Mission Times Courier, July 10th, 2020

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(l to r) The Hatch residence in Del Cerro with a large banner of support for Black LIves Matter (Photo by Jennifer Coburn); An art poster of George Floyd by Grace Hatch (Courtesy Grace Hatch)

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Following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide protests led by Black Lives Matter, Del Cerro resident Grace Hatch dealt with her emotions about watching yet another Black man killed by police by drawing Floyd’s face.

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“I probably did like 25 versions with ink and marker. I had no plan, but that was something I wanted to do,” said the 19-yearold Hatch, who is currently attending UC Santa Cruz, but is back home in the community she grew up in due to coronavirus concerns and summer break.

Grace’s older brother, Morgan Hatch, saw the drawings and

suggested putting them up around the neighborhood.

“By the next day, most of them were torn down,” Grace said.The incident illuminated how the community was dealing with the nationwide protests. “That just encouraged us to keep putting them up and keep pushing the conversation about it.”

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San Diego Oasis featured in virtual senior centers videos Patrick Henry principal says goodbye.

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At the onset of the shelter-inplace orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March, the leaders at the nonprofit San Diego Oasis had to make very quick decisions on how to continue to deliver their classes and workshops virtually. Until then, all of their classes were delivered in-person at more than 40 locations throughout the San Diego County region.

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On Tuesday, June 23, the County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in support of creating a Mobile Crisis Response Team to respond to have clinicians respond to nonviolent behavioral health incidents rather than law enforcement.

People with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other civilians, with race and gender compounding those risk factors. The Black Lives Matter movement in San Diego was galvanized in 2016 when Ugandan refugee Alfred Olango was killed by police after his sister called for emergency psychiatric aid.

The board approved a pilot program last year to respond to behavioral health calls in North County. After months of delays due to North County lacking behavior health facilities for the crisis team to take people to, that pilot program is close to launching. The pilot program is supported by District Attorney Summer Stephan and Sheriff Bill Gore to bring new options to address nonviolent situations.

Supervisor Nathan Fletcher’s proposal expedites bringing

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HENRY STUDENT RECEIVES TWO SCHOLARSHIPS Patrick Henry graduate Alby Penny is on a role.

On June 24, Cox Charities Adv isor y Boa rd members awarded a total of $77,000 in scholarships to 25 students, including Penny, “This year has been unprecedented in so many ways for our graduating high school seniors, and we’re excited to bring them some good news during this challenging time,” said Sam Attisha, senior vice president and region manager for Cox Communications in California. “These 2020 Cox Scholars are so deserving of these scholarships, and Cox and our employees are proud to recognize all of their hard work and accomplishments.”

For more information on the Cox Scholars program, visit coxcharitiesca.org.

On July 8, Wheelhouse Credit Union announced that Penny was one of five awardees of its Sustainability College Scholarship Program for who demonstrated leadership, public service, and a desire to make a sustainable difference in their schools and communities. Penny’s Wheelhouse Sustainability Scholarships earned him $1,000.

For more information about Wheelhouse, visit wheelhousecu.com.

Penny will be attending Carnegie Mellon University in the fall and is planning on majoring in electrical and computer engineering and hopes to pursue a career in the renewable energy sector. He enjoys volunteering in his community and credits the institutions he’s spent his time volunteering with playing a large role in forming his character — the Boy Scouts and the La Jolla Quaker Meeting.

SANDAG REPORTS BLACK AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES HARDEST HIT BY COVID-19 As the San Diego region’s labor market continues to experience a historic decline, Black and Hispanic communities are most impacted, according to a

new SANDAG Data Science and Analytics report, “COVID-19 Impact on the San Diego Regional Economy: Black and Hispanic Communities Hardest Hit.” Since the stay home order began in mid-March, SANDAG has closely monitored the economic impact of the pandemic on the San Diego region.

The new SANDAG report finds that when compared to the White population, Black and Hispanic populations are more than four times as likely to live in areas that have been impacted by COVID-19 and unemployment. More than two-thirds of the region’s Black (67%) and Hispanic (70%) populations reside in ZIP Codes with higher than average unemployment rates. Approximately half of Black (52%) and Hispanic (49%) residents live in ZIP Codes with higher than average COVID-19 cases.

White and Asian communities have been less impacted, with 14% and 24% respectively residing in areas experiencing high rates of unemployment and COVID-19 cases.

The report found that Black and Hispanic employees are overrepresented in the high contact and essential workforces. Hispanic employees account for 32% of the overall workforce but represent 46% of those working in the food service industry, and 37% of those working in the retail sector (excluding grocery and drugstore). Black employees account for nearly 5% of the overall workforce but represent more than 7% who work in childcare and social services, 9% in trucking, warehouse, and postal service, and nearly 20% of public transit workers.

FREE COVID ANTIBODIES TEST WITH BLOOD DONATION Through the month of July, San Diego Blood Bank is testing all blood donations for SARSCoV-2 antibodies, the virus that causes the COVID-19 as a service to the community and to assist in identifying potential candidates for convalescent plasma.

Appointments are required for all blood donations.

The antibody test detects if someone’s immune system has developed antibodies to the SARSCoV-2 virus, regardless of if someone showed symptoms. This is not a diagnostic test. It will not detect active infections or recent exposure.

Donors who are found positive for SARS-CoV-2 will be able to donate COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) the next time they donate. CCP is being used to treat patients in critical condition.

The test is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use. Per state law, all reactive and nonreactive test results will be reported to the California Department of Public health. Donors will receive results in their SDBB wellness portal 7-10 days after donation.

To be eligible to donate blood, you must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 114 pounds and be in general good health. To make an appointment, visit sandiegobloodbank.org/donate or call 619-400-8251.

BBB WARNS OF QUARANTINE PUPPY SCAMS Families spending more time at home have turned to the internet to look for a pet. Scammers advertise on websites for pets that don't exist and are never shipped. The coronavirus pandemic has given scammers more opportunities to ask for money upfront. Scammers also make excuses as to why buyers can’t see the pet in person before heartbroken, would-be pet owners figure out they have been conned.

Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest (BBB) warns consumers as an increase in puppy scams have nearly doubled during the past few months.

Victims claim to have lost hundreds to thousands of dollars in deposits, specialty crates, COVID-19 sanitation, insurance, shipping and other fees. Since January 2020, BBB has received a total of SEE NEWS BRIEFS, Page 4

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enforcement. According to in the back of a police car for exFletcher, of the 54,000 mental pressing suicidal thoughts during CONTINUED FROM Page 1 health-related calls in the coun- a psychiatric crisis,” Chrissy Croft, ty in 2018, PERT responded to a mental health professional, said the program to the entire coun- 10,000 of them. Half of those re- about a time she needed emerty, which was the long-term goal sponses concluded with the per- gency care for a friend who was of the pilot program. Supervisor son going to jail or the hospital. eventually taken to a psychiatric Kristen Gaspar, who spearheadLaw enforcement even being hospital. ed the pilot program, questioned present can escalate a situation, “The mental health care she why Fletcher was circumventing make it unsafe and can add to the received likely saved her life, but I the phased in and targeted pro- traumatic nature of the event. can’t help imagining other possi“When I had a friend in mental bilities that would have eased her cess the board initially planned on but ultimately voted in favor health crisis, the PERT clinician into receiving help that night inof the motion. was mostly observing during the stead of simulating arrest,” Croft The current system for re- interaction. The mere presence of said. sponding to suicide calls, psy- police sirens and a police car esFor people who have interacted chotic episodes and other be- calated the situation. I could vis- with PERT and law enforcement havioral health calls is the ibly see my friend becoming less mental health responses reguPsychiatric Emergency Response comfortable and less interested in larly, they noted the difference Teams (PERT) which pairs cli- talking through her feelings.

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to a hospital is usually left to the officer’s discretion — which can lead to bias playing a role in the decision.

“Are they 5150 — a danger to themselves and others — where they go to the hospital or is what they’re doing criminal and they go to jail seems in so many instances such a judgment call,” Luke, a social worker specialized in homeless care, said. [Editor’s note: Luke is remaining anonymous so he can speak openly about his in­ teractions with PERT.] He explained that when someone is yelling and spitting at people whether that is treated as assault or a mental health episode too often depends on who made the call and where the person is. For instance, law enforcement officers responding to call from a business about a homeless person are incentivized to get the person out of the business district as fast as possible.

However, when a similar call is made from a shelter or community meal area where the only people who are being affected are also homeless, the response is usually much slower.

A staff member at a local college library explained that while she was not told directly, officers insinuated that whether a homeless person having a mental health episode was booked in jail or received a different response largely depended on whether the person “pissed off” enough people.

“That’s really subjective,” said the staff member.

Many of the people at the library show up again as soon as they are released from jail or the hospital. The lack of long-term care and shelter makes the law enforcement interactions a recurring issue for the police, library staff and homeless people.

“The police hate doing it too.

They get annoyed. It’s just a bad system. It’s a bad system for everyone,” the staff member said.

During the supervisor’s meeting, many members of the public called in support of Fletcher’s package of racial justice and law enforcement realignment proposals. Bishop Cornelius Bowser called to oppose them because they did not do enough to address the major police reforms needed.

While Luke sees having a non-police emergency response team as a necessary move to better serve the communities he works in, he believes more is needed because there is very little that can be done during a psychiatric episode in the first place other than going to the hospital or jail or the police leaving because there is nothing they can do.

“It just sucks that those are the options we currently have available to us as a mental health system,” Luke said.

Luke wants the county to invest in street psychiatric medicine teams so homeless people can be connected to ongoing care that prevents major psychiatric episodes. Without robust mental health care and wraparound services, people with recurring mental health issues take up a huge portion of police, emergency room and hospital resources.

The details of how the new Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) would be deployed are still foggy, but the teams would not replace PERT as law enforcement would still be utilized to respond to violent situations. The number of PERT units could be cut in the future if they are less needed.

Supervisor Jim Desmond questioned whether there would be a separate phone number for the non-violent calls or if the system would be simplified with only one number for PERT and MCRT. Clinicians would then decide if they felt safe enough to send a response team without law enforcement.

Luke and Croft both support having a designated phone line for the MCRT so they can ensure a response from mental health professionals rather than law enforcement.

“We don’t need people weighing the pros and cons of getting help for their loved ones. When police brutality is a real issue, we have to think twice before getting emergency psychiatric help for loved ones under the current PERT structure,” Croft said.

PERT could not be reached to comment on this article.

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experience aging, adjusting to a 100% fully online environment was a big change and risk. The team trained and coached their professors and experts in history, humanities, language, technology, art, finance, fitness, and more to bring their presentations online. It has paid off for the nonprofit, in ways they could never imagine, and created a virtual senior center, replacing their physical community presence temporarily. “Today’s older adults are more vibrant and busier than seniors of yesteryear,� said Simona Valanciute, president and CEO, San Diego Oasis. “Some of our students jumped in to take on the challenge of taking classes online, others were hesitant, but with coaching from volunteers from Qualcomm and the community at large, we have been able to be there every step of the way to transition how students take classes and how instructors present them. “We are also attracting new students who haven’t had an opportunity to come into our physical location at Grossmont Center, but through the new virtual senior center model, they can,� she continued. “The classes we offer allow students to continue with their studies and participate in new ones, while not physically being together.�

one student’s story. Vickie Daleo from Escondido was a caregiver for her husband, and after his death, she sought new connections through San Diego Oasis. “Using video conferencing and live streaming, Cox partnered with the Oasis Senior Center in San Diego to help take their curriculum into a virtual world and reunite older adults with their friends and communities,� said Chanelle Hawken, vice president of government and public affairs, Cox California. “We have always known that the most meaningful connections are the ones people share with each other. As a digital connections company, we know that we are really in the business of human connections. It’s our purpose and why we do what we do.�

Valanciute described social isolation among seniors as “an epidemic� before COVID-19, with some studies indicating social isolation is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. “So when Cox connected with us to create this documentary style film to feature a virtual senior center, we immediately said yes, because if we can reach more people to inspire them to stay connected, we can combat the detrimental effects of social isolation, among seniors in San Diego, throughout California, and across the United States,� she said.

GRANDFATHER AND GRANDDAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP COX CAMPAIGN A new social media campaign STRENGTHENED

from Cox Communications features the virtual senior center created by San Diego Oasis, as part of the technology company’s Connection Project initiative, a non-branded campaign which began the COVID-19 period by reaching people with messages of connection.

A short film (visit bit.ly/2YMIBjX) captures the importance of connection and the real power of technology to bring us closer to one another at a time when it is needed.

The production team also created a second short film (visit bit. ly/2NIFJOM), which focuses on

Longtime San Carlos resident Ed Robles is not someone who stays at home easily. Before California’s shelter-in-place orders went into effect, the 93-year-old World War II veteran was busy and active, filling his time with personal training sessions, coffee club, and volunteering with the San Diego Police Department’s Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol (RSVP), where he even won “Law Enforcement Volunteer of the Year� in 2015.

Almost as soon as the pandemic hit, his granddaughter Christianna Ortiz set Robles up on Zoom, and he dove right into the

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Reach out to local animal shelters. Adopting from verified shelters alleviates potential scam threats. Shelters are looking for families to adopt or foster, which helps reduce overcrowding at facilities. Humane Society of the United States refers consumers to local shelters.

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WATER BOARD ADOPTS RATE INCREASES FOR 2021 The San Diego County Water Authority's Board of Directors has adopted a rate increase of 4.8% for untreated water and 4.9% for treated water in calendar year 2021 for its 24 member agencies.

The board told its staff to return in September or October with any further opportunities to reduce the 2021 rate increases, such as a decrease in rates set by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California or the acquisition of federal or state economic stimulus funds.

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He now takes eight to ten classes per week, in subjects such as philosophy, tai chi, history, and technology. His new online life isn’t limited to educational pursuits, either. “He loves Instagram,� said Ortiz with a laugh. “He has his own page and spams me.�

However, she emphasizes online learning has been the key to preserving Ed’s mental health — and thereby his physical health — while he’s social distancing. “The classes make him th i n k a nd engage wh i le at home. It’s amazing the amount of questions he has.�

Robles has eagerly embraced virtual learning, fitness classes and social groups, and he will likely keep these up long after the state re-opens. “Ed’s experience shows that our 65-plus population can confidently navigate life online, which will be crucial for combating social isolation in the long months until it’s safe for seniors to re-engage physically with society — and, even more importantly, demonstrates that the solution to isolation in older adults may very well be virtual, especially for those who are already homebound or have limited mobility,� Valanciute said.

Rate increases are driven by reduced water sales, higher rates and charges from MWD and continued regional investments in supply reliability. The adopted rates are 30% lower than proposed last month following refinements by the staff.

In 2021, the Water Authority will charge its 24 member agencies an all-in municipal and industrial rate of $1,474 per acre-foot for untreated water, or $68 more per acre-foot than they currently pay. Charges would be $1,769 per acre-foot for treated water, or $83 more per acre-foot than in 2020.

Actual figures will vary by member agency, and each member agency will incorporate costs from the Water Authority into the retail rates it charges to residents, businesses and institutions.

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Fanita Ranch impacts will Community colleges offer high school grads an stretch beyond Santee alternative to a gap year

By COLLEEN COCHRAN

Recently, the threat of bulldozers spurred me to take a hike in northern Santee. The Stowe Trail — a stretch that leads from Santee Lakes through Sycamore Canyon on Fanita Ranch — is one of the last havens for endangered Quino checkerspot butterflies, creatures that once fluttered abundantly throughout San Diego County skies, and for endangered least Bell’s vireo songbirds.

Because I had been hearing a lot of news about HomeFed Corporation’s plans to ravage the area by constructing Fanita Ranch, a development of 3,000 units of multistory townhouse boxes, I decided I better go on that hike before it becomes too late.

The Fanita Hills, as the region is sometimes called, is home to coyotes, mountain lions, gray fox, and 18 other mammal species, 21 types of reptiles and amphibians, and over 100 bird species. Van Collinsworth, director of PreserveWildSantee. org, describes the region as a step back in time because deep into the Stowe Trail there isn’t a trace of anything manmade in sight, save the occasional flying airplane. There are precious vernal pools there, which are rare because 98 percent of them have been destroyed due to San Diego County development. Within them live some of the last remaining San Diego fairy shrimp.

If HomeFed’s Fanita Ranch development is built, the sleepy northern end of Fanita Parkway, where Santee Lakes Campground is located, will be turned from two lanes into four, two in each direction, with a raised strip in the middle. The speed limit will be raised from 40 to 50 mph, although I very much doubt drivers will be able to reach that top speed most hours of the day, since the only ways in and out of the Fanita Ranch complex will be via Fanita Parkway or Cuyamaca Street, and there will be 8,000 residents, an additional 15 percent of Santee’s present population, using those roads. More likely, these new Santee residents will be spending a good portion of their days idling in their cars as they wait to cross over or onto Mast Boulevard.

Construction noise will replace the chirps and buzzes of nature’s creatures, so Santee Lakes Campground will become a far less enticing destination.

In its Environmental Impact Report (EIR), HomeFed promised to mitigate construction noise by putting in place a sound barrier wall. Campers will, however, still be left with fumes, dust, and loss

of views of greenery, and they will no doubt still hear the construction noise too.

The construction, which will go on for 15 years, will leave present Santee residents enduring streams of trucks going through their area, endless noise, and dusty air. Air quality won’t just be reduced during construction, it will be reduced forever. In the end, citizens will have lost the lovely natural barrier that gave their city its hometown feel, only to have it replaced with hunks of walls, gates, parking lots, and unsightly clone houses.

All citizens throughout San Diego County will be negatively impacted by the development.

Because the Fanita Ranch area is an essential biological reservoir linking adjacent open spaces protected by the county’s Multiple Species Conservation Program, users of Mission Trails Park can expect to see a depletion in wildlife. Vistas throughout the region will be destroyed, air quality will worsen, and traffic will increase.

Traffic on Mast Boulevard, already the stuff of commuters’ nightmares, will become horrific. The impact of this traffic will be felt on West Hills Parkway and Mission Gorge Road, all the way down through Allied Gardens and Grantville. HomeFed promises to add an extra lane at the Mast entrance to SR-52, but that remedy will not prove apt to counteract the load of traffic that is going to infect that highway. Some commuters will seek relief by using the I-8, so traffic will worsen on that highway as well.

Santee City Council memb e r St e p he n Hou l a h a n and Van Collinsworth of PreserveWildSantee.org have put together the General Plan Protection Initiative that would enable citizens to vote on whether they want Fanita Ranch, a project that vastly exceeds size parameters set forth in the Santee General Plan. Unfortunately the Santee City Council, most of whose members are more beholden to the Building Industry Association than their own citizens, used a “study” to delay the Initiative vote from 2018 until November of 2020, thus providing opportunity for a contested “approval” of the megaproject ahead of the Initiative vote.

Santee citizens are fighting city council’s underhanded scheme, and citizens throughout the county can join them in their efforts by sending emails that voice their concerns about Fanita Ranch. Their letters will go on the record, potentially reviewed by a judge, should the situation SEE FANITA RANCH, Page 8

By LYNN CERESINO NEAULT, ED.D.

Flummoxed by a public health crisis that has bought a disappointing end to high school for many, along with uncertainties about starting college in the fall, today’s high school grads are feeling anxious and confused about what lies ahead.

As the public health crisis prompts many colleges and universities to pronounce online learning for the coming fall semester, many students and their parents are pondering alternatives, including a “gap year,” while waiting to return to more a more traditional college experience.

It’s easy to see why. For many, the pandemic has quashed the iconic scenes of college life: living in a dorm, packed lecture halls, fraternity or sorority pledges, or the excitement of college football. As tempting an idea that a gap year represents, the downside is that it only prolongs the process of acquiring a college degree at a time when more jobs are requiring at least some post-secondary education for workforce training.

As leaders in transfer to San Diego State University and many other four-year institutions throughout the state and nation, Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges have robust transfer programs that provide a seamless pathway to a bachelor’s degree. In fact, more than half of CSU graduates and 30% of UC graduates began their studies at a community college.

Community colleges, the leading source of workforce

training in the state, are also key to the economic recovery of the state and East County.

Grossmont College programs like nursing, respiratory therapy and Administration of Justice, and Cuyamaca College programs such as paralegal studies, water studies, and ornamental horticulture are just a few of the many workforce training programs that thousands of residents throughout the county utilize every year to prepare for employment in good-paying careers.

At just $46 per credit, Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges are the logical alternative to paying the high cost of four-year universities. With many universities holding online classes in the fall, starting at a community college, albeit online, makes more sense now than ever before. Even better, recent high school graduates can now attend the first two years of community college for free under the College Promise Program. The Promise program also provides students with financial need $250 to pay for books and other expenses in their first semester.

For new high school graduates unsure of your plans for the fall, I urge you to attend Grossmont or Cuyamaca College. You will get an excellent education at a fraction of the cost of a university. To learn more, go to cuyamaca. edu or grossmont.edu.

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Have you, a family member or friend ever waited for a reply from our city government?

You may not be alone with your frustration. A 92120 neighborhood has attempted to obtain an honest, open dialogue with many city officials since 2017.

It really concerns me when our city officials can’t come together to reach reasonable solutions mitigating neighborhood issues (unsafe sight distancing, unsafe driveway intrusions into private property, added speeding, noise, traffic, debris, brake dust, etc.).

Our current administration has side-stepped even the

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common sense fixes truly laying at the feet of our city awaiting implementation. Further, this administration has shown lack of focus, will, support, endorsement and communication without forward thinking leadership, guidance, direction or accountability, which hasn’t helped us seeking reasonable end results.

To date, not one city official has shown responsibility to answer our May 13, 2017 letter sent to our mayor and six others. This is simply unacceptable!

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POLITICS sdnews.com Trump’s motto is ‘E Pluribus Ego’

By SEAN QUINTAL

In 1782, a newly formed country, acting through its nascent legislative body, adopted a Latin phrase to be emblazoned on its currency: E pluribus unum, in English, “out of many, one.” The Founders of this new nation selected the motto as it represented a unified nation that had emerged from a previous collection of 13 colonies.

In the 244 years since, that nation has grown to a population of more than 330 million, a heterogeneous collection of people from continents around the globe, many of whom look, speak and worship differently from the those who forged the country, and many of whom arrived here in chains. The nation burgeoned precisely because it represented ideals that are reflected in that Latin aphorism: We Americans are many, we are different, but finally, we are one.

That fundamental American aspiration has been tested and tried, through blood and suffering, through literal armed conflict. America has faced moments that threaten disunity and disintegration. In our most proud moments, America and its leaders have found the will and strength to manifest our ideals of unity and solidarity, and by doing so

have preserved not just the nation, but its values too. America today is again living through one of those moments. And while the American people have once again found common cause, our President, tragically, has not.

Today, America faces multiple historical challenges simultaneously: a public health crisis and an economic crisis without precedent for at least a century, as well as public expression of rage at racial and social inequalities unlike anything in half a century.

Despite many Americans literally marching in the streets for unity, America has a President who governs exactly as he campaigned — a belligerent incarnation of grievance, resentment and division.

In so many ways, Donald Trump has used the U.S. Presidency, not as an institution that exists for the betterment of the country’s citizenry, but rather as a catalyst for self-interest and self-aggrandizement. His cabinet and administration have functioned not to serve the public, or even his voters, but instead his own psychological needs and, of course, the business interests of himself, his family and his friends.

Trump governs for “his” people, the “real” America. In fact, Trump sees the “United” States as a problem to be campaigned against.

If we were to mark our currency with a motto for the Trump presidency, it would read: E pluribus ego. Out of many, for me.

By PAT BOERNER

As we have just concluded our nation’s celebration of independence, it is a perfect time to remember the sacrifices of those who founded this great nation, and those who have fought to preserve it. While this year has presented challenges, we are rising to the occasion and remain committed to the very essence of America — freedom. Never let a day go by that we don’t appreciate what our Founding Fathers gave to us and that it is our responsibility to preserve and protect that freedom and our Constitution.

Navajo Canyon Republican Women of California has the largest membership of all the clubs in San Diego County. Although our meeting schedule has been affected by COVID-19 and the social distancing requirements, we continue to be an effective force for the Republican Party.

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America endures with something pure at its core. Reach down deep enough in America — past slavery and racism, through genocide and exploitation, between patriarchy and oppression — and you’ll find generosity, community and solidarity. It becomes visible in the heroic acts of our people, and is sometimes marked by the leadership of our presidents.

George Washington’s resignation as Commander in Chief emphasized the power of Congress, affirming that in this country there would be no king, and that power would reside with the people’s representatives. Lincoln, and Grant after him, endured enormous consequences for courageously fighting to implement a meaningful, inclusive and just Reconstruction of a cleaved union. FDR resisted pressures

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Republican Women focusing on history and future upcoming November election.

We look forward to getting the goahead to walk precincts and have conversations with our neighbors about important issues on the ballot.

Voter turnout is the number one issue for Republicans winning elections. Meanwhile, we are staying in touch with each other via Zoom meetings and conference calls. This is the perfect time to become a member of Navajo Canyon and be kept in the loop of important election information and becoming an active volunteer.

When we say that this is the most important election in our lifetime, it is not an overstatement. The extraordinary economy we were experiencing prior to COVID-19 is beginning to come back. We are seeing positive economic indicators including the decrease in unemployment even beyond what was projected.

As we take individual responsibility for wearing masks and social distancing we will continue to reopen safely across the country and get back to business and life as before the epidemic. The only way to return to that record breaking economy is to re-elect President Trump and let him continue the

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policies that turned this country around and stopped the downhill spiraling. Biden simply does not have the business experience, the stamina or the foresight to guide America through this challenging time.

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evolve into a court battle. While county residents are waiting to hear the results of their efforts, I suggest they take a walk along Stowe Trail. If HomeFed has its way, one day soon, the trail will be transformed to noisy suburban sprawl.

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from both left and right to weld together a riven country, and in doing so, not only defeated fascism abroad, but also saved capitalism at home. Lyndon Johnson, a longtime segregationist, signed the Civil Rights Act, even as he acknowledged it would cost the Democratic Party the South.

After 42 months of a Trump presidency, can anyone honestly claim to envision Donald Trump ever putting his own interests aside, in order to unify the country? Can anyone even imagine Trump displaying the patriotic

—Colleen Cochran, JD, is a le­ gal editor, nature enthusiast, and warrior against climate change.

selflessness of those who preceded him in office?

If there is any sort of crisis that offers a President a clear opportunity to unify the country, it’s a public health emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the American people together, at least for a few months, in a brilliant moment that allowed us all to recognize our interconnectedness and interdependence; we were, literally, all asked to sacrifice for one another. It was stirring, inspirational, and felt like America at its best.

But rather than sound a clarion call for national unity, this President instead lied and minimized the danger to his citizens, refused to accept responsibility for

his government’s ill-preparedness and its disastrous response, and then contradicted his administration’s own public safety policies when he believed it was to his political benefit. Donald Trump this month claimed that Americans who wear masks in public do so not in the interest of public health, but rather to signal disapproval of him. Now even the most basic act Americans can do to protect one another from a pandemic disease has been weaponized as a blade of division, to cut deeper the rifts Trump intentionally exploits for his personal gain, and at America’s expense.

It is obvious that Donald Trump has contempt for institutional

norms; he also makes plain his malign indifference to America’s laws, and to the Constitution from which those laws derive authority. These qualities represent legitimate threats to our fragile political system. But perhaps more fundamentally, Donald Trump assaults the very ideal that has held this country through its most grave challenges: the recognition that we are all many, but we are one. This November, it will be up to us, the many, to ensure that we may remain one, united.

—Sean Quintal is vice president of laws and legislation for the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club.

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July 10 – Aug. 13, 2020 NEWS Mission Times Courier sdnews.com 9 Locals defy COVID regulations to save neighbor’s life

Ever since quarantine began, Peter and Alyce Doan, along with their three young children, have been taking walks around their San Carlos neighborhood to get exercise and fresh air. On April 11, the day before Easter, the family decided to take a shortcut home — a route they had never taken before.

As they approached the intersection between Blue Lake Drive and Twin Lakes Drive, they slowed to allow an older man to pass them. The man nodded.

However, something about the man’s behavior made Peter pause.

He saw the man stagger to the left and then right before collapsing in the middle of the street.

Immediately, Peter asked the man if he was OK. But due to the coronavirus, he and Alyce were uncertain whether they should get closer.

“When he first fell, we were like, ‘Should we get close to him? Are we OK to get close to him? Does he have COVID? What if we have it, and we give it to him?,” Alyce said.

Peter realized the man was not breathing, and although he didn’t know what to do, he knew they “had to do something.”

Alyce, along with a mail carrier who was passing by, called 911.

The operator instructed Peter to perform CPR on the man, who was now turning blue.

Defying social distancing regulations, he took off his sweater and his son’s sweater, placing them under the man’s head. Peter — who now believes everyone should learn basic CPR skills — said his chest compressions were too soft and slow at first because he was afraid the man would “break.”

“I was so scared for him,” Peter said. “And I didn’t even think at that time about COVID or anything. I just saw him lying on the street, and I wanted to do something. I wish I knew more.”

A woman driving by got out of her car to help. She held the man’s hand and looked in his wallet to find his address.

Realizing the man was only a block and a half away from his home, someone ran to his house, where he found the man’s wife and brought her to the scene of the accident.

Another neighbor heard the commotion and came outside.

He happened to be a physician, so he took over chest compressions for Peter until the firefighters from Station 34 arrived — about 10 minutes after the man first collapsed.

Eighteen minutes after they arrived, the firefighters were able to get Bob’s heart to beat again, and they rushed him to the emergency room.

After the ambulance left, Peter, Alyce and their children continued to think about the man lying in the street.

“I feel like I didn’t do enough,” Peter said. “I feel I should have

done more. If I had known more, I could have done more. It was kind of an uneasy feeling — we didn’t know if he was OK or not.”

THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

When 76-year-old Bob Kennedy woke up in a hospital bed, he did not know where he was or how he got there. The last thing he remembered was enjoying his daily walk, four days earlier.

Kennedy collapsed due to heart condition that led to ventricular fibrillation, prompting doctors to intubate him, put him on a ventilator, induce a coma, and implant a pacemaker. He was hospitalized from April 11 to April 30.

“The time in the hospital was pretty rough because 24/7, I was there by myself except for the nurses and the lab techs and the doctors,” Kennedy said.

Due to the pandemic, Kennedy’s wife — Nancy Davis Kennedy — and his two daughters were unable to visit him, so they communicated through twice-daily phone calls, which the nurses helped coordinate.

“I actually think that the worst emotional part had to be for Nancy and my two girls and my mother and my brother because there was nothing I could do, and they didn’t know what was going on,” Kennedy said. “So that had to be really, really hard for them.”

Kennedy said the day he was released from the hospital was

especially emotional because it was the first and last time he was able to hug one of his children since the pandemic began.

“The only physical contact I’ve had with either one of my daughters was that day I got out of the hospital because I said, ‘I’m damn sure gonna give them hugs,’” Kennedy said. “I miss that a lot.”

Since returning home, Kennedy said he is doing well. He is back to walking over two miles every day, and he recently won money golfing.

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With the help of her neighbors, Davis Kennedy was able to identify the couple as Peter and Alyce, who lived about 10 minutes away.

Davis Kennedy called Alyce to thank her and Peter for saving her husband’s life and to tell them that her husband was going to be OK. Peter said when Alyce told him that Bob was OK, he asked, ‘Who’s Bob?’ “He had no idea what my name was; I was just some guy he found laying in the middle of the street,” Kennedy said. “The story is not me.

The story is the way everybody coalesced and came to my aid.”

Peter said he felt both happy and relieved when he found out Kennedy had survived because he felt responsible for the stranger’s wellbeing.

Davis Kennedy continued to update Peter and Alyce on her

husband’s condition until he was able to return home.

The Kennedy’s recently invited Peter and Alyce to their house for a socially-distanced lunch so they could meet each other’s families and thank them in person.

“When they walked in the house, it was very, very emotional for both (l to r) Peter Doan, Bob Kennedy and Alyce Peter and me,” Kennedy Doan (Photo by Nancy Davis Kennedy) said. “Both of us teared up. We couldn’t hug each oth- getting out and doing what they er, but it was pretty amazing. needed to do to help a neighbor.” … It was a special, special day, The Purple Heart recipient said and I know my daughters were he is extremely grateful. very touched by what [Peter and “To me, Peter and Alyce are heAlyce] had done, as am I. I can’t roes because they actually saved say enough about them.” my life,” Kennedy said.

Peter and Alyce disagree. They Peter and Alyce, who are Vietnamese, said they bonded think anyone would have done with Kennedy, whom they learned what they did.

“We don’t think of ourselves as is a Vietnam veteran. During their lunch, they took turns sharing heroes,” Alyce said. “We just saw stories about their experiences in that he needed help, and we were the country. just going to help. Nothing was Kennedy, who has now had going to stop up from helping him. three near-death experiences, Even with COVID going around, said he considers every day since we just had to do something.” he was wounded in Vietnam to be a gift. He is certain he would have —Makena Huey is a senior at died, or at least had severe brain Pepperdine University in Malibu, damage, if it were not for the self- California, pursuing a major in English and minor in journalism. lessness of his neighbors.

“It was just a magical team effort The San Diego native was the edi­ to keep me alive,” Kennedy said. tor-in-chief of Currents magazine and “This was not a one- or two-per- is currently the managing editor of son event; this was good neighbors the Graphic newspaper.

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MISSION TRAILS Nighttime creatures at Mission Trails Observation of the month: Fish-Hook Cactus July 10 – Aug. 13, 2020 Mission Times Courier

By NORA BODRIAN

Why are some animals nocturnal? It is an evolutionary phenomenon where prey animals come out at night when their predators might not find them.

Consequently, the predators have adapted hunting skills, and some might have enhanced their sight, speed, or senses of heat and smell.

As bats produce sounds to locate prey through echolocation, tarantulas have specialized hairs with sensory receptors to “see” in the dark.

Animals that are primarily out at night at Mission Trails Regional Park include bats, owls, woodrats, mice, skunks, opossums, raccoons, and grey foxes, as well as scorpions and tarantulas. Some animals are crepuscular, active at dawn and dusk;

Tarantulas can be seen at Mission Trails. (Photo by Pea Hicks)

By PATRICIA SIMPSON

The California myotis bat is similar in appearance to Yuma myotis, a commonly sighted species around Old Mission Dam and Kumeyaay Lake. (Photo

by Don Endicott)

these animals include bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, and cottontail rabbits.

According to author, regional bat expert, and MTRP Trail Guide Don Endicott, there are 10 species of bats at Mission Trails Regional Park, and 22 species in San Diego County. The most common ones residing in the park are Canyon bats, Yuma myotis, Big brown bats, Mexican free-tailed bats, and Pocketed free-tailed bats. Living in diverse habitats throughout most of the world, bats are impressive mammals that can be nectar eaters (nectavores), fruit eaters (fructivores), or insect eaters. Nectavorous bats are responsible for pollinating many types of plants and “fruit bats” disperse seeds, greatly assisting reforestation in tropical

regions. However, most of the over 1,300 species of bats, and all 10 species present in MTRP are insectivores. During their nightly forays, they consume moths, gnats, mosquitos, and other flying insects as well as those on the ground including grasshoppers, centipedes, and scorpions. One species that lives just north of San Diego County, the little brown bat, has been documented eating 1,000 mosquitos in a single hour — that’s a lot of mosquitos!

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Cute and cuddly! Not really what one thinks of when meeting a cactus. But our observation of the month by christybeck (visit bit.ly/3g6bwFu) isn’t just any prickly plant, it’s the Fish-Hook Cactus (Mammilliaria dioica). Cute for its small size and tight cluster.

Cuddly for its softer-than-most appearance. But let’s not fool ourselves, it’s never a good idea to cuddle with a cactus, especially one that bears the name “fishhook,” a tool meant to capture and not let go of its prey.

Have you ever noticed that a cactus has clusters of spines all around? These are called areoles.

In the Fish Hook Cactus, straight short spines shoot out of the areole in a circle formation, except for one long spine at the very center which grows quite a bit longer than the others and is curved at the end, like (you guessed it) a fish hook!

You may see mammillaria cacti in bloom in early spring and enjoy the beautiful white to cream colored flowers. Each petal has a pale pink line through the center.

The fruit that follows in late spring to summer is quite striking. It is oblong, bright red and supposedly delicious, tasting somewhat like a mix of strawberry and kiwi, which

Fish-Hook Cactus (Photo by Millie

Basden)

explains the other common name for the plant: Strawberry Cactus.

In San Diego, the Fish-Hook Cactus is found on the coast and in the desert at up to 1,500 feet in elevation. Most of the observations of this cactus in the MTRP Biodiversity Project on iNat are actually located in an open space area adjacent to the park’s western boundary, but Fish Hook Cactus may be found within the park boundaries, so keep an eye out for it and be sure to document it if you see it.

Just in case you fell in love with this cactus and are still considering the cuddling thing, check out this observation (bit.ly/2ZoEh9C) by jaykeller from 2015. Mr. Lizard, if he could, would highly recommend you refrain from such attempt.

—Patricia Simpson is a trail guide at Mission Trail Regional Park.

July 10 – Aug. 13, 2020 COMMUNITY Mission Times Courier 11 sdnews.com Del Cerro Action Council news Allied Gardens/Grantville Community Council news

By JAY WILSON

In the interest of public health and common sense, the quarterly meeting of the Del Cerro Action Council will be a Zoom meeting on Thursday, July 23 beginning at 7 p.m. The link to the Zoom meeting will be posted on our website at delcerroactioncouncil.org beginning Monday, July 20.

Our two council district candidates, Raul Campillo and Noli Zosa, and mayoral candidates, Todd Gloria and Barbra Bry have accepted invitations to participate in separate candidate forums.

The District 7 forum will be on Wednesday, Aug. 19 and the mayoral forum will be on Wednesday, Sept. 23. If restrictions are still in place for an in-person candidate forum, the forums will be via Zoom.

The Princess Del Cerro Park is now open for individual families to use the grass area and many families are taking advantage of the two grass areas. The yellow tape remains around the swings and the play equipment. The Allied Gardens and San Carlos Recreation Centers are still closed.

On a positive note, one of the first signs of communities coming back to life is in youth sports.

Sports teams including our Little Leagues, Mission Trails Lacrosse, Navajo Girls Fast Pitch Softball, and the Crusaders Soccer Club are returning to the fields and conducting training session wile observing social distancing between players.

Youth sports is certainly taking on a new perspective because only training sessions are allowed at this point. It is very strange to drive by our little league fields and see training sessions with no players in the dugout and baseball bats and bags separated along a fence line at least six feet apart.

Soccer teams are training with new drills that require social distancing as well. If you stop by to watch, someone will take your temperature.

The City of San Diego is continuing to work with David Pfiefer, the architect with domusstudio architecture on the ongoing upgrading of the plans for the San Carlos Library. David gave an update on the library at the July 8 Zoom meeting of the Navajo Community Planners which was held after this article needed to be submitted to the Mission Times Courier.

David has been working on the project through its various stages from the first community planning meeting for the new library held in the late 1990s in the Patrick Henry library with Council member Judy McCarty.

Not to date myself, but I attended that meeting while working with Council member McCarty. The current hope is that the Regional Water Quality Control Board will sign off on the vacant lot at the corner of Jackson Drive and Golfcrest Drive, confirming the soil is environmentally safe to build on within the next several months.

Check out David Ege’s article in this edition regarding the new services at the San Carlos Library while it remains closed, but is offering more services for drive by book pick-ups.

The Del Cerro Action Council board of directors wishes you all good health and we urge you to support our local businesses within Del Cerro and our surrounding neighbors. We will see you on Zoom on July 23.

By SHAIN HAUG

Our next Town Hall Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 28 at 6:30 p.m. using the online Zoom program. We will begin with presentations by the police department and elected representatives.

Our principal topic will be the San Diego River Park Foundation.

The vision of the foundation is to protect and enhance the river’s valuable natural and cultural resources and to encourage communities to embrace this legacy and to celebrate it with the creation of a river-long park system. Ally Welborn, Community Engagement Manager for the San Diego River Park Foundation, will discuss the organization’s trash-tracking and clean-up program as well as provide updates on the new River Discovery Center coming to Mission Valley.

Even in this era of closures and social distancing, Allied Gardens residents are finding creative ways to stay engaged in the community and spread positivity. As you walk our residential streets you will see neighbors who have created chalk art on sidewalks, posted signs of encouragement, and, if you are lucky, you may find a brightly painted rock.

“Allied Gardens Rocks!” was started to spread fun and kindness, and to build a sense of community. The idea is to decorate rocks (paint, chalk, markers) and

Rocks painted by Shannon Hurst Aviles (Photos courtesy AGGCC)

hide them in various locations throughout the neighborhood with the hopes of brightening someone’s day. If you find a rock, take a picture and post it to the Facebook group, then hide the rock in a new location.

Neighbors of all ages can enjoy rock hunting and contribute their artwork to this fun game.

Allied Gardens resident Shannon Hurst Aviles and her family have painted several rocks.

“I wanted to pay homage to famous works of art since museums are temporarily closed, and of course, we have to pay tribute to our favorite Allied Gardens hot spot Fosters Freeze,” she said.

To learn more about how you can participate and the rules for decorating and hiding rocks, join the Facebook group “Allied Gardens Rocks!”

We are about to embark on a new project, the decorative painting of the electrical and communication service boxes throughout our neighborhood.

The work done by the Clairemont

Town Council and the folks at Foster Elementary show us how beneficial this will be to the community. If you have experience with this kind of project we need your help in sorting out the administrative details, costs, and artistic requirements.

Meetings of the AGGCC Board of Directors are held monthly to design and implement community projects. Every odd numbered month, Town Hall meetings are held for civic representative reports, public comment, and presentations on matters of concern to you.

Are you interested in getting involved? Use the “Contact” page on the website, aggccouncil.org, to let us know how AGGCC can support the community. Your feedback is greatly valued. As is your membership on the Board.

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m.

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

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—Jay Wilson is secretary of the Del Cerro Action Council. Visit delcerroactioncouncil.org.

San Carlos Area Council news

By PATRICIA MOONEY

Happy summer to our San Carlos neighbors! We hope that you and your family are doing well during these uncertain pandemic times.

As the San Carlos Area Council (SCAC) has not met for a number of months, and we have no idea when our San Diego firefighters speaking to the meetings might resume, I San Carlos Area Council in 2018 (Photo by thought it would be nice to Patricia Mooney) share a past moment in the recent history of our neighborhood The Mission Trails Regional that is still relevant to right now.

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Curry callings

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By FRANK SABATINI JR. You’ll be hard-pressed finding massaman curry any tastier and more complex than what’s served at 55 Thai Kitchen.

The highly affordable eatery, founded by a practiced chef from Thailand, has gradually expanded to four San Diego locations, including one that sits a stone’s throw from San Diego State University.

Vijit Pipatkhajonchai began cooking as a young teenager at his family’s restaurant in Bangkok. He would later run 55 THAI KITCHEN 5157 College Ave. 619-230-5791, 55thaikitchen.com Prices: Appetizers, 85 cents to $5; soups and salads, $3.75 to $9; noodles and rice dishes, $8.50 to $9.50; curries and house specialties, $8.50 to $9.50

several kitchens, emigrate to the U.S., and become co-owner of J&T Thai Street Food in Linda Vista.

But it wasn’t until he launched the original location of 55 Thai Kitchen in the back of a modest grocer in Golden Hill more than two years ago that he began unleashing flavors and recipes inherent to his homeland. Consumers and food critics suddenly began applauding his concise menu while bestowing rousing encores to the chicken massaman curry in particular.

When I spoke to Pipatkhajonchai shortly after he first opened, he emphasized the dark-brown curry is made exactly like it’s done in his native Bangkok, meaning it’s rich in meat stock, brown sugar, cloves, cumin, tamarind, chili paste and a host of other ingredients.

Massaman is paired often to beef or lamb in Thailand, although here it permeates chunks of tender chicken thigh meat, which appear more like pot roast than poultry because of the curry’s deep color. There’s also

tenderly cooked potatoes and bell peppers in the mix. And the end result is sensational.

As with most of the curries, stir fries, and rice and noodle dishes served at 55 Thai Kitchen, you’re given a choice of spice level — not from the usual 10-point heat scale, but rather from an uncomplicated selection of “none, mild, medium or hot.”

I chose “medium” for the massaman. It translated easily to a “4” with its slow, steady burn. But it was nothing that a few swigs of house-made limeade couldn’t quell.

My dining companion opted for “mild” when ordering his yellow curry with chicken. After steering my spoon into the sweetish coconut-spiked liquid, and stealing a piece of scalloped breast meat, I can attest the spice level is safe for the wimpiest of palates.

He requested “mild” as well for a bowl of tom kha soup we shared, and skipped over a choice of protein additions (beef, shrimp, chicken and tofu) in lieu of veggies. Despite falling way below my preferred spice level, the soup struck that classic, spellbinding allure of when coconut milk, lemon grass, galanga, kaffir lime and cilantro unite. Floating

Authentic Thai food on College Avenue (Photo by Frank Sabatini Jr.)

within the pearly broth were scallions, cabbage, mushrooms and zucchini.

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climactically by the coveted massaman curry.

The garbled timing is a consequence of fast-casual restaurants that have us placing full meal orders at front counters before

seizing a table. I’m afraid the days of receiving soups or salads or appetizers first are fast disappearing.

All menu items are served in sturdy cardboard bowls or boxes.

The eating utensils are plastic.

Though the quality of the food rises to the level of a nice full-service restaurant. Indeed, the lack of porcelain plates and silverware

(l-r) Tom kha soup; Yellow curry with chicken

conserves on overhead, and such savings are passed on to customers. For example, egg rolls are 85 cents apiece, and most entrees are priced below $9 for adequate portions.

Pipatkhajonchai should also be commended for his philanthropy.

He donates meals and portions of his profits to local schools, first responders, and military personnel. It’s been one of his goals since starting the business, which also involves helping under-privileged children in Thailand.

And if you’re wondering what the “55” in the name represents, we’re told it’s simply a lucky number for Pipatkhajonchai.

In addition to operating in The College Area and Golden Hill, the

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Chicken massaman (Photos by Frank Sabatini Jr.)

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Patrick Henry High School News Elizabeth Gillingham

Kindness Matters mural Each year, Henry selects a theme to help build the school culture around their three pillars of Being Welcoming, Do No Harm, and Using Choice Words.

This year, our school t-shirts were designed with a “Kindness Matters” theme and our advisory team of teachers (kudos to Chad

Miller, Linda Good, Tom Knapik, Elise Morgan, Mike Pinto, Karen Thomas, and Karl Bolton) began their work around building activities to help our students understand the importance of working together.

The year began with a special Wisdom Quest, where students were assigned to meet with three d i f ferent st a f f members to learn their wisdom that they elected to share with them.

Secretaries, custodians, teachers, counselors, and ad m i n i s t rat o r s were i nclude d in the activity to help students meet people outside their bubbles Karl Bolten with the Kindness Matters mural (Photos courtesy PHHS) and to appreciate

EDUCATION the wisdom adults can share with them from all walks of life. Mrs. Passmore, long-time PHHS receptionist, shared her love of reading and created a special bookmark for every student with the top 50 books every adult should read during their lifetime according to the Internet.

Our last advisory class of the year was built around being grateful. Students were each given a Kindness Matters postcard (printed by teacher Karl Bolton) to write a thank you note to someone who was near and dear to them and asked to give them out during lunch time. Watching students share these special postcards at lunch was quite impressive on many levels. Students were also given a skinny slip of paper to write a message of gratefulness to a teacher, friend, or parent that was to be turned in for our school mural.

The mural was created by Mr. Karl Bolton and during the pandemic, he took over 2,500 slips of paper and created a life-size image of a peace sign from the slips of paper students turned it. This mural will go up in the quad, when the students return to Henry as a reminder that what we do as a community does matter and has a ripple effect on others. Special thanks to our team who developed these ideas to show our students and staff that kindness really does matter at Henry!

IScholar named for 2020 IScholar was founded and launched in 2014 by Irina Chukhray, a PhD student in Sociology at Rice University.

Chukhray obtained her BA degree in Psychology, followed by her MA degree in Women’s Studies at San Diego State University, and her MA degree in Sociology at Rice University. She aims to obtain her PhD degree in Sociology at Rice University in 2018.

After graduating from Patrick Henry High School (PHHS), Chukhray set her mind to one day give back to the school and especially the teachers who motivated and encouraged her to pursue her academic goals. She decided to help PHHS seniors currently mentored by the same teachers that mentored her (PHHS science teacher, Mr. Andy Mangahis, and PHHS English teacher, Mrs. Erin Mangahis).

Chukhray designed IScholar with the intention of creating a scholarship that would be useful to its applicants. In her own experience of applying for scholarships, she noticed that the required essay component seemed like an extra writing assignment that did not directly relate to the college application process. The application requirements for IScholar, however, mirror current college application requirements, resulting in a practice run (i.e. essay draft and required supplemental material) for college

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applications. Using that format, she structured her prompt and selected a student.

This year’s 2020 award went to Emily Donahue (class of 2020) as she presented herself as a strong candidate who has persevered to achieve her goals. In her application essay she writes: “My whole life, I have been fascinated with nature, with animals, with ecosystems and cause and effect. Even as a kid I knew I wanted to have a career that would put me out in the field to study nature’s beautiful creations.

Now, to fulfill this dream, I plan to major in environmental engineering and minor in marine science at a four-year university.

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With a degree, or two, under my belt, I hope to find a job with a research organization that focuses on marine life. I want to help spread awareness about the impacts of human interactions with nature and find solutions to minimize the negative effects. Specifically, I would love to focus on saving the coral reef ecosystems and the shark populations. My life would consist of field work, data analysis, and the education of others. Ecosystems and the delicate balances that make up natural habitats are like a constantly changing puzzle that I can’t wait to solve.

The next step in achieving my dream is attending a university to earn a degree related to my dream. I believe that I am a strong candidate for college admissions because of my passion, leadership and perseverance. Over the course of my life, these traits have developed and grown with new experiences, and will continue to grow.

I can claim to have an unwavering passion for the environment, and that can be reassuring for a potential college. Other than having loved nature for my whole life, I also have already gotten a taste of my dream. This last summer I traveled with our school’s marine science teacher and a fellow student to the small town of Bayahibe in the Dominican Republic to study the coral reefs. We would snorkel in waters that should’ve been colorful, vibrant, and full of life.

Instead they were brown, dead, and with minimal fish. Regardless, the trip was incredible, and I felt so grateful to be able to learn firsthand about parrotfish, how to build coral farms, and specifically how plastic affects the ocean ecosystems. This trip cemented my dream to do this kind of work for the rest of my life.”

Congratulations to Emily Donahue and special thanks to Irina Chukhray for making this scholarship possible for our Henry grads.

July 10 – Aug. 13, 2020 EDUCATION Mission Times Courier Class of 2020 goes out with a parade With in-person graduations being banned due to COVID 19, Henry High School kicked into gear with a new way to honor their graduates. Thanks to several Zoom meetings with senior ASB representatives and advisor Autumn Flores, a plan was made to honor the graduates in a special, socially-distant way. Stations were placed around the school for students to visit and get gifts along the way while they made one last drive around the campus.

Station 1, started off with a literal blast from Vice Principal Bill Miller, who had a green-smoked filled bomb that he pulled the string on every 15 minutes to welcome the next 20 decorated cars that lined up with seniors wearing their caps and gowns

and their families who were all ready for a tribute.

Station 2 had our counselors lined up to cheer the seniors with their cars decorated with large car-size caps and tassels put on their car hoods facing the grads as they entered through a large balloon arch made to welcome the Class of 2020. Special banners lined each station as students drove past the halls of learning they once traveled through.

At Station 3, students were able to drop off thank you cards written to various staff members and in return got a gratitude newsletter written by the Henry staff for the class of 2020. From there, they picked up cookies, diploma covers, programs, popcorn bags, and key chains provided by our ASB.

The Grad Night Parent committee provided two special stops. One was an 8-by-10inch yearbook photograph of each graduate and the other was a stage for the grads to stop and take a traditional graduation photo while pomp and circumstances was being played in the background.

Each grad was greeted by Principal Gillingham (live and a large cutout) so pictures could be taken with them receiving their diplomas as if we were at USD Jenny Craig Pavilion. A red carpet was included which made the event feel festive and special for each of the graduates as they had their moment to celebrate their achievements.

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the tribute given the circumstances and felt as though the school had done the best they could to honor them in a personal and significant way.

Congrats to the Class of 2020! You set the bar high for others to follow you and your legacy of school spirit will be one that other classes will hope to demonstrate in future years.

Patrick Henry principal retires On May 8, 2020 Mrs. Elizabeth Gillingham announced her retirement to her staff and in the following week announced it to the school community. She writes her last message below as the principal at Henry High School: “It is with mixed emotions I share this news, as being a principal in the community

my own children grew up in meant a lot to me.

I started at Henry on Nov. 4, 2012 and was thrilled to begin working at the largest high school in the district.

Henry was slated for many changes during my tenure, which included a full modernization of all classrooms, a state-of-the-art theater construction project (fondly

known as PHAME!), a new two-story building, and a rebuild of the football, baseball, and softball fields. Each phase brought on new challenges as we worked hard on providing the best educational program while working around a construction site in the middle of the school.

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I also put energy into building a strong community feeling at Henry.

That included adding three pillars — Do No Harm, Use Choice Words, and Be Welcoming — which helped build a warm and caring culture among the students and the staff over time. I could feel the difference standing each year in the front of the school as I greeted students who entered on their way to their morning class. I also could see the difference in terms of the way the students treated the school. Simple things like trash ending up in cans began to take hold and the spirit at each home game became legendary and noticed by other schools when they would compete against us.

It has been a sincere pleasure to work with the community at Henry, too. I was embraced by the Alumni Association by being invited to president Kevin Calrlon’s home for a celebration of their first golf tournament fundraiser and have enjoyed working with them over the years as they eagerly raised close to $750,000 dollars to support Henry High School. I also enjoyed working with the Cowl’s Mountain Foundation headed up by Katherine Nakamura as they worked hard to support the addition of PHAME! through many fundraisers and they helped support the cutting the ribbon ceremony once this special project finally became a reality for our school. I also want to thank the Patrick Henry Foundation, headed up by Donald Thomas, but supported

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fiercely by former Henry vice principal Mike Derisi and volunteer extraordinaire Mary Treadway. Again, having the community support us on a yearly basis is so important to helping the school with expenses and plans that weren’t easily covered with the day-to-day budgets given to us by the district.

There are so many teachers at Henry who made me feel welcomed to visit their rooms at any time and who encouraged growth in their own instructional program by constantly making changes as new research was shared over the last eight years.

We instituted PLCs (Professional Learning Communities), common assessments, structured-talk routines (moving away from lectures all period long), fostered growth mindsets, and built culturally-responsive instructional programs.

My vice principals, Mr. Bill Miller and Mrs. Jennifer Pacofsky, are both credited for helping me carry out change with the operations of the school as well and will continue to help the next principal with new Henry goals as we work through this pandemic.

And a special thanks goes out to the office staff, custodians, counselors, nurses, and cafeteria workers who all embraced the Henry family we developed and made sure the experience of every student who walked the halls of our school were receiving an educational program that was something we would all be proud of.

The students will always be my favorite part of Henry. Special thanks

to the coaches and athletes who competed with skill and passion to be the best; the amazing musicians, singers, dancers, and actors who entertained me over and over again with their many talents; the cheer team for supporting our athletes, and community service provided by our students through NJROTC, Engineering Academy, ASB, and the countless clubs that have given our students a place to show off their skills and make a difference in our community.

My last day was June 30, so like the class of 2020, I get to slip away in a more sedate and calm way.

But I walk out grateful for 38 years in education with the San Diego Unified School District. I have loved my career choice that I shared with my husband Bob Gillingham, who is also retiring as the head of the Lower School at Francis Parker School. And knowing my daughters are both teachers and my son is stepping into his first principal/director job at High Tech Middle Media Arts school, our work will still continue through them. It doesn’t get better than that!

Hopefully, you’ll see me back at Homecoming or some other community event because once a friend at Henry, always part of the family.

Thank you for enjoying the articles written by me and other staff members. I have loved sharing our work and I hope this continues with the new principal too!”

—Elizabeth Gillingham is the now former principal of Patrick Henry High School.

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Virtual Short Classics Book Club: Are you looking for a quick read and some conversation? Be sure to check out the Short Classics Book Club on Facebook at bit.ly/3f1smoS. Each month, a title will be selected that is readily available online. Participants will read the book and then come together for a virtual discussion led by a staff member.

Summer reading: Our summer reading program started on June 1, but there is still plenty of time to sign up and read 10 books or 10 hours!

Centennial of women’s suffrage: We are gearing up for programs and contests to help us celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage in August. Please be sure to check our Facebook page for information about a voting challenge for children, a teen contest, and virtual adult programming.

—By Kathryn Johnson, branch manager of the Allied Gardens Benjamin Branch Library.

The San Carlos Branch Library is now part of the San Diego Public Library Contactless Pick-Up Service.

There are currently 18 contactless pick-up locations.

Holds for the San Carlos Branch and the Allied Gardens/Benjamin Branch can be picked up at the San Carlos Branch Library at 7265 Jackson Drive, San Diego, 92119 on Monday through Friday between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Here’s how it works: • Once you receive email notification that your hold is available, go to the branch and make sure to have a phone available to coordinate pick up.

• When you arrive, stay in your car and call the library.

Walk-ups are welcome, but you will also need to call. Staff will ask for your library card number and check the items out to you. You must have your library card number to checkout items.

• A staff member will then bring your materials outside and place them on a table for you to retrieve. All patrons are expected to social distance and wear a mask when retrieving their library items.

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The Problem with Holding Title as Joint Tenants By: Dick McEntyre and Chris von der Lieth, Attorneys at Law Many married couples in California hold title to their real and personal property as “joint tenants” which carries with it the right of survivorship in the surviving spouse upon the death of the first spouse to die.

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On the other hand, here are some negatives: (1) If you die together, you still must have a will or trust in place to indicate to whom the property will then go. If you have neither a will nor trust, then a court probate will be required; and who actually receives your property will be determined by statute (the laws of intestacy) – possibly a person or persons you had no intention of receiving it. Further, if you die with leaving only a will (and no trust), probate will still be required, because the law generally requires that wills (but not trusts) be probated.

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The Hatch’s across-the-street neighbor Jen Coburn also became part of that push.

“I noticed that [the posters] were up in the community and I thought, ‘Right on Del Cerro for getting into the conversation,’” she said. But when Coburn learned that the posters were torn down, she took to the social media site Nextdoor to comment on the destroyed artwork.

“I took a picture of Grace’s artwork and I said, ‘I think this great.

I support it. But if you don’t, make your own poster from the opposing view, there’s plenty of room on the lightpost, but don’t tear down somebody else’s work — add to the conversation. We can have a discussion with differing opinions,’” Coburn said.

That post on Nextdoor immediately sparked a discussion with over 500 comments from neighbors in Del Cerro.

“It was very lively, very productive, very messy and sometimes contentious,” Coburn said. “But that’s sometimes how it is when you’re discussing racial reconciliation. It’s not going to be easy and it’s not going to be smooth, but it still must happen.”

Grace Hatch also welcomed the discussion.

“People started commenting about what they thought about George Floyd, what they thought about racism in America, Black Lives Matter — all sorts of things. And some of them were incredibly hateful. Some of them were hopeful,” she said, adding that it was “nice to have the community talking about something.”

A DISCUSSION EVOLVES

Mayisha Fruge is a Black resident in the predominantly white Del Cerro/Allied Gardens area, where she has lived for over 10 years now. Fruge said that while 90% of the interactions she has had with the community have been good over the years, 10% have been troubling because of racial stereotyping.

“They assume that because I am Black, I am poor — I’ve gotten that,” she said. “They assume that I’m living in subsidized housing.”

Fruge said her son Omar Hammond also experiences occasional stereotyping, like the time he was selling candy as part of a track team effort to fund a trip to Reno.

“One lady said to him, ‘We can just raise money since you can’t afford it,’” Fruge said.

Harsher treatment by white neighbors over the years has included being called racial epitaphs, but still Fruge insists on pointing out that the majority of her interactions with the community have been very positive.

When she first read the discussion thread on Nextdoor about Grace’s posters being torn down, Fruge said she initially didn’t want to say anything or “get in the back and forth.” But as the discussions got more vitriolic with some neighbors calling Black Lives Matter protesters “thugs” and misdirecting the issue by bringing up topics like black-on-black crime, Fruge decided to speak up.

“One lady wrote, ‘If Black lives matter, why is the leading cause of death for Black babies abortion?’

That’s when it got to a point where I said I just got to say something,” she said.

In that same discussion thread, another white neighbor shared that she was afraid of Black Lives Matter.

“That’s when I said, ‘Well, if you feel that way, we can meet.’

So we met, had an open conversation and came out both of us being educated,” Fruge said.

Fruge’s interaction also educated and inspired Grace and Morgan Hatch.

“That got us thinking, ‘Wow, we can have constructive conversations that can change people’s opinions and give people a broader perspective,” Grace said, “That’s how the idea for Del Cerro 4 Back Lives Matter started.”

A DISCUSSION ORGANIZES

Although not an official chapter of Black Lives Matter, the Del Cerro 4 BLM group has permission to use the moniker, Grace said, adding that the group was formed with the goal of “getting people together to start thinking about how to get community talking about race, talking about racism and talking about how we can improve our community to make it safer and make it more inclusive and to change.”

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(clockwise from top left) A Del Cerro home with Hatch posters and American flag (Photo courtesy Jennifer Coburn); Mayisha Fruge with her son Omar Hammond (Photo courtesy Mayisha Fruge); Morgan Hatch (Photo by Jennifer Coburn); art poster of Breonna Taylor by Grace Hatch (Courtesy Grace Hatch)

The first meeting of the group was just an informal gathering of about 10 neighbors putting up Grace’s posters together. The next meeting was held in the Hatch family’s backyard where over 30 neighbors sat socially distancing and watched a video produced

by SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice), then got into groups to discuss contemplate what each individual’s stake is in ending white supremacy.

“The question was posed by the SURJ group, intended to be very daunting and big,” Grace said. “But it’s supposed to get a read on how we tie ourselves into this process, especially since the majority of the group were white. It’s a way to get everyone involved and know it’s important to them.”

The group’s structure is very open ended and there is no formal leadership role. People join by emailing DelCerro4BLM@gmail. com, which also adds you to the group chats. A recent chat in the group was about the proposed police reform measures going on the ballot in November for the city that include citizen oversight.

Other topics found in the chats include sharing resources, articles, dates of protests and other informative items.

“So there’s a lot of action steps that we’ve been putting out there but we’re still developing how we can keep going with that,” Grace said, although the focus of the group at the moment is just introducing each other and talking about ways to overcome racism. “A big thing about this ongoing racist

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That people are talking about racism — especially white people — has given Fruge hope that this moment in time might see real change in America.

“It feels a lot different,” she said.

“I have never seen allies like this before. I’ve never seen the white women marching with signs that much. It feels totally different and I hope we can keep this momentum up. I’m just so excited to see that my neighbors are actually getting together on the Black Lives movement. I just love to see it. It makes so proud to live in that neighborhood.”

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At night, one might catch a glimpse of such silent flying predators as barn owls or great-horned owls. Owls can take down large raptors as well as small rodents, frogs, and lizards. They can swallow small prey whole, then spit up pellets of undigested feathers, skin, and bones. By dissecting pellets, one can see what kinds of animals live in an area.

The owl’s razor-sharp talons are for piercing and cutting; they would not sit on your shoulder like Harry Potter’s “Hedwig.” Owls’ large eyes don’t move in their sockets, but the whole head can swivel 180 degrees.

It is very difficult to see an owl as they sit very still and their feathers are patterned like tree bark and leaves. One might see them flying over Mission Trails’ grasslands.

Tarantulas are the largest of all spiders, with distinctive hairy legs and bodies. The hair, or setae, is their primary sensory organ to smell and hear. The urticating hairs on the abdomen are defense mechanisms, which they flick out at attackers.

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Tarantulas primarily eat insects, and their predators include mammals, birds, reptiles, and the infamous tarantula hawk wasp.

Bats, owls, and spiders make important environmental contributions beyond our imaginations. After the MTRP Visitor Center reopens, make sure to go out onto the terrace to see the interpretive panel about bats at MTRP, and the bat boxes installed on the Visitors Center’s roof.

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