosted a virtual Town Hall alongside the office of our city’s independent budget analyst to hear residents’ voices and discuss my priorities for the FY2022 budget.

On May 5, I announced that I am calling on Mayor Gloria to fund the creation of a new office within the city administration:

the Office of Child and Youth Success. I believe that the city can leverage its assets to make San Diego a great place to grow up and raise a family. Once established, this office must commit itself to increasing access to affordable, quality childcare; combating housing and food insecurity for youth and families; and bolstering access to educational and career opportunities for young adults. To view my full announcement, visit tinyurl.com/4xz7rh7f.

Over the course of this crucial budget process, I will also be advocating for important priorities such as the San Carlos Library and the City Attorney’s nationally-recognized Gun Violence Response Unit and critically important Elder Abuse prevention program.

I would like to conclude with a quick COVID vaccine update. All San Diegans over the age of 16 are eligible to be vaccinated, and appointments are no longer required. As of May 5, 56% of eligible

San Diegans have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. If you or a loved one have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, please visit the County of San Diego’s vaccine resource page at tinyurl. com/dk29sdvc to make a plan to get your shots. We are on the verge of being able to move into the least-restrictive yellow tier, and for all restrictions to be lifted on June 15, but this all rides on our ability to get vaccinated and keep hospital beds open. Get vaccinated today!

As a reminder, you can always reach my office any time by emailing RaulCampillo@sandiego.gov.

For an issue specific to Grantville, Allied Gardens, or San Carlos, please reach Sanna Loando at SLoando@sandiego.gov For an issue specific to Del Cerro, please reach Jared Miller-Sclar at JMillerSclar@sandiego.gov.

—Raul Campillo represents District 7 on the San Diego City Council.

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of the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial, one of the only memorials in the nation that honors military veterans both living and deceased. The ceremony could have easily doubled as a Hall of Fame induction for the G.A.G. Kiwanis Club, as the four combine to represent approximately 200 years of membership in Kiwanis.

It was a beautiful morning atop the mountain as the marine layer burned away, leaving a sunny spring day for the crowd of about 40 people, made up mostly of Kiwanis members, spouses, and of course, friends and family of the honorees.

The emcee for the day was Neil O’Connell, a USMC veteran who also serves as President and CEO of the Mt. Soledad Memorial. One by one, O’Connell read the biographies of our four veterans – Owen Eugene (Gene) Elmore, Dr. Byron Y. Newman, John G. Peterson, and John (Jack) Scott – while also touting the history and significance of the memorial itself.

A s clu b m e m b e r V i c Enchelmayer was summoned to the podium for an invocation, a surprisingly well-timed, unplanned, and absolutely fitting flyover of vintage military aircraft took off from nearby MCAS Miramar. The flight path took each plane directly over Mt. Soledad, and seemingly directly over the head of 97-year-old Navy vet Elmore, who as a young pilot logged more than 160 combat and aerial missions in both the European and Pacific theaters, and later flew more than 1,200 humanitarian relief flights during the Berlin Airlift.

Elmore was accompanied by his wife, Wanda, and his two sons, Jack and James, who each

WWII veteran Jack Scott poses with his Quilt of Honor. (Courtesy photo)

took a few minutes to share some thoughts on their heroic father.

“On June 6, 1944, he made six trips to France,” recalled Jack Elmore, Gene’s older son. “Three to Utah Beach, and three to Omaha Beach.”

Commander Elmore joined the Navy after his 18th birthday in 1941, and is technically still in the Navy Reserve today. He joined Kiwanis in 1969, later serving as Club President and Lt. Governor, and winning the Kiwanian of the Year Award in 1982-83. He is still an active member of Kiwanis today.

Also honored was Dr. Newman, a native of Warren, Ohio who spent much of his time during the war years as an Army journalist. Newman took to the podium and described some of his earliest memories of the Army, as well as his experience during the Korean War. Following his Army years, Newman, 91, maintained a

60-year career as an optometrist.

He first joined Kiwanis in Van Nuys in 1971, and spent time as a member of six different Kiwanis Clubs in Southern California, including the last 16 years with Grantville-Allied Gardens (at the invitation of Elmore). He is a past Lt. Governor of Division 25, and put his journalism experience to good use as the editor of the Cal-Nev-Ha Kiwanis District newsletter during the 1980s. His wife, Bunny, was seated at his side during the plaque dedication ceremony.

Taking the opportunity to speak on his own behalf, Peterson, 93, identified two critical events that had a seismic impact upon his life. The first, of course, was being drafted into the Army in 1946. The second was his invitation 20 years later to come to his first Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis meeting.

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“My neighbor, Paul Christman, came across the street and asked me to join him at a Kiwanis breakfast. I did join him that morning, and I really enjoyed it.” Peterson will mark his 55th year as a member of G.A.G. Kiwanis later this month. “It has changed my life,” he gratefully explained.

A native of Winslow, Arizona, one of Peterson’s favorite experiences within the military was his early travel throughout the continental United States, including many parts of the nation that he had never seen before. “It made me grow up,” he recalled. “I had never been away from home before.”

He also appreciated his education

at San Diego State, made possible by the G.I. Bill, which provided financial aid to military veterans for college.

Last but certainly not least, Navy veteran Scott, age 96, also made it to the top of the mountain, where his story was told by Larry Hamilton. Scott served as a role model and mentor to Hamilton while the latter was a member of the SDSU Circle K club in the late 1970s, and the two have maintained a 43-year friendship ever since, meeting for lunch on Tuesdays whenever possible.

“He’s been there with me,” Hamilton said. “Now, later on in life, I’m glad to say I’m here with him, to help him out whenever I can.”

Hamilton spoke not only of Scott’s naval career, including

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his time on the destroyer U.S.S. Maloy, but also of his service as advisor to the SDSU Circle K club in the 1970s and 1980s. He extolled Scott’s volunteer service of more than 15,000 volunteer hours as a docent in Engine Room #3 on the U.S.S. Midway Museum (which he continues even today), and spoke laughingly at some of Scott’s quirks and idiosyncrasies today. “He hates mustard.”

One of the best parts of the ceremony from a special surprise from Quilts of Honor, a veterans support organization that crafts handmade quilts to honor those who have served. Each of our four veterans was presented with their own unique quilt and a “quilt hug,” where each of the four was enveloped within their personal

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Image of the plaque at Mount Soledad (Courtesy photo)

blanket with a gentle and appreciative embrace.

The very moving and respectful ceremony was the culmination of a months-long effort by Club Secretary Kathy Butterstein, along with her husband, George. The plaque itself was funded by private donations from several Kiwanians.

Although Mount Soledad reaches only 824 feet in elevation above the shores of La Jolla, on this day, our club’s WWII veterans were truly on top of the world.

—John Crawford is president of the Grantville-Allied Gardens Kiwanis Club.

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May 14 – June 10, 2021 COMMUNITY Mission Times Courier / College Times Courier sdnews.com Welcome Ann Gomez to the Benjamin Library She left the book store to become a paralegal but the call of The restrictions imposed by the literature was too great to igpandemic denied us the oppor- nore. She missed the books. She tunity to give Kathryn Johnson missed the opportunities to bring our good wishes and thanks for a the joy of reading to the public. job well done when she left us for She returned to study at C.W. new challenges. But we won’t let Post College in Long Island, New COVID-19 get in the way of greet- York, she earned a Master of Arts ing Ann Gomez as she comes to in Library Science, and in 2006 our community and takes over she began her career as a librarian management of Benjamin Library. in New York.

In 2014, Ann and her husband moved to San Diego to join their two daughters, a nd now four grandchildren, and continued her passion.

She took over the Balboa Library that serves Clairemont, Clairemont Mesa East and Kearny Mesa. She formed a strong bond with those communities, but the time came to move on and to bring the same joy and enthusiasm to Benjamin Library managing librarian Ann Gomez (Courtesy photo) Allied Gardens.

Her immediate Ann Gomez is from Brooklyn goals are to refresh the space, where early in her life she became to adjust the library to meet the enamored with books. Later when needs of the community in these she was employed at B. Daltons difficult times, to begin the increshe became equally and deep- mental opening of the library, and ly attached to those who loved to ensure that she and her staff books. Her great joy was helping will remain a vibrant source of a customer who might describe a community support. She wants book with a description such as “It to strengthen the on-line book had a blue cover and it and the au- ordering and pick up service that thor had a funny name,” or “I read will allow us to continue to use about the book in the Times Book the library even in the worst of Review a couple of weeks ago and times. it was set during a war.” The game In that regard, you can orwas afoot and the search was on. der books for your children by

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Community involvement opportunities in San Carlos

By PATRICIA MOONEY

Greetings Neighbors! The pandemic appears to be subsiding and of course we are advised to continue following all scientific guidelines about how to gather in the coming summer months. The last thing we want to do is become Sisyphus, shoving a giant boulder to the top of the mountain only to have it roll back downhill, crushing us in the process. San Carlos Area Council president Mark Schulze and I have recently enjoyed several occasions hanging out with mutually fully-vaccinated friends and family. What a difference a year and a half makes.

Hopefully you have used your quarantine time in constructive ways. Perhaps you have resolved to become more involved in your own community. Well, step right up, because San Carlos has many opportunities for you. The San Carlos Garden and San Carlos Library are two. And let this be a

Dagmar Midcap shows a horn from a Big Horn Sheep during a San Carlos Area Council meeting. (Courtesy photo)

reminder that the San Carlos Area Council is your town council.

President Schulze and I recently had an inspiring conversation with Treasurer Mickey Zeichick, who has served on the SCAC board for many years. She spoke about the evolution of the SCAC, and how it was created to serve the San Carlos community with information, education, and as a forum for neighbors to gather, share ideas, express concerns, SEE SCAC, Page 17

designating the field of interest or topics and the library will bundle books that meet those unique needs. And your kids will receive a bags of crafts that the staff has prepared for their enjoyment and occupation while you are trying to catch up with real life after a day of Zoom. But as the late night commercial always tells us, “But wait, there is more!” Stay tuned.

As much as anything else, Ann wants to get to know us, to find out about what is special about our community, to learn what we need from the library, and to talk about how our talents can make Benjamin Library a leader in community resources.

So welcome Ann Gomez. We are so glad you are here to continue the great traditions of our library.

And folks, if you really want to welcome her to Allied Gardens and Grantville tell her you want to talk to her about her favorite book, “A Prayer for Owen Meany”

by John Irving. Or that you need a copy of “Love that Dog” by Sharon Creech. You just might get out by closing time.

The May 25 Allied Gardens/ Grantville Community Council (AGGCC)Town Hall Meeting will be directed to the work of San Diego Canyonlands. We want this meeting to be our next and further step in our community's

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We can learn so much from them. View their May 2021 newsletter at tinyurl.com/5bwsv37k to inspire you to join us in this effort.

Use the “Contact Us” page at aggccouncil.org to get on the AGGCC email contact list, to receive notices of the activities of our Community Council and the Navajo Community Planning Group, Inc. Our next board meeting will be on Monday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. by Zoom. Join us.

—Shain Haug is president of the Allied Gardens/Grantville Community Council.

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If “pivot” is one of the keywords in our 2020-2021 lexicon, entrepreneur Dan Romeo is a classic example. He started roasting and supplying coffee to restaurants and businesses throughout San Diego, but when the pandemic hit, and restaurants had to close, his business was affected.

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In 2020, Geist-Martin and her previous student, now Rollins College professor Sarah Parsloe published, the book ‘Falling in Love with the Process: A Stroke Survivor's Story.’ Nearly a year later and during Stroke Awareness Month, Bill Torres, the real life champion of the tale, continues to advocate and help fellow stroke survivors — even at age 85.

‘Falling in Love with the Process’ is a written collage of fond memories, humorous stories, and San Diego history, revolving around Torres’ fight to recover and turn his story into an opportunity for advocacy. It is woven together with the voices of Torres, his friends, caretakers from the hospital and co-authors Geist-Martin and Parsloe.

“I knew I had to fall in love with getting better. That’s how the title came about,” Torres said. “I’ve met hundreds of people and the growth in myself has made me feel good. Many times I have felt like superman.”

It was not always mountaintop moments of superhuman strength, however, and that is the beauty of the book according to Geist-Martin.

“The thing we learn from all of his stories is that he made this shift in his mind,” she said. “He originally just wanted to crawl under the covers and hide because he didn’t like to see himself in the

mirror. The book really talks about his life story of resilience.”

At age 69, Torres had an Ischemic stroke that shut down the right side of his body and affected his speech. However, he decided his disability would not deter his journey in recovery, instead, he exercised for the next 1,000 days and became fully mobile with no physical impediments.

“This man doesn’t give up. He just doesn’t,” Geist-Martin said.

Advocacy and helping others are at the center of Torres’ recovery process.

“I said if I ever got better, I would dedicate my life to help other people get better,” he said. “I would talk to rotary clubs and stroke survivors at the hospitals. It felt good. It felt like I was accomplishing something, that and feeding the ducks.”

It is the little victories threaded throughout his story that demonstrate his resiliency. From regaining mobility first in his hand, to simply feeding the ducks everyday at 6:45 a.m. in Chollas Lake, the small triumphs are what made him love the journey to recovery.

“For Bill, progress looked like being able to put a key in a lock or it meant just trying to tap a foot to a favorite piece of music,” Parsloe explained. “The key is that those tiny advancements add up.”

“In my mind, I said ‘I’ve got to get better’ — the little engine that could,” Torres said.

But also part of his story revolves around the stigmas and pressures stroke survivors grapple with in relearning to tie their shoes and

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becoming independent again. “I felt that I didn’t want to be disabled. That’s for someone else. Not me. I am not going to go through my life disabled,” he said.

Parsloe explained that the book discusses the struggle between dedication to recovery and internalized stigmas perpetuated against disabled citizens.

“Sometimes some of the things Bill told himself, ‘I don’t want to be seen,’ is internalized ableism,” he said. “That fear of being seen as disabled is what motivates, but that can be toxic as well. To some extent, yes, be as consistent as possible. But it’s not always possible to improve to the extent that Bill did. Focusing so much on the physical can actually stigmatize people even further. There’s this tension between wanting to keep pushing and going, but also in recognizing we have to accept people for who they are. That acceptance creates a safe environment for someone to embrace whatever gains or not that they experience post stroke.”

In order to change the stigmas and societal pressures that disabled stroke survivors struggle with, Torres, Geist-Martin and Parsloe all agree that meaningful relationships drastically impact the road to recovery.

“Over and over what the research is showing is that when

you have meaningful connections, you can heal the traumas of your past and you can create healing and resilience,” Geist-Martin said.

“When people have strokes, they have physical disabilities or mental disabilities. People can say things and do things to stigmatize you.

You end up closing up shop and retreating. [However] Bill didn’t do that and his friends didn’t allow him to do that.”

Parsloe added: “One of the things we noticed about Bill all through his life is that he forms really close relationships with people that he feeds over time. We saw that with Bill going to feed the ducks. That was one of the major connections he formed after the stroke. He meets this duck named Curly whose beak is all twisted then he feeds him. A big part of the recovery shifting from ‘why me’ to ‘what now’ is starting to form those relationships and feel that other people are dependent on you — that you still have something to give.”

The advice Torres has to give is a reminder of hope: “Hope springs eternal. Hope for the best. You can do it. Just don’t let things stop you.”

—Elaine Alfaro is an editorial intern for San Diego Community Newspaper Group and a student at Point Loma Nazarene University.

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Executive Airpark, known in the industry as a fixedbased operator (FBO), has agreed to make pavement improvements, construct parking facilities, and refurbish and build 69,800 square feet of new hangar space. It also plans to create a 5,850-square-foot flight club lounge with a public viewing area, a fuel farm and a community aircraft wash rack.

Preparing for the future, Executive Airpark will also set aside space for an Urban Air Mobility hub that, once technology and regulation allow, will support a new type of energy-efficient aircraft.

Long-term plans also include the creation of an aviation museum for the public.

Executive Airpark will be located in the southern portion of the airport near Aero Drive, at the former home of Gibbs Flying Service. The April 27 announcement comes as several other airport lessees recently unveiled their new facilities to the public and airport users.

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By MICHELLE IRWIN On April 12, Patrick Henry High School (PHHS) opened its doors for in-person learning for all interested students. PHHS currently has 1,350 students on campus four days per week. We are so very happy to have our students back to campus!

PHHS teachers simultaneously teach in person to those students who chose to return to campus and teach online to our students who have chosen to wait to return. Our safety protocols have ensured that Henry students and staff remain safe while being on campus.

The week of May 3 is Teacher Appreciation Week. PHHS celebrated our teachers for their heroic work in being flexible, supportive and dedicated to our students in-person or on Zoom.

Congratulations to our Patrick Henry Teacher of the Year, Elise Morgan. Elise was selected by her peers as our Teacher of the Year.

Elise is an educational specialist who co-teaches with general education teachers. Elise also has organized and managed this year’s Academic Labs ensuring students have support after school in English, math and science. Elise also coordinates our Link Crew students to support underclassmen academically and socially.

Elise truly deserves this honor as she goes above and beyond to support our young Patriots.

Also, congratulations to Cathy Murphy who is being honored for her hard work and dedication over the years to the custodial program.

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SDSU named ‘Best Value College’

By JEFF RISTINE

San Diego State University ranks No. 38 in the nation for the “Return on Investment” it offers as a public university, according to the latest evaluation from The Princeton Review.

The 2021 edition of the publication’s annual “Best Value Colleges” was released online April 20. It marks the third straight year SDSU has been identified by The Princeton Review

as one of the nation’s top 200 colleges as measured by a combination of academic excellence, affordability and career prospects, among other factors.

The 200 public and private undergraduate institutions selected are listed alphabetically, with the top 50 public schools ranked separately for best “return on investment.”

That measure takes into account such factors as starting and mid-career salaries, tuition and other college costs, financial aid, academic ratings including student assessments of their instructors’

teaching skills drawn from surveys, and “career social impact.”

“Students who attend these schools don't have to mortgage their futures to pay for their degrees,” the publication said, “and we believe they will graduate with great career prospects.”

The Princeton Review said more than 650 colleges were evaluated for this year’s guide, based on surveys of administrators, students and alumni conducted in 2019-20.

The Princeton Review is a New York City-based test prep, tutoring and college admissions services company.

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Hearst students and parents at the bike and walk event at Lake Murray on May 7.

Hearst wellness program exercises at Lake Murray

By JAY WILSON

One of the many schools the Henry Cluster STEMM Foundation works with is Hearst Elementary in Del Cerro. On Friday, May 7, Alissa Weiss, the physical education teacher for Hearst Elementary, led a bicycle ride/walk event at Lake Murray.

This event was one of the goals of the school’s wellness program.

The San Diego Unified School District asked each school to facilitate a wellness program to address student, teacher, and community wellness. Hearst gathered a team of staff and parents who are invested in this mission.

While this school year has been a challenge, students, teachers, and parents have persevered and held events, including a virtual cooking class for staff; social emotional learning for students;

and two community bike ride/ walks at Lake Murray.

For the May 7 event, over 40 students and parents met at the Lake Murray Community Park by the Little League and Navajo Girls Softball fields. Between 1 and 2 p.m., all rode bicycles, scooters or walked around Lake Murray.

Many of the participants logged four miles or more during the onehour event. Coach Weiss said although this event was initially initiated due to COVID-19, it would be beneficial to do this every year.

It is another opportunity to keep the students physically active.

Follow the HC STEMM Foundation at HCSTEMM.org and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

—Jay Wilson writes on behalf of the Henry Cluster STEMM Foundaiton.

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By JENNIFER MORRISSEY

The Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) Foundation is excited to share that "Rise and Fall of the Mountains at Mission Trails Regional Park" has been nominated for an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Southwest Chapter. The 20-minute film features geologist, SDSU professor emeritus, and San Carlos resident Pat Abbott who explains how Mission Trails' five peaks formed over millions of years.

The MTRP Foundation created the film with Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Paul Alexander “Alex” Juutilainen of De Facto Fiction Films, who attended graduate school at UC San Diego, taught at the university, and once worked at KPBS. For Mission Trails’ geology film, Juutilainen and a small crew visited sites in and around the park that allowed Dr. Abbott to illustrate how Mission Trails was “built.”

Though not within the park, one location featured in the film is the Superior Ready Mix quarry on Mission Gorge Road. There, Dr. Abbott shares evidence of volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago, shown as layers within the rock. Two other locations featured in the film include stops along Father Junipero Serra Trail where the “mystery” of

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and yes, demand answers from our elected officials.

President Schulze and I would like to send a shout-out to our mothers who imbued each of us with the spirit of volunteerism and community activism. As a teenager, in the summers, I commuted by bus into the city of Detroit to be a candy striper at Henry Ford Hospital. As a teen, Shulze served as president of his high school class. We know that many of you have jobs and family to juggle, but think about devoting an hour of your time to become involved in your community.

At last month’s meeting, we hosted a very charming and witty guest, weather caster Dagmar Midcap, who I think of as heir apparent to Joan Embry, animal ambassador extraordinaire.

Dagmar talked about her recent projects that revolve around the protection of endangered species, and also how we must all practice sustainability in order to preserve life as we know it on our planet Earth. Thank you, Dagmar, we appreciate all you do!

We have some news about the new San Carlos Library. The

Pat Abbott (right) during filming of "Rise and Fall of the Mountains at Mission Trails Regional Park." (Courtesy photo)

the rounded boulders is explained, and Lake Murray where remnants of an alluvial fan can be seen.

Intended to be shown in the MTRP Visitor Center theater, the film instead debuted on the MTRP Foundation YouTube channel because of the Visitor Center’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As it turns out, the film’s presence on YouTube has been immensely helpful to educators at all levels in their distance learning curricula. From local middle and high school teachers to Midwest college professors, the film has been utilized to support students’ learning during an unprecedented year. Currently, it has more than 11,000 views on YouTube.

We thank the City of San Diego, SDG&E, San Diego Association of Geologists and donors to the MTRP Foundation for underwriting the film’s production.

The regional Emmy Awards will be announced on Friday, June 4.

Predating the film is Abbott’s book, “Geology: Mission Trails Park,” a second edition of which will soon be at print, and available online at mtrpstore.org. Earlier this year, Pat Abbott presented three online lectures about the park’s geology that are available for viewing on the MTRP Foundation YouTube channel.

In the coming weeks, the Foundation will share a series of social media posts that can help park users identify rocks along the trail, so follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram to learn more about the geology of Mission Trails, a regional gem with endless opportunities for learning.

process is churning along, albeit slowly. Ground water testing and mitigation has finally been concluded. In approximately nine months or so, the land can be purchased for its long-ago agreed-upon amount. And then, funds need to be raised so construction can begin. So after patiently awaiting our new San Carlos Library for decades, there is indeed some light at the end of the tunnel.

Please join us for our next SCAC Zoom meeting on Wednesday, May 19, 6:30–8 p.m. Go to our

Facebook page at facebook.com/ SanCarlosAreaCouncil to access the Zoom link which we will post before the event.

If you have a San Carlos story to share, or would like to get involved in your town council, please contact San Carlos Area Council vice president Patricia Mooney at patty@crystalpyramid.com.

—Jennifer Morrissey is executive director of the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.

—Patricia Mooney is vice president of the San Carlos Area Council.

Feel free to email her at patty@crystalpyramid.com.

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I wanted to talk about Prop 19, the voter initiative that passed in November. Prop 19 transfers the existing tax basis of a primary residence (istockphoto.com) to a new residence for people 55 and older, those $4,000 a year. So these types with certain disabilities, and for have homeowners have stayed owners of primary residences de- put. Now you have two people stroyed by wildfire. Prior to Prop living on a quarter acre with 4 19, there were other options for or 5 bedrooms who don’t necestransferring a property basis but sarily want to live there when not all counties participated and growing families are desperate those options were narrower and to live in such a property. And so more limiting. Prop 19 went into this part of the market remained effect last month and it is now in frozen. This was the idea behind effect statewide.

Prop 19. This type of homeownThe issue was that tens of er can now easily transfer over thousands of homeowners have their existing basis to their new a fairly low property basis and property and continue paying that was homeowners’ sole rea- their lower property tax. son for holding property and If a homeowner purchases a not selling. Right in my own replacement property for greatneighborhood, when I study er than the sale price of their old the property tax record, there property, they still are entitled to are quite a few homes where an excellent reduction of properthe owner purchased the prop- ty taxes via a blended rate. The erty for under $100,000 and paperwork is available typically (based on the original Prop 13) through the County Assessors their property taxes have stayed office in the county of the new fairly low based on the original property. I am not a tax attorney cost plus a small inflation adjust- so full disclaimer to seek profesment. Many older homeowners sional advice prior to selling, but are paying under $2,000 a I would be happy to have a chat year in property taxes. I have about any further details you even seen property taxes under may be interested in; please feel $1,000 per year for these types free to reach out to me so I may of homeowners. listen to your unique situation Often these homeowners wish and answer many of your questo move out of a larger family tions. But the bottom line is that home with perhaps four or five Prop 19 is now in force and it is bedrooms to avoid the upkeep something that quite a few older and maintenance and move into homeowners may want to cona smaller home or condo some- sider to help them downsize and times closer to their children or possibly move to a more desired other family. But for the many area of California. older homeowners living on a If you are thinking about buyfixed income, moving would ing or selling real estate in San significantly increase their Diego, give me a call for an initial property taxes. For example, if consultation at 858-431-6043. homeowners sold their property for $700,000 and purchased —Sarah Ward is a realtor a smaller replacement property with Fine & Coastal Real Estate. for $600,000, their property Reacher her at sarah@fineandtaxes would increase by around coastal.com.

To help sustain San Diego State University’s efforts to expand graduate student support services, on-campus housing will be made available for advanced-degree students.

The on-campus offering is part of a new program offered through the Office of Housing Administration and Residential Education. The new graduate student housing program will serve about 135 students in its pilot phase. The apartments-style housing is located in the university’s Zapotec building.

“The dedicated block of apartments at Zapotec are an important step in the development of housing options for SDSU's graduate students,” said Ed Balsdon, interim graduate dean.

The program announcement follows a record year for graduate applications. SDSU’s Enrollment Services division processed more than 12,000 graduate applications for the 2021-22 academic

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This year, PHHS will conduct an in-person graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021 at Petco Field while abiding by all safety precautions. San Diego Unified School District and Henry worked collaboratively with Petco to bring this special event to our seniors.

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year — 60% increase from the previous year.

This increase was likely due to a variety of factors, according to Stefan Hyman, associate vice president for enrollment management.

“The COVID-19 pandemic upended many students’ plans for employment after completing their bachelor's degrees,” said Hyman. “Circumstances of the last year also inspired many people who had already been in the workforce to earn an advanced degree and prepare for a postCOVID economy. These factors, combined with the strength and increasing reputation of SDSU's graduate degree programs, have all contributed to the unprecedented increase in applications.”

Hyman noted that while most programs have seen application increases, the largest growth has been in such disciplines as public health, big data analytics, clinical psychology and social work.

Located on the western end of campus between Metepec and Toltec, Zapotec offers an intimate community and one- to three-bedroom apartments.

Among other amenities, graduate students will have access to fully furnished units and Residential Education support.

“Graduate students are an integral part of our campus community,” said Randall Timm, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “They are instructors, researchers, artists and students all rolled into one.

Living on campus amongst peers and engaging with programs and activities provided by the new Graduate Student Center fosters a caring community where graduate students are supported and can thrive.”

“It is wonderful to see the expansion of so many new graduate programs at SDSU,” Timm added.

“Graduate student housing is just one more way we can support our dynamic graduate student community.”

Graduate students may fill out a housing application for the 202122 academic year beginning on Monday, April 19. For more information and to apply, visit the dedicated Graduate Housing website at housing.sdsu.edu/ grad_housing.

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