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As local, state, and federal authorities make critical decisions intended to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, community groups are likewise making hard choices to protect our neighbors. As such, the Lake Murray Fireworks & MusicFest won’t be held this July 4, 2020. “We’re sad not to be able to bring this fun family day to our community, but it’s in the best interest of everyone,” said event chair Tracy Dahlkamp. “We look forward to returning the food, music, patriotic fireworks, and family fun to Lake Murray Community Park in 2021.” The decision to postpone the fireworks and music festival was made in accordance with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order requiring 40 million California residents to stay at home, and the San

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[Editor’s note: The Mission Times Courier spoke with Georgette Gomez prior to the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, so this profile does not include the candidate’s positions on police reforms. Visit georgettegomez.org.]

[Editor’s note: The Mission Times Courier spoke with Sara Jacobs prior to the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, so this profile does not include the candidate’s positions on police reforms. For more information about the Sara Jacobs campaign, visit sarajacobsforca.com.]

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On March 3, voters in California’s 53rd congressional district made Sara Jacobs the Georgette Gomez (Courtesy Georgette for Congress)

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press attention for its similarities to other Democrat vs. Democrat races. On one end there is Sara Jacobs, granddaughter to Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs and a former policy wonk in the Obama Administration’s State Department. On the other end is San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez, daughter of undocumented immigrants and a progressive with the endorsement of leftist presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. In the March 3 primary, Jacobs came out on top with 29.1% of the vote, compared to Gomez’ 20% — a result Gomez chalked up to the race’s crowded field of 14 candidates and being heavily outspent by the Jacobs campaign and a SuperPac that supports her. “We always knew that Sara was going to come in first and us in second just because the nature of the spending,” Gomez said. Gomez added that she wasn’t disappointed with the primary results and that she expects to win in November because her “message is really stronger.” That message includes a humble-beginnings backstory and policy positions that focus on income inequality, poverty and the environment. “As a true blue progressive — and I mean that with sincerity in terms of that my life experience

has guided me in everything that I do — it really is a motivator for me to transform government to address some of these serious issues that people are facing.”

INFLUENTIAL CHILDHOOD

Gomez is a San Diego native and first generation MexicanAmerican who was born in Barrio Logan and lived south of Interstate 8 her entire life. “I grew up very humble but at the same time, my parents did everything they could to provide a better path for all three of their children,” she said. Gomez’ parents were undocumented and worked multiple jobs that paid minimum wage. “Jobs that took advantage of them because they were undocumented,” she said “They kept their heads down and did their work.” Gomez said her family moved around the South Bay a lot while growing up. At one point, they didn’t have a home of their own and lived in the living room of another family’s house. “So, you can imagine growing up in somebody else’s space. That leaves a strong imprint on a child,” she said. “For me growing up, that was my experience: having housing insecurity, at times food insecurity. But I also felt that my parents worked to make it through and provide for their children.” Gomez credits her parents’ sacrifices as a motivating factor for her to work hard in school. In middle school and high school, Gomez woke up every morning at 5 a.m.

NEWS to take public transportation to San Carlos and then Tierrasanta because her mother knew that wealthier communities had better schools and “access to success.” “That was really an eye-opener for me because growing up I knew that we were struggling but I just thought that was the reality for everybody,” she said. “I noticed how different my community was from the community where my school was. There were grocery stores and parks.”

EARLY ACTIVISM

In her senior year at Serra High School, Gomez said she became politically active. “That was the year that Pete Wilson introduced Prop 187 targeting immigrant [communities],” she said, adding that her older brother brought her along to help with voter outreach to defeat the proposition. It passed but was later ruled unconstitutional by the courts. Gomez continued her activism at SDSU where she studied urban planning with an “environmental and cultural lens.” “Growing up in Barrio Logan, I knew there was no question that my community was treated completely different than other communities. You could taste it in the pollution in the air,” she said. “My intention of going to college was to try and understand how do you influence the development of communities and how do you do it in a way that is healthy and is reflective of the community members.”

San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez cites her long history as a South Bay native as a reason she is best to serve the 53rd. (Courtesy Georgette for Congress)

At SDSU Gomez got involved with an environmental justice club where she was introduced to the Environmental Health Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group that she went to work for after graduation. As a community organizer at EHC, Gomez lead a campaign to stop an old power plant from reopening; organized to shut down a peak power plant proposed for a location near an elementary school; influenced community developments in Barrio Logan and National City to create better jobs, affordable housing, and better mobility; and helped create the statewide California Environmental Justice Alliance to influence state policy. The latter resulted in her working on the national Sustainable Communities Program started by the Obama Administration which worked to transform underserved

neighborhoods by making them greener — she worked on the pilot program in National City. Also during this time, Gomez worked on helping get fellow Democrats elected, which is what eventually lead her to run for the San Diego City Council District 9 seat.

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“I thought, ‘Okay, I know how to do policy. I know how to bring people together. I’ve been involved in other people’s campaigns. I challenged myself to think of myself differently,” Gomez said. “When I decided to run for local election, it wasn’t something that I felt comfortable with, so I really struggled with that because I thought that was something that somebody else does. SEE GOMEZ, Page 3

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But because I was so committed, I just felt like, ‘okay I know that I can bring something to the table. I know that.’” Gomez credits a strong grass roots campaign for her election to the District 9 seat — a race she was outspent by her opponent 3 to 1 and “wasn’t supposed to win.” Since her election to the City Council, Gomez said she has maintained a strong agenda to help underserved communities — like the ones she grew up in. Her decision to serve on the MTS board was influenced by her high school years riding the bus to school almost every day.. Gomez eventually ran to be chair of MTS and was elected by her colleagues from 10 different cities in San Diego County. “My goal was to highlight the importance of transit in our region,” she said. “If you look at the history of transit here in our region, it has never been a priority for electeds. But these last couple of years we’ve built a strong voice on the importance of it and we’re going to continue pushing.” In addition to being elected by her colleagues to lead the MTS board, Gomez was elected twice by her fellow City Council members — unanimously by Democrats and Republicans — to be Council President. Gomez credits her transparency as the reason for gaining the trust of the Council members from both sides of the aisle.

A RUN FOR CONGRESS

As the elected representative of District 9, Gomez said she has always worked to be supportive of the district’s large immigrant community. When Rep. Susan Davis announced she would be stepping down from her CA-53

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Diego County Health and Human Services Agency’s public health order restricting public gatherings. The Lake Murray fireworks show is just one of many local summer events to be canceled or postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including San Diego Comic-Con International, the San Diego County Fair, and San Diego Pride. All city parks have been closed until further notice. While some bill payments and permit applications for the 2020 event had already been completed, Dahlkamp said she’s hopeful they will roll over to the 2021 event. The neighborhood donation drive has been postponed until 2021. Funds raised through business sponsors and individual donations cover the expense of fireworks, city permits, insurance, emergency personnel, portable toilets and sinks, entertainment, and lighting and stage components. Stormberg Orthodontics had signed on to be the title sponsor.

seat at the end of this year, Gomez decided to run for congress with the idea that she could be a voice for immigration reform in the U.S. “My values really are about justice, about making sure government is more inclusive about who we are and recognizes that,” she said. “Everything really stems from that. Everything that I’ve done as a community organizer, as public policy advocate has been to really try and transform the system to be more reflective of who we are.” Since launching her campaign, Gomez has racked up support from a wide range of groups and people, including labor unions, teachers, the Sierra Club, and politicians like presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders all the way to La Mesa Mayor Mark Aropostathis, who now considers himself an independent but originally ran as a Republican. Although she expects to be outspent by the Jacobs campaign, Gomez sees her strong message, experience and local roots as key to winning in November — even as the COVID crisis has taken away door-to-door canvassing, one of the main tools of grassroots campaigns. “The COVID just creates more creativity in how to reach out to voters. As a grassroots campaign you have to be creative. It’s not going to slow us down at all,” she said. Like many other campaigns, Gomez said her team recently focused on phone banking wellness checks for seniors in CA-53 and also built a resource page to share with any constituents that might need it. “It wasn’t about, ‘Can we count on your support?’ It was about an ‘Are you okay, do you need any support, how can we assist?’ type of message and just leave it at that,” she said. Still, Gomez said she is ready to get back to campaigning on her The 2019 music festival drew a rotating crowd of an estimated 3,000 people, while the evening fireworks show could be seen by an estimated 100,000 people throughout La Mesa and San Diego’s Navajo neighborhoods of Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, and San Carlos.

FEEDING SAN DIEGO CALLS ON LAWYERS TO JOIN ‘FOOD FROM THE BAR’ CAMPAIGN Feeding San Diego is inviting San Diego’s legal community to combat hunger through its annual Food from the Bar campaign. This year’s effort is more imperative than ever given the increased need for hunger-relief services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants engage in a friendly competition between legal professionals and firms to raise funds for Feeding San Diego and build awareness of hunger in San Diego County. Last year, 500 law professionals were engaged in Food from the Bar. Since the campaign began in 2012, Feeding San Diego and participating legal professionals have

message of support for policies like universal single-payer healthcare and a Green New Deal. “If you look at my background as public policy advocate on addressing environmental racism, the Green New Deal gets to that, so that is something I’ll continue pushing,” she said. With the COVID crisis pushing spending to its limits, Gomez said she is working on formulating some plans for addressing the deficit. “I don’t think we’re maximizing taxation on the wealthy and we have created a system where we are taxing more on the middle class and people living in poverty than the 1%,” she said, adding that corporate taxation and reforming military spending would be in her plan to fund more domestic spending to put people to work — a necessity to create a more diverse economy in San Diego beyond serving the tourism industry which has been decimated by the COVID crisis. “Being one of the leaders getting us through the COVID crisis has given me more energy to work hard and earn the votes of the residents of the 53rd and get to D.C. and get to work for our region,” she said. “We need to get more resources to address our income inequality, to address our huge infrastructure deficits that we have here in San Diego region, to address our housing affordability crisis. “I understand what we need as a region. I have that experience and I’m ready to lead and really fight hard to ensure we’re moving the country in a more inclusive, more equitable way to advance on these major issues that have not been a priority – and I’m going to do that when I get to D.C.” —Reach editor Jeff Clemetson at jeff@sdnews.com. raised more than 1,062,000 meals for children and families in need. “This campaign leads us into the start of summer when San Diego children struggling with hunger normally lose access to schoolbased nutrition programs. With the COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures in effect since mid-March, the increased need for food is even more staggering,” said Vince Hall, CEO of Feeding San Diego. “We are grateful to the San Diego legal community for coming together to help end hunger during this time of widespread hunger.” Law firms, in-house counsel, and legal departments can register to compete by raising funds as a team through June 15. Current partners include: Johnson Fistel, LLP, Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PC, San Diego Paralegal Association, San Diego County Public Defender Office, Larrabee Albi Coker LLP, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP, Perkins Coie LLP, and the San SEE NEWS BRIEFS, Page 5

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frontrunner with 29.2% of the vote in what was a crowded field of 15 candidates. Jacobs, granddaughter of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, credits her success to reaching out to the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constituents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love San Diego and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so proud of the primary campaign we ran where we talked to everyone and listened to everyone and built a broad coalition,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I plan to do in the general election and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I plan to do in office â&#x20AC;&#x201D; listen to everyone, work with people from all backgrounds and really make progress.â&#x20AC;? Now that the race is down to a contest between Jacobs and City Council president Georgette Gomez â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both Democrats with similar policy positions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jacobs wants voters to focus on her experience working in politics at the federal level as reason to cast ballots for her in November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Voters need] someone who has experience making and

implementing policy at the federal level who understands all the levers of power that the federal government has to really offer San Diego â&#x20AC;&#x201D; someone who is not going to take time to get their sea legs, but hit the ground running on day one and make sure San Diegans gets the representation they need as these incredibly important decisions are being made.â&#x20AC;?

AN EARLY PATH TO PUBLIC SERVICE Jacobs proudly says she is a third generation San Diegan, born and raised. When talking about her famous family, she focuses more on their early struggles than on their financial successes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When my great grandparents first moved to San Diego, they lived in College Area and that was one of the few areas that Jewish families had been allowed to live. Obviously a lot has changed in San Diego and in my family since then,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was always taught about how much San Diego has given us and that it was my responsibility to do everything I could to give back and make sure that every kid in San Diego has the

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kind of opportunities that I was able to have.â&#x20AC;? Unlike many other children raised in families with extreme wealth, Jacobs attended public schools growing up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My parents felt very strongly that they wanted us to be in public schools and getting an education that was more than just academics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that we interacted and got to have friends from all different walks of life and that was something that they felt very strongly about,â&#x20AC;? she said. When Jacobs entered Torrey Pines High School, she expected that she would follow in both of her her grandfathersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; footsteps and become an electrical engineer. During her high school years, Jacobs was involved in community service, such as leading the youth group at her synogauge and volunteering for San Diego Youth Services to serve the homeless. In her junior year, she took part in a program bringing Israeli Jewish teens together with Israeli Arab teens that inspired her to want to work with people over working in a lab. With that as inspiration, Jacobs studied Political Science with a focus on international issues at Columbia University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some problems where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a solution but we just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have political will to do it, and there are some problems that even if we had the political will, we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And those are the kinds of problems I got really

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interested in in college. I spent a lot of time studying some of the smaller conflicts around the world that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting much political attention and studying peace-building interventions and peace-keeping approaches.â&#x20AC;? Jacobs earned her Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in International Affairs from Columbia and then took â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little bit of time off to celebrateâ&#x20AC;? before going to work at the United Nations in the Department of Peackeeping Operations, helping write policy based on research she did in grad school. After her stint at the UN, she went to work for UNICEFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovation unit, then went to work in the State Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations during the Obama administration, where she was tasked with helping the State Department better solve conflicts. In 2015, Jacobs went to work on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, helping the former Secretary of State draft foreign policy. For Jacobs, the Clinton campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss in 2016 still stings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty much frustrated and angry every single day because I know exactly what Hillary Clinton and our team would have been doing to prevent us from getting to the position weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in with coronavirus,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wrote the pandemic prevention plan and actually was working with members of Congress on setting up new funding streams for preventing and rapidly responding to pandemic threats.â&#x20AC;?

A FIRST RUN FOR OFFICE

Although Jacobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; job for the Clinton campaign was more policy wonk than campaign strategist, she said she did learn some lessons about running for office from her time working for Team Hillary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will say the thing I learned the most is that you have to find a way to let yourself be as vulnerable and authentic as possible, even when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard. I think the generation of women who ran for office before us had to be so perfect because they were held to such a standard,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I first started running for office, I actually wrote down all the mean things I though could be said about me and I made my friends read them to me over and over again to desensitize myself to it. Forcing yourself to just continue to be as open as possible even as difficult things are being said about you, I think is very important and something I learned during 2016.â&#x20AC;? Those lessons were put to the test in Jacobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first run for congress â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 2018 bid to unseat Rep. Daryll Issa in Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 49th. Jacobs said she never thought she would run for office, but circumstances changed in 2017 while running a nonprofit organization after the Clinton campaign ended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was spending a lot of time overseas and it was kind of the perfect thing to be doing [then] because I was doing really tangible good work around the world and SEE JACOBS,Â Page 5

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it had nothing to do with Donald Trump,” she said. “But eventually I started feeling while the work I was doing was really important, everything I cared about was at risk here at home.” Jacobs recalls returning from a work trip and landing at JFK the day the Muslim ban was announced and feeling disempowered. Also during that time, the Trump administration’s stance toward the LGBT community was affecting her youngest sibling who is transgender and her middle sibling who is gender-nonconforming. That prompted Jacobs to want to do more. “I looked at the races here at home and saw the 49th and reached out to Emily’s List and asked if they were going to get a woman to run because I would love to support her and help her run,” she said. “They eventually called me back and told me that if I wanted there to be a woman in the race I had to run, so I did — after much heartache. They say you need to ask a woman seven times to run and I think that was pretty true for me.” Jacobs lost the primary, coming in third behind Republican Dianne Harkey and Democrat Mike Levin who would go on to win the seat. “One of the things I’m proud of is we ran a totally positive campaign,

even in the midst of a very difficult primary,” she said, adding that after losing she spent the rest of the campaign season helping Mike Levin win, as well as lending support to other campaigns and other candidates at the local level. After her run for the 49th, Jacobs started another nonprofit — San Diego For Every Child — because of what she learned while campaigning around the region. “It became clear to me that here in San Diego County we have a huge issue with childhood poverty,” she said, adding that even pre-COVID, 40% of San Diego kids live in poverty. Jacobs also joined the Kroc School of Peace at USD as a Scholar in Residence.

A SECOND RUN

When Rep. Susan Davis announced she was retiring, Jacobs said there were two reasons she decided to throw her hat in the race. One, was that the 53rd was losing 20 years of government experience with Davis leaving and that her previous work in federal and international organizations would help ease the transition. The other reason was to bring a more youthful perspective to government. “I think it’s really important that we have a new generation of leaders,” Jacobs said. “My generation are the ones who are really going to be dealing with the consequences of the decisions we are making right now and so we should have a seat at the table.”

During her primary campaign, Jacobs focused on issues included addressing gun violence, acting with urgency to address climate change and the high cost of living in San Diego. “Those are still incredibly important, but I really believe that the next congress will entirely be focused on rebuilding and recovering from the [COVID] crisis that we’re in right now,” she said, adding that the current legislation passed so far only amount to “stabilizing bills” and that more stimulus is needed to regrow the economy. Jacobs sees future legislation as a chance to make some systemic changes and shape the future for “what we want it to look like” — especially when it comes to dealing with issues of climate change and protecting workers. “We have a real opportunity here I think to do things differently,” she said. “Part of that is making sure that other priorities are imbued in any recovery and thinking about how we can make sure that we are prioritizing companies that have emissions targets in line with the Paris Agreement. “Also, as we’re doing quantitative easing or bailouts, [we should be] thinking about what the unemployed sector really looks like,” she continued. “A lot of folks are harkening back to the programs that came out of the Great Depression which are really good models in some ways but I think we need to realize that

June 12 – July 9, 2020 Mission Times Courier the construction industry has become much more technical than it was then and unlike then, the vast majority of people that are out of work right now are in the service sector.” And despite the enormous cost of rebuilding the economy after the COVID crisis passes, Jacobs still favors support for large government initiatives, including a Medicare for All plan. “I not only believe that it will still be possible to do Medicare for All but actually it is more important than ever,” she said. “We’re seeing 20-30% unemployment and people’s healthcare is directly tied to their employment, which means we’re going to have a de facto public option when all of the people who lose their employer-sponsored health care still need care in the middle of a pandemic. And if that’s the case, we might as well do it in a strategic way.” To deal with the costs of programs, Jacobs favors repealing the GOP tax bill “that didn’t do anything to grow the economy,” raising taxes on very wealthy people and cutting tax loopholes. “My generation will be the one that will have to deal with the consequences of this deficit down the road,” she said, adding that despite its costs, the government needs to use the current zero Fed rate to keep states afloat and provide stimulus to jump start the economy. —Reach editor Jeff Clemetson at jeff@sdnewsx.com.

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CITY COUNCIL APPROVES EXTENDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS As San Diego began shutting down in early March due to the coronavirus epidemic, construction projects throughout San Diego were thrown into disarray. This uncertainty risked the cancellation of several important housing projects throughout the region, which continues facing a severe housing crisis. To help with the uncertainty, the City Council today unanimously adopted an interim urgency ordinance extending expiration of development permit applications by 60 days, and building permit applications by 365 days. “The uncertainty in the building industry is at an all-time high due to the coronavirus pandemic,” said Councilmember Scott Sherman. “The City must do all it can to provide relief in any way possible. At the beginning of this crisis the City was pro-active and took steps to provide relief. This action builds on SEE NEWS BRIEFS, Page 8

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Spotting signs of social isolation By SIMONA VALANCIUTE

If you’re the caretaker of a parent or other elderly relative, it can be challenging to convince your loved one to try something new. However, what you may perceive as stubbornness could be a sign they are experiencing social isolation, which poses serious risks to their health and wellbeing. Social distancing, while important to containing the coronavirus, may exacerbate their loneliness by taking away normal routines and activities, as well as physical contact and hugs from family and friends. It’s now more important than ever for caretakers to identify the signs of social isolation and help loved ones find ways to stay curious and engaged with the world virtually. Social isolation occurs when a person withdraws and becomes disconnected from friends, family and their community. Multiple studies have shown social isolation is as bad for a person’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and is even more harmful than obesity; it has also been linked to higher blood pressure, a lowered immune response and earlier onset of dementia. Here are just a few ways an older parent or relative may show negative effects of social isolation: • Lack of interest in staying connected to the outside world, their hobbies or social activities they once enjoyed • Poor personal hygiene • Signs of poor nutrition, such as rapid weight gain or loss, or lack of appetite • Significant disrepair, clutter or hoarding behavior in their home • Having trouble sleeping, or sleeping more than usual • Declines in memory or information processing If you’re thinking these sound a lot like the signs of depression, you’re correct: depression and social isolation often go hand-in-hand. As with depression, the solution for social isolation will differ from person to person, but staying active, socializing with others and focusing one’s mind on something else are the keys to combating both. It can be difficult, though, to convince an older loved one to get outside their comfort zone, whether that’s embracing different ways of communicating through technology or trying new activities. There are a variety of reasons older adults may be reluctant to open their minds to new ways of doing things. Change is hard for people of any age, and seniors especially may rely on rigid ways of thinking to navigate a constantly changing world and feel good about themselves. One healthy way to give seniors that self-esteem: help them learn a new skill, or at least experience a familiar activity in a new, virtual way. Doing so may allow them to

socialize with new people and develop confidence as they improve. Here are some ideas: • Go back to school. Multiple community colleges in the San Diego area offer online classes for seniors, and many are free. Organizations like San Diego Oasis, a national nonprofit that offers lifelong learning courses for seniors, offer dozens of free or low-cost courses in topics from art history, meditation, foreign language to telehealth and more. If your loved one speaks fondly of their college days, or has previously expressed curiosity about a certain subject, sign them up for an online class. • Get moving in the living room. Virtual fitness classes are everywhere now. Yoga studios and gyms are offering live streamed online classes or video workouts, but your loved one may feel that these are too “young” for them. If that’s the case, check out Silver Sneakers’ selection of home workout videos designed especially for people aged 65 and older. If you’re their primary caretaker and can still visit them at home, try a workout with them—it might get you two laughing, which is also good for your health! • Participate in religious services online. Seniors who regularly attend some kind of religious service or spiritual group can often live longer than their non-religious peers, particularly because it provides them with a strong social network. Encourage your loved one to attend services or meetings online, if possible, and help them get comfortable with the technology to do so. If your loved one misses a support group their faith community previously provided, encourage them to check out the free support groups available through San Diego Oasis. • Demystify technology. Many of the same colleges and nonprofit organizations offering academic or lifelong learning courses for seniors also teach practical skills workshops that help them use new technology. San Diego Oasis offers multiple virtual lessons, taught by our engaging, smart, and funny instructors, to help seniors master video chats with Zoom, figure out their smartphone and more. You’ve probably heard many people say, “we’re all in this together.” For caretakers of seniors, this means not just looking out for your loved ones’ physical wellbeing, but also watching out for the signs of social isolation. Opening our minds to new experiences is the best way to stay mentally healthy and connected to community. —Simona Valanciute is the president and CEO of San Diego Oasis, an award-winning nonprofit organization serving people age 50 and better, who pursue healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles, and community service. Learn more at sandiegooasis.org.

Help feed veterans during COVID-19 By WILLIAM J. “DOC” SCHMITZ

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges for all A mericans, including residents in San Diego, California. As a result, the demand for food assistance has increased at an extraordinary rate. While food insecurity – which is defined as the lack of access to enough nutritionally adequate foods to live an active and healthy life – is a serious issue impacting millions of Americans, it is particularly concerning for our nation’s service men and women. Given this critical need, Humana, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and offices within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – including the VA Secretary’s Center for Strategic Partnerships, Voluntary Service Office, and Homeless Programs office – are mobilizing donors and volunteers for the “Uniting to Combat Hunger” campaign in an effort to help food insecure veterans and their families through this pandemic. By donating directly to VA medical centers across the

country, we are able to take a targeted approach to assist our nation’s service men and women and ensure donations go directly to those who are experiencing food insecurity or are at risk of food insecurity, whether it’s providing food, gift cards to local grocery stores or even basic supplies they need to help them during this difficult time. While our team’s efforts have helped to provide more than 200,000 meals thus far, we invite citizens and organizations to join us in this mission by visiting vfw.org/utch and making a monetary donation to a VA medical center near you, such as VA San Diego Healthcare System. Every donation will go a long way to help veterans in need. Now more than ever, it’s important we don’t take anything for granted – including access to food. Let’s work together to ensure no one goes hungry and honor the service and sacrifice of our veterans and their families. —William J. “Doc” Schmitz is Commanderin-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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Democrats Zoom while administration dithers By TINA RYNBERG and JEFF BENESCH

As new polling shows 80% of all Americans think the country is out of control, most of us are looking for stable leadership, a commitment to social justice and an end to inflammatory rhetoric from our leadership in Washington, DC. When peaceful protesters were driven out of Lafayette Park near the Whie House by tear gas, mounted police and flash bang grenades so the President could do a photo op in front of St. John’s Church holding an upside down Bible, Americans of all persuasions were shocked and dismayed. When Trump announced he was prepared to send in federal troops to put down demonstrations in states across America, even four-star generals were

alarmed at our slide toward fascism. When Republican senators were asked if they were taken aback at the administration’s unconstitutional machinations, sanctioned by Attorney General Barr, they failed to register any protest at all. The Black Lives Matter movement now enjoys wide acceptance and support among a majority of Americans, but you wouldn’t know it by the actions (and inactions) of the Congressional Republican caucus. So just a week after the nation watched the killing of a hand-cuffed black man suffocated for nearly nine minutes by the knee of a white Minneapolis cop while his fellow officers looked on, millions of Americans have marched, protested, registered their outrage, and called for police reform, in every state, and hundreds SEE LMFDC, Page 7

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San Diego is leading the way in safely reopening, offering the blueprint for the rest of the state and country. The rallying stock market suggests optimism that the economy is reopening and people are getting back to work and the worst of the economic downtown may be behind us. While other places remain largely shut down, San Diegans have taken the appropriate steps to balance public health concerns and other serious implications. Former congressman and current CA-50 candidate Darrell Issa is working

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of communities, including many across San Diego County. On June 3, a couple hundred La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club members heard from our local leaders and influencers via a zoom meeting and YouTube broadcast that broke new ground for our active club. With our July 1 Party in the Park still up in the air at this time, it was astounding to see so many of our club favorites share news, observations and opinions about the state of our politics, protests, pandemic, and social justice issues at the forefront of every day’s news. Assembly member Shirley Weber kicked things off to discuss her efforts at police reform and other state bills, including limiting police use of force. She was followed by La Mesa City Council member Dr. Akilah Weber, who addressed the rioting and civil unrest in La Mesa, and the rough arrest of an apparently innocent African American La Mesa man at a trolley stop near Grossmont Center. Charges have since been dropped. Rep. Susan Davis followed with an update on congressional efforts to transform policing in America to combat police brutality and racial injustice. She has since commented: “We are at a pivotal moment in American history with a real opportunity to reform how the police engage with our communities, especially communities of color. We cannot let this opportunity slip by. Never again should any family or community have to suffer through what has become a recurring nightmare in America.” Davis also shared some of her future plans after closing out her term in office in January. Professor Carl Luna enlightened us with his reaction to the turmoil in American politics, and how it has made a significant change in his prediction for the November

closely with Governor Newsom and pressing to assure that the best interests of San Diegans and our local communities are top priority. We are all united in our condemnation of racism and support of our communities in this tumultuous time. We are proud that our elected officials and leaders are working closely with each other to guide us through these challenging days, weeks and months. Violence does nothing to further the cause for reform, it only damages our local businesses both in spirit and in a very material way. Businesses that have served us well in the past and we counted on have been damaged or destroyed. Peaceful demonstrations have been hijacked by those with

nothing but destruction on their agenda. The need for justice and unity are clear, but committing crimes and inciting violence is a despicable way to address these problems. Many local businesses have suffered huge financial hardship from the shut down, and many have physical damage caused by the rioters and looters. Being united in an effort to restore peace and respect for all is the best goal we can set for ourselves at this time. Support our local businesses and help them get back on their feet. Re publ ic a n Wo m e n of California – Navajo Canyon is continuing to grow in membership which reaffirms the

election. Pre-pandemic, and before the country was rocked by the untimely and racially-tinged deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, Luna figured Trump would run on the economy and achieve re-election. He now feels that Trump’s shortcomings in handling both the pandemic response, and his inability to address social injustice and institutional racism across America, will lead to his loss this November to former Vice President Joe Biden. Current polling supports Luna’s suppositions as Biden enjoys not only a large national lead, but also leads in most key battleground states. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher updated county efforts on several fronts including protest reactions by the Board of Supervisors; San Diego’s COVID-19 progress made in slowing the spread of the virus; and his profound disgust at the military-style excessive force being used against those protesting excessive force. He related that he has called on Sheriff Bill Gore to eliminate the carotid neck restraint, and that has since happened! San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez related that she joined Mayor Kevin Faulconer, C ou nci l member Mon ica Montgomery and San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit in announcing an end to the Police Department's carotid restraint (chokehold) protocol. Gpmez also announced plans to move forward with a ballot measure to expand police oversight by creating an Independent Police Practices Commission which will review community complaints of police misconduct and recommend reforms. Her opponent for the CA-53 seat, Sara Jacobs, went into great detail about her views on criminal justice reform, and also the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and protests in major cities affecting small businesses and the economic recovery. The La Mesa Footh i l ls Democratic Club meets, usually

in person, but lately just virtually, the first Wednesday of every month. We think our return to the La Mesa Community Center may come as soon as August. Check out our last couple virtual meetings on our Facebook page, or visit our website at lamesafoothillsdemocraticclub.com.

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that work and will offer real relief to the building industry during this time of uncertainty. I would like to thank the Mayor and our hard-working Development Services Department staff.” The process of obtaining permits can sometimes be a costly and time-consuming affair. If permits were allowed to expire, builders would be forced to start the permitting process all over again, raising costs that are passed along to consumers. “During these unprecedented times, it’s easy to forget that San Diego still faces a housing crisis. The cost of housing remains extremely high and will only get worse if building is stalled,” said Sherman. “I am thankful this common-sense solution received unanimous support at Council.”

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One such local business that took a proactive approach during the COVID shutdown is Trinity Yoga & Fitness in San Carlos, which held its last in-person yoga class on March 15 before getting up and running with her “NamaStay At Home” virtual classes the very next day. “It was a Sunday and it was four days before the governor stated his stay-at-home order,” she said. “I decided to state my own stay-at-home order to protect my yogis. From following all the stuff going on, I just knew it was the right thing to do.” That afternoon after her last yoga class, Van Sickle said she went home, ate lunch and made the decision to go all virtual and spent the rest of the evening downloading and teaching herself how to use the GoTo Meeting app, setting up her home meditation spot to accommodate filming and contacting her students to inform them of the move. “We were ready to practice that very next morning with our first class at 9:15 a.m.,” she said. Since then, she has been making improvements to her online

class set up, including installing better lighting, purchasing a headset with a good microphone and adjusting camera angles so students can see all of the positions from standing to laying on the ground. “There’s a lot to it and we’re still kinda working out some of the kinks but we mostly have it all settled in and we’re happy with the program we have,” she said. Another improvement to her yoga practice she accomplished during the quarantine is hiring back two teachers who were laid off at the beginning of the year because new rules that took effect governing independent contractors. From January until the beginning of April when she hired back the two teachers, Van Sickle said she had to teach all 19 of her classes. “That helped take a little bit of the load off of my shoulders,” she said. She hired back the teachers even without aid from the government because Trinity Yoga was ineligible for Paycheck Protection Plan monies she had no employees at the time of the bills passing. “We’re hoping to hold onto them,” she said. “Our goal was always to have more teachers

to give that good perspective of what they’ve learned in their journey through yoga, but then COVID hit. We’re hoping to bring everybody back, but we’re running with three of us right now.” In addition to bringing back two teachers, Van Sickle said Trinity Yoga has been able to retain a core group it its clientele base. The virtual classes have even attracted some students from outside the region in places like Denver and San Francisco — mostly family members of her core client base — and even brought back a former student who now lives in in the Virgin Islands. However, despite the new ability to reach far away clients, Trinity Yoga, like most businesses, is suffering the effects of the recession. “We’ve only gotten three new clients in the last three months, which is abnormal,” Van Sickle said. “So our capacity is way down. If I had to guess we’re probably running about 30% of our normal client base, so it’s dropped and we’re paddling underneath but staying calm above.” Now that the state has started Phase 3 of the reopening process, which will allow her to teach in-person classes again, Van

Sickle is preparing the Trinity Yoga studio for classes. She has given the San Carlos space a deep clean and will eventually move the filming equipment and lighting there to continue the NamaStay at Home program — a must for her because under social distancing requirements she will only be able to teach nine students at a time, down from her normal 33 student capacity. “We will be filming that practice in such a way that the mirrors will not capture the clients who are coming so that it only captures the teacher, for privacy issues,” she added. Van Sickle, who explained that she does not like to boast about herself, did admit that she is proud of being able to manage the new normal of operating her yoga business in the midst of a recession and health crisis and offer her services to her customers. “I knew I wanted to not close any classes right in the height of it,” she said. “That was my goal — to be there for everybody because yoga is proven to help with anxiety, it’s proven to help with overall wellness.” —Reach editor Jeff Clemetson at jeff@sdnews.com.

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Kristen Byrne, the spokesperson for the All Peoples Church (APC) project followed up with me to let us know the city’s planning department has responded to the second submittal plan for the church project, but is still investigating the feasibility of the proposed signaled ingress/egress intersection into the APC. The APC team is reviewing the city’s comments and will be following up with us as well. The Front Porch Committee from the Friends of Del Cerro recently met and walked the College Avenue Median from Del Cerro Boulevard down to the “Welcome to Del Cerro” sign. We are evaluating what could be done to enhance the “front porch” entry into Del Cerro. A major factor in moving forward for any plans to upgrade the front porch is the status of the proposed signaled intersection for APC and its impact on the median. There is lots of work to be done on this and we will be requesting input from our residents as we move forward. On June 3, I participated in a Zoom meeting with representatives from 18 different town councils in the city of San Diego. All have or will be implementing virtual meetings for the foreseeable future. We are planning on having our next quarterly meeting, scheduled for Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. to be a Zoom meeting. More information will be communicated in the July issue of the Mission Times Courier and our website. The city has requested a meeting with the members of the proposed Del Cerro Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) for early July for an update on the status as it works its way through the city. The goal from the committee is to receive an update on the status and hopefully receive approval to begin collecting signatures to be able to put the full proposal of the Del Cerro MAD to a community vote. In partnership with the presidents of our three community town councils — the Grantville/Allied Gardens Community Council, the San Carlos Area Council and the Del Cerro Action Council — we have reached out to the two District 7 City Council candidates Noli Zosa and Raul Campillo and the two mayoral candidates Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria regarding candidates forums. The council member forum is planned for late August and the mayoral forum for mid-September. All candidates have agreed to participate. If the restrictions are relaxed, we would like to have the forums in person. If not, we will hold a Zoom meeting. More about the forums will be announced on our respective websites and in the July, August and September issues of the Mission Times Courier. There have been several reports of drones being flown throughout the Navajo communities

which appear to be flying above the 400-foot height limit set for any drone flying within a 5-mile radius of an airport. We sit between Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport and Gillespie Airport. That puts all of San Carlos, Del Cerro, Allied Gardens and Grantville within the 5-mile radius of an airport. Finally, please do not forget to support all our local businesses along Del Cerro Boulevard and those within our adjacent communities. —Jay Wilson is secretary of the Del Cerro Action Council. Visit delcerroactioncouncil.org.

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Our Town Hall Meeting of the general public on May 26, that was held by way of the Zoom application, was an unqualified success. We had a substantial turnout of the public. We had limited the agenda because of our uncertainty with the process. Our experience that evening resolved any question of our ability to conduct such a meeting without restrictions. Our next general meeting will be on July 21, at which time we

will offer a presentation by the San Diego River Conservatory. Your presence is much desired. To attend, contact us through the website, aggccouncil.org, and we will send you instructions on how to enter the meeting. It really is an easy, natural process and we will be there to guide you in your participation. We must give the 60 trees we planted in the strip between the sidewalk and Zion Avenue a lot of attention as the growing season begins. Our immediate issue is mulching and weed abatement.

We need your help with this labor-intensive project. In addition to this event, each tree requires 10-15 gallons of water twice per month. If you can give us a morning of your help with the mulching and weed control, and if you can take on regular watering of a tree or two, please fill out the volunteer form on the webpage, aggccouncil.org/zion-avenue-tree-project. html. An AGGCC board member will be in touch with more details about how you can help. SEE AGGCC, Page 10

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The city will give us a quantity of mulch of approximately 15 feet by 4 feet. We need a onetime storage space from which we can move the mulch to the trees. If you have such a space, reach us through the website. The Community Garden at Ascension Lutheran Church is an important community asset. Excess produce from the garden plots goes to the food bank. All 19 of the garden boxes are rented. Recently, a neighbor donated a large wooden rolling table that is now in the garden by the sheds. A birdbath would be a wonderful addition to the new herb garden and

donations to that enhancement will be appreciated. Volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are doing a great job in the orchard area and their participation is deeply appreciated. The Community Garden Steering Committee is looking into taking over care of the Allied Gardens sign at the bottom of Waring Road (an ongoing responsibility that the Community Council has never been able to master). You can reach the Community Garden Steering Committee through our website, aggccouncil.org. We are about to embark on a new project, the decorative painting of the electrical and communication service boxes throughout our neighborhood.

One only needs to see what the Clairemont Town Council and the folks at Foster Elementary did to see how beneficial this will be to the community. If you have experience with this kind of project we could use your help. The AGGCC Board of Directors meetings are open to the public. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. For the foreseeable future all meetings will be on the Zoom platform. The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, July 7.

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LIBRARY / COMMUNITY sdnews.com Benjamin Library news CONTACTLESS LIBRARY HOLD PICK UP Good news! The San Diego Public Library has started contactless hold pick up at 11 locations. Holds that were awaiting pick up at our branch have been transferred to the College-Rolando library at 6600 Montezuma Road, San Diego, 92115. Once you receive notification that your hold is available at that location simply go to the branch Monday through Friday between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Be sure to bring your phone to coordinate pick up. When you arrive, stay in your car, or six feet away from the entrance, and call. Staff will ask for your library card number and check the items out to you. The staff member will then bring your materials outside and place them on a table for you to retrieve.

SOME MORE GOOD NEWS FOR READERS In response to COVID-19 and library closures, Califa, a nonprofit library membership consortium, has partnered with Bibliolabs to launch enki California Digital Library, a free ebook library available to every person in California. This means that there is no holds queue and no need for a library card. The collection uses geolocation to provide access to anyone physically located in the state of

California. Visit enki.biblioboard. com to start reading!

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For those of you who are missing our puzzle collection, the Smithsonian has a few digital puzzles created with some of their artwork. To access the puzzles, go to s.si.edu/3ctg2f8. Getting a sense of the tools takes a few minutes but, once learned you will be on your way to the satisfaction that is puzzle completion.

VIRTUAL TAX PREPARATION ASSISTANCE If you need assistance in putting together your 2019 taxes before the July 15 deadline, there is a local resource available to those making less than $56,000. The Dreams for Change organization is offering virtual, over the phone assistance. To take advantage of this resource call 619-497-0236 to make an appointment. At the time of the appointment, you will need to have all your documents in hand.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2020 Dig deeper! San Diego Public Library’s Summer Reading Program (SRP) for all ages kicks off on June 1. Sign up to read 10 books or 10 hours. SRP)details, along with reading lists, reading resources (all our e-library SEE AG LIBRARY, Page 15

San Carlos Library news By DAVID EGE

The San Carlos Branch Library is here to be a part of and serve the community. We are proud to know that the community sees us as an essential resource and we consider our patrons part of our extended family. The patrons who gather to learn from our authors and speakers, come in for their weekly meditation, share poems at People Enjoying Poetry, join discussions at our Book Club, and engage in issues at community meetings. The children who listen and sing at storytime and learn new skills doing arts and

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CALL 811 It’s hard to know where it’s safe to dig. So call 811 before you dig, and we’ll help you avoid hitting any underground gas and electric lines. It’s fast and free – unlike the repairs you may need if you don’t call. Visit SDGE.com/811 to learn more and call 811 before you dig.

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minimize exposed surface area when putting in the trash. See the full list at recyclingworks.com. SCAC meetings are now on hiatus until further notice. If you wish to be added to the Interested Persons List, have a topic you would like to learn or give a presentation about, please contact San Carlos Area Council vice president Patricia Mooney at patty@ crystalpyramid.com. Enjoy yourself and stay safe! —Patricia Mooney is vice president of the San Carlos Community Council.

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We are moving toward that goal by allowing patrons to place holds on materials to be picked up at 11 select library locations with our Contactless Pickup Service. Visit the San Diego Public Library website for more details,

sandiego.gov/public-library/ pickup-service. During the closure, the San Carlos Branch Library has focused on cleaning and rearranging our collection to make it more inviting and accessible. We inspected and cleaned each item and made sure they were in the proper order. Parts of the collection were moved around which gave our

International Languages section a more prominent location and provided more room for the juvenile collection which was getting overcrowded. We also lowered the shelves to eye level in both the Adult and Children’s areas for easier access and browsing. Check the San Carlos Branch Library Facebook page to see pictures of some of our changes.

We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2020. To all of the 5th graders moving on to middle school, to the 8th graders moving on to high school and the seniors of Patrick Henry High School who are preparing to head out and start their next chapter. Always remember that no matter what stage of life you

are in or what circumstances you find yourself in, the public library will be there to provide information and support you in a lifetime of learning. We are the place for opportunity, discovery and inspiration. —David Ege is branch manager of the San Carlos Branch Library. Reach him at DEge@SanDiego.gov.

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June 12 – July 9, 2020 SPORTS / NEWS Mission Times Courier 13 sdnews.com PHHS alumni drafted by the NFL Drive-by for jazzerrcise By DOUG KAPPLIN

To be able to coach and teach young men the game of football is a tremendous blessing. To be able to coach one player that makes it to the NFL is rare and to be able to coach two young men from the same high school and watch them both get the opportunity to play professional football is less than 1%. The chances that Patrick Henry football now has two young men playing for the same NFL team — Indianapolis Colts — is even less than half of a percent. Patrick Henry High School and the community get to celebrate that this program has molded great young men on and off the field. When I first started coaching football at Henry it was apparent that we had special young men that really enjoyed playing the game of football. These young men have had a remarkably close circle of brotherhood from 2016 to today. From the first practice we held in fall camp, it was obvious that Dezmond Patmon and Kameron Cline were special athletes, blessed with the size, determination, work ethic and drive that could allow them to excel in the game of football. Dezmond and Kameron are not only very gifted athletes, they are also great young men that have developed into men of moral and character. I can remember them both staying after practice consistently, no matter how hot, how

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late, how they felt, they always put in extra work to improve the skills that made them great high school players. Dezmond and I would throw about 100 balls a day after practice, working on different types of catching skills and extra conditioning. Dezmond would always ask for more work, knowing that is what it takes to be the 1%. We had great talks about life and what to expect at the college level. I remember those talks the most. Dezmond played the best football of his life that post season against La Jolla High School. He had a total of four touchdowns and three interceptions. This was the first time he ever played defense, and he excelled. Kameron was always bigger and stronger than most of the players we played against. His size and relentless attitude alone set him apart from the other high school players. Kameron was determined to play college football and always responded very well

to coaching and his academics. He knew that athletics get him to the door and his academics get him through the door. Kameron has always had the biggest smile on his face and always made everyone better around him. He demanded that his teammates play to their best ability and that is exactly what Kameron did himself throughout his career at South Dakota. He deserves every blessing that comes his way and has the hardest work ethic I have ever seen in 12 years of coaching and 22 years in football. The relationship that I have with them both still to this day is what I appreciate the most. Even though they are both on the path for great professional careers, they both remain humble and kind. I am proud of them and always will be their coach. —Doug Kapplin is a former football coach at Patrick Henry High School.

Crusaders Soccer returns to play By JAY WILSON

On Friday, May 5, the Crusaders Soccer Club received forms from the city of San Diego’s Park and Recreation Department which have been submitted to the County of San Diego for approval to begin the process of reopening the Navajo Community parks to allow practices for our CSC teams in compliance with the extensive requirements for sanitation and proper social distancing. As of the date of this publication, only the park areas will be open for practices. Only joint use fields that are separated from the school buildings will be available for use. Therefore, city of San Diego staff must determine which fields are separated from the school buildings. The joint use fields in the Navajo area are: Lower Lewis and Skunk Hollow adjacent to Lewis Middle School, Pershing Middle School turf fields, Marvin, Hearst, Dailard and Gage Elementary Schools, as well as Forward Field which is between the San Carlos Rec Center and the Springall Academy. All the joint-use fields remain off limits for now. Fortunately, all the joint-use fields, with the exception, of the lower field at Hearst and the Dailard elementary

school fields are separated from the school itself by a fence. By the time you read this article, we are anticipating our CSC teams will be able to practice on the city of San Diego park fields. Crusaders Soccer Club director Rene Miramontes and assistant director of coaching Victor Melendez have been working diligently over the past weeks to develop training plans that will allow teams to practice while following the social distancing guidelines. Club president Terry Cords and the Crusaders Board of Directors want to sincerely thank County Supervisor Kristin Gasper for championing her “Return to Play” effort allowing youth sports to resume practices. For the past 11 weeks, competitive teams have been working with their professional coaches via Zoom meetings to ensure their players are staying in touch with one another. All competitive coaches have been conducting Zoom type meetings with their players. Coach Jesus de Santiago commented, “I am conducting one hour Zoom meetings twice a week with my 2011 girls’ team and emphasizing ball control techniques. I am also encouraging my players to keep as physically fit as possible.”

Just prior to Mother’s Day, Coach Seth Tunick requested his players attend their next weekly Zoom meeting wearing a shirt and tie in honor of their mothers, and every player did. Coach Lauren Johnson has been conducting Zoom meetings with her team as well as Zoom Pilates classes for several of the other Crusaders teams. Coach Jesus Serrano has been conducting Zoom training classes for the competitive team goalies. To provide additional development opportunities for our players, Victor Melendez has implemented Friday afternoon Skills Clinics via Zoom for all our competitive and recreational players. These clinics combine skill and development with fun. CSC is fully anticipating a robust fall season for our Recreational and Competitive teams. Registration for our fall competitive season has been on-going since January and registration for the Recreation Division’s fall season has just opened. For more information about registering for the fall season, check the Crusaders Soccer Club’s homepage at crusaderssoccer.org. —Jay Wilson writes on behalf of Crusaders Soccer Club.

Pam Bobrow enjoys a car parade from her friends, including Jazzercise customer Margarita Carmona, her husband, Dr. Gordon Lillie, and their neighbor and owner of this 1906 Buick, Newell Booth (driving). (Courtesy photo)

On May 22, friends and customers surprised San Carlos resident Pamela Bobrow with a drive-by car parade to mark Bobrow's 40-year anniversary as a Jazzercise instructor. About 20 cars, decorated and honking, passed by her house as music blared on the driveway to congratulate her. Bobrow began teaching jazzercise classes at Kindercare on Jackson Drive in 1980 and then moved to teaching at the San Carlos Rec Center. She then opened Jazzercise San Carlos in

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— are needed to fill a pair of vacancies on the GrossmontCuyamaca Community College District’s citizens’ bond oversight committee. The CBOC is tasked with assuring accountability for funds connected to Proposition V, a $398 million construction bond measure approved by East County voters in 2012. A total of four seats will be vacated with appointees completing their terms, but two are

1981, renting space at the East San Diego Masonic Lodge, and was owner and operator for 26 years. She ran classes out of a few other locations before moving to Jazzercise College Area in 2012, where she teaches low-impact classes three times a week. Many of her clients are Del Cerro and San Carlos residents, some of whom have been taking Bobrow's class for over 30 years! For more information on Jazzercise dance fitness classes, visit jazzercise.com.

for a student representative and a member of a college advisory committee and will be filled internally. An application form is posted online at propsrv.gcccd.edu and must be emailed by July 6 to Stephen.johnson@gafcon.com. CBOC membership involves at least a two-year term with members in good standing eligible for up to three consecutive two-year terms. The volunteer position requires residency within college district boundaries and attendance of four quarterly meetings and about a half-dozen subcommittee meetings annually.

MISSION TRAILS Mission Trails annual call for artists Horehound: The plant with the odd name June 12 – July 9, 2020 Mission Times Courier

By JENNIFER MORRISSEY

The Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation is accepting applications through June 30, 2020 for the 2021 art exhibitions at the MTRP Visitor and Interpretive Center. Artists can submit artistic interpretations of the natural world in a range of media including paint, clay, photography, pastel, fiber, colored pencil, mixed media, and more. The artworks need to be wall-hung, two-dimensional and three-dimensional pieces. A link to the application and more information is at mtrp.org/art. Artists can enter to have a solo exhibition or be included in a curated group show. Small and large groups of artists can

apply together for one of the dedicated large and small group shows. All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of jurors and selected works will be presented for a period of six weeks. Artists can also host an opening reception for members of the public. Questions? Email art program coordinator Vicky DeLong at vbde@cox.net. Deadline for applications is June 30, 2020!

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MTRP ZOOM BACKGROUNDS Many of us have really “Moody Sky Over Poplars, Descanso” by missed Mission Trails and K. Roberts (Courtesy photo) may not be able to visit the park for some time. Whether you the park virtually with our new can come soon or are waiting a MTRP Zoom backgrounds. bit longer, you can put yourself in Maybe you’re taking work meetings online or “Zooming” with family and friends and would like to a pretty background image of a favorite place. Three complimentary images of Mission Trails by park user Jayna McLeod are available, and you can find a link to them from the MTRP homepage along with instructions on how to use on Zoom. Enjoy! For the latest on the park, visit the MTRP website at mtrp.org.

A photo of MTRP grasslands by Jayna McLeod is available as a Zoom background. (Courtesy MTRP Foundation)

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

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, Northern Africa, and Central Asia. Also known as white horehound, it has long been cultivated for its medicinal use for cough, colds, and congestion. In the 1800s it was brought to the western states by early settlers. It escaped cultivation and is now abundant alongside our trails, especially after recent rains. Although the FDA does not endorse its medical capacities, it is considered generally safe, and can be found as an ingredient in modern candy, cough lozenges and beverages. Horehound is a drought-tolerant perennial and grows well in poor soil with full sun, blooming April through October. The plant grows about 12 to 24 inches high, and can be distinguished by its crinkly, wooly, whitish-grey leaves. It has opposite leaves, with dense clusters of tiny white flowers growing above the nodes, where the leaves join at the stem. The axillary whorls and square stems are typical of a sage, although it does not exude the strong scent of other sages. Bees are the primary pollinators, but the flowers are also visited by

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ladybugs, flies, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Seeds are dispersed by falling to the ground, or by clinging to fur, feathers, and feet, and will survive in soil for 5-10 years. Wildlife avoids consuming the bitter tasting foliage, so the plant thrives where it has no competition. The plant’s name often generates a few giggles or gasps. How did this useful plant get its name? One source claims that it was named after Horus, the Egyptian god of sky and light — being named after a god would SEE HOREHOUND, Page 15

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April was a strange time at Mission Trails Regional Park and… oh yeah, pretty much for the rest of the world as well! While some of the trails were reopened for the local population to be able to exercise and enjoy nature while social distancing, the park was closed for most of the month due to the COVID-19 pandemic — perhaps to the benefit of our wild residents. The Rufous Crowned Sparrow was this This year, the iNaturalist year's most observed bird in the iNaturalCity Nature Challenge (CNC) ist challenge. (Photo by Nora Bodrian) was held April 24 through April 27. While normally cities four-day bioblitz, visit bit.ly/2Uacross the globe compete to get 1fOoU. If you would like to learn the most observations, the most more about all of our county’s resobservers and the most species, idents, big and small, hairy and this year was not considered a smooth, striking and odd, please contest but instead observers were visit the San Diego City Nature encouraged to catalog plants and Challenge page at bit.ly/300SHij wild creatures in their own neigh- and browse through the 17,000 borhoods, respecting stay at home plus observations that have been orders. posted there! This is a great way This year, MTRP neighbors to “travel and visit” the county found 269 different species of right from the comfort of your living organisms in the park and own home. surrounding neighborhoods, from Stay healthy everyone and plants, insects, mammals to fungi, see you at the 2021 City Nature lichens, and reptiles. The species Challenge! documented during the CNC offers scientists a snapshot of the —Patricia Simpson is a trail most common ones encountered guide at Mission trails Regional on the trails. Congratulations Park. to milliebasden who found 144 species and docprt who tallied an impressive 93! Surprisingly, the Coast Morning Glory (Calystegia macrostegia) was the most reported plant, perhaps readily capturing people’s attention with its delicate white trumpet-shaped bloom. Even more surprising was the Northern Mockingbird and California Towhee taking second and third places to the first place Rufouscrowned sparrow in the bird category. Of course, when it comes to reptiles, the Western Fence Lizard was sure to impress his audiences with push-up displays and once again took first place. For a complete list of species spotted at MRTP during the

offerings), and activity resources are listed on the sandiego.gov/ summerreading page. Although the details on distribution have yet to be worked out, we will be providing prizes for those that finish the reading goal! We will be giving out a tote bag, museum passes, and food coupons. Please stay tuned as we figure out the safest way to navigate. We will also be providing virtual Summer Reading

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Republican enthusiasm. When we get back in regular session, we will be stronger than before and ready to go to work to educate voters and help elect Republicans in November. For now, we have been sharing and enjoying stories from our members of what they have been doing during their “sheltering in place” time. With a little practice, we learned to conduct our board meetings via conference call, and had a very successful ZOOM general meeting. When some of us were forced update our technology skills, we came through like champs! Liz Wheeler, host of “Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler” on One

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Programming for all ages on our Facebook page. Check out Stay-In Summer Reading Club on June 1. If you are already a member of Stay-in Storytime Club we are simply renaming it, so you’ll already be set!

DON’T FORGET OUR FACEBOOK Please continue to check out our Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library Facebook page. Along with informational updates, we’re posting a few fun things as well, such as weekly “Book Covers” for you to guess the title, author readings online, etc. America News, is the featured speaker for our tentatively scheduled meeting July 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be held at Carlton Oaks Country Club in Santee. The cost is $30 which includes a gourmet burger bar dinner. We had this event previously scheduled for last April, and for obvious reasons that was cancelled. We are hopeful this meeting will be feasible in July, but we will have to wait and see. Please call Marjie at 619-9902791 as we get closer to the date for the latest information and to make reservations. Until then, please visit our website at rwcNavajo-Canyon.org and see our activity on Facebook at Republican Women of CaliforniaNavajo Canyon. We look forward to resuming our regular monthly

JOIN THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION COMMUNITY READ-A-THON Join us in a community reading goal to read 200,000 books by the end of August. If we meet our goal, The San Diego Library Foundation and Intuit will donate $10,000 to support library youth programming. All you need to do is sign up for the Summer Reading Program and log your books and those books will automatically count towards the Read-A-Thon. —Kathryn Johnson is managing librarian of the Allied Gardens/ Benjamin Branch Library. meetings and always welcome new members. —Pat Boerner writes on behalf of the Republican Women of California – Navajo Canyon.

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(l to r) Top row: Jacob Graven, Chloe Morris, Issac Roberts, Jade Mitchel, and

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PHHS typically honors the top 1% of the senior class at Sea World in the District’s Annual Salute to Excellence event. Every high school in the district is represented and students are honored by their principals through a special recognition program. We were unable to do that this year, but I wanted to note the top students of the Class of 2020 so I decided to add five more and present to you the top 2% of the graduating class at PHHS! • Ranked No. 1: Jacob Graven 4.82 going to UCSD computer science • Ran ked No. 1: Chloe Morris 4.82 going to UCLA as an International Development Studies or Political Science major • Ranked No. 3: Issac Roberts 4.79 going to UCSD to major in Computer Science

• Ranked No. 4: Jade Mitchel 4.77 going to UCLA to major in Art History • Ranked No. 4: Kieran Himer 4.77 going to SDSU majoring in mathematics • Ranked No. 6: Theodore Schenck 4.71 going to Oberlin College in history • Ranked No. 7: Alexander “Ably” Pen ney 4.68 go ing to Carnegie-Mellon to study Electrical & Computer Engineering • Ranked No. 8: Sydney Cooper 4.65 going to USC to major in English • Ranked No. 9: Heather Nelson 4.63 going to UC Berkeley and is considering majoring in Environmental Science • Ranked No. 9: Truc Thanh Nguyen 4.63 going to University of Pennsylvania

Henry's first-ever virtual Senior Awards Night Everything about the recent pandemic has challenged PHHS to come up with new ways to honor our students. Our 51st annual Senior Awards Night went on without a hitch using our Broadcast Teacher’s skills (thank you Mr. Mark Abbott) and the assistance of our department chairs at Henry. On May 13, the departmetn chairs, PHHS administrative team, and PHHS counselors met in PHAME, sitting several rows apart in the 500-seat theater to honor the top seniors from Henry. The event had to be scaled back from previous years, where community members would also be invited to present scholarships earned across the county. We focused the evening event (it was

planned to be aired on the evening of May 30, the senior’s prom date) on making it more personal and kept it to only school awards. Principal Listy Gillingham, began the evening with a welcome and a slideshow was aired throughout the presentation made by Head Counselor Vivian Vaccarino which included pictures of every senior who had won an award. Here is a run-down of our winners:

DEPARTMENT AWARDS • AVID Award presented by Ms.

Monica Nix: Vivian Mendoza • Computer Graphic Design Award presented by Mr. Karl Bolton: Mara Lynn Preciado SEE PHHS, Page 17

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• Screen Printing Award by Mr. Karl Bolton: Audrey Waters • Drama Award presented by Ms. Chris Carr: Alyssa Lozano • Engineering Design Award presented by Mrs. Adria Van Loan: Timber Carey • Architecture Award presented by Mrs. Adria Van Loan: Trevor Burich • Computer Science Award presented by Mrs. Adria Van Loan : Elise Boyd • English Award presented by Mr. Mark Frerichs: Kathryn Zix • Link Crew Awards presented by Ms. Elise Morgan: Jael Mercado, Fabian Cuevas and Elise Angelina Margaux Boyd • Mathematics Award presented by Mr. Ron Reese: Clare Hermanson • California Mathematics Council Award presented by Mr. Reese: Truc Thanh Nguyen • NJROTC Awards presented by Mr. Ron Flaherty: Tram Bui and Van Mai • PE Award presented by Mr. Sheldon Watkins: Erik Radder • Psychology Awards presented by Ms. Amy Evans: Tyra Luangviseth • Science Awards presented by Mr. Jim Davis: Isaac Roberts and Matthew Thomas • Social Studies Award presented by Ms. Taunya Robinson: Ainsleigh Beard • Student Govt. Awards presented by Ms. Autumn Flores: Samantha Linden and Sergio Rynard • Teaching Academy Award presented by Ms. Haley Culver: Savana Pendergraft • Broadcast Journalism Award presented by Mr. Mark Abbott: Alex Sandoval • Band Award presented by Mr. Matt Kalal: John Carlos Lagunas • Orchestra Award presented by Mr. Matt Kalal: Saghi Ajami • Music/Vocalist Award presented by Mr. Weatherly: John Yokoyama • Art Award presented by Mr. Abe Shklar: Mara Preciado • Photography Award presented by Mr. Thom Hunt: Maxwell Skantz • Ceramics Award presented by Mr. John Weatherly: Emma Abbe

• World Language Award presented by Mr. Edward Stanko: Vanessa Zavala • Yearbook Award presented by Ms. Jennifer Pacofsky: Madison Burke SCHOOL AWARDS • Peer Mediation Awards pre-

sented by Ms. Amy Evans: Hailey Veeder and Daniel Karimu • Perseverance & Achievement Awards presented by Ms. Brenda Morales: Alberto Castaneda and Robert Moonery • PHHS Foundation Counselor Scholarships: Jayden Brown, Makaila Williams, Jesus Flores Sandoval, Daniel Karimu, Daniela Nowicki • P r e s i d e nt ’s A c a d e m i c Excellence Awards; these certificates are given to the top 2% of the Class of 2020. The students all receive a certificate of recognition signed by President Donald Trump: Jacob Michael Graven, Chloe Lilienne Morris, Isaac Roberts, Jade Marie Mitchel, Kieran Hilmer, Theodore Merin Schenck, Alexander Blount Penney, Sidney M. Cooper, Heather Anne Nelson, Truc Thanh Nguyen

PATRIOTS OF THE YEAR AWARDS Patriot of the Year Awards are given to students who have demonstrated a high degree of achievement in several areas during their entire time at PHHS. Students apply and ten are typically honored after a thorough review of their resume and letters of recommendations showing outstanding academics, citizenship, extracurricular organizations memberships, athletics, community service, and outside employment. The following ten students were selected this year: Samantha Elyse Linden, Kellen Shane Foster, Victoria Tolley, Naman Govind Bhai Pandadiya, Jennifer Elizabeth Russell, Ariana Jaleen Bermudez, Adrienne Schneider Hooker, Makaila Elise Williams, Zyah Cephus, Alyssa Rose Lozano

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The Senior of the Year was selected from the Patriots of the Year. Ariana Bermudez was named PHHS’s Senior of the Year due to her passion to inspire others to succeed.

Ariana stated in her application that being a true Patriot for her is defined around the number three, but not because she has three siblings, was in three clubs, or even had three dogs, but because she expresses the three pillars each and every day at Henry by being welcoming, doing no harm and using choice words with others. Ariana has 4.11 GPA and she will be receiving a plaque and a check for $500 to help support her continued success in whatever pathway she decides to pursue.

PHHS SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Congratulations to our Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Adam Monroe and Daniella Nowicki were selected this year to represent the best and brightest athletes at Henry! Daniella was selected due to her Cumulative GPA of 4.29 and her work on both our Field Hockey and Lacrosse teams. Danielle was noted for earning the following recognition in both sports: • Served as the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Captains • Won the LAX Corrine Rodney 7 C’s Award (2018) • Wo n t h e L A X C I F Sportsmanship Award in 2018 during the CIF Championship game (first in our school’s history) • Earned all-league and SD Union Tribune All-Academic Team honors for both her junior and senior year • Danielle will be going to the American University where she plans to major in International Service. Adam Monroe was selected due to his Cumulative GPA of 4.24 and his work on both our Men’s Water Polo and Men’s Swim team. Adam was noted for earning other distinctions which included: • Served as a 2-year captain on the Men’s Water Polo team leanding us to the first CIF Championship in the school history in 2019 • E a r n e d the CIF Sportsmanship award during the CIF game • Earned all-league and SD Union Tribune All-Academic Team honors for both her junior and senior year • Adam will be going to the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he will study Civil Engineering and looks

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forward to continuing his water polo career on the University’s Club Water Polo team.

community and culture, going out of his way to share information to include others.”

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This award is a tradition in its 18th year. It was created in the memory of former PHHS principal, Maria Theodore. This $500 scholarship is given to students who have overcome obstacles in his/her life or school career and who are focused on completing a post-secondary education, which would have made Maria immensely proud. Ziah Cephus was selected for this award as she can easily be described as a true mover and a shaker and was noted for doing great work at Henry using her incredible gift of kindness. Rachel Samuelsz said it best in her quote by stating, “I have had the privilege of teaching this student for three years and she is the life and spiritT of our choir. This student exudes pure life. She is always ready with an encouraging word for anybody, whether she’s addressing one person or the entire class. She is always ready to lend a helping hand and will do just about anything that is asked of her. In fact, I can’t think of a single thing I’ve asked that she hasn’t done and she’s usually the one to offer. She is beautiful, smart and talented! She has had many solos these past 3 years in concerts and I am always left in awe of the magnitude of her vocal abilities.”

DONALD W. GIDDINGS SCHOLARSHIP This is also an annual award given to one senior who is chosen for his or her outstanding leadership qualities and dedication to the school and community on behalf of PHHS’s first principal Donald W. Giddings. Naman Pandadiya was selected due to his high academic achievement (4.09 GPA) and his community service both at Henry and in his community. His math teacher, Karen Aguilar stated, “I’ve had the pleasure of being his teacher for two years. He is great about finishing his work and is always a kind and helpful presence to his classmates. Two things stand out about him: He likes to share funny jokes which has been a source of laughter. Also he is an ambassador for his

Isaac Roberts earned a 4.79 GPA and was presented with a plaque and a medallion inscribed with Academic Distinction, which would have been worn during our PHHS graduation ceremony. Isaac is best described by PE teacher Matt Reese: “I have had Isaac Roberts in strength and conditioning this year (and in 9th as well). Isaac is an outstanding student with a strong work ethic. He is a leader and looked up to by his peers. Isaac is respectful and kind to all, and is a true friend to one of our students with disabilities in class. He has had a real positive impact on our Henry community.”

VALEDICTORIAN AWARDS

Jacob Michael Graven and Chloe Lilienne Morris each have a weighted cumulative GPA of 4.82, which is the highest GPA for the Class of 2020. According to math teacher Bill Hockmuth, “Chloe Morris is an all-around great student. The thing that stands out the most is her ability to ask really thoughtful questions. The types of questions that really promotes deeper understanding of the concepts and ideas.” While Mr. Hockmuth also reported that “Jake Graven is an outstanding student as well. Very bright, consistently hardworking, and just sets a great example in the classroom. I’ve taught Jake for two different courses and he’s been a pleasure to have in class!” Both Chloe and Jake were presented with a plaque and a medallion inscribed with Academic Distinction which could have been worn during our PHHS graduation ceremony in recognition of her accomplishments.

VALEDICTORIAN WATCHES

The Weissenberg’s family started a tradition to honor the valedictorian of the first PHHS graduating class by awarding the senior a watch from his local jewelry store. Gary’s grandfather began the tradition and after giving the watch, Donald Giddings, the principal at the time, asked him if he would continue offering the gift to other SEE PHHS, Page 18

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