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(R&D) department, which focuses on creating new and exciting recipes for avant garde beer projects. The R&D department acts as the “special forces” of Saint Archer Brewing Co. in a quest to keep the company on the tip of the spear in San Diego’s craft beer scene. The idea is to create new and exciting beer recipes utilizing unorthodox ingredients. But the R&D department has received new orders due to the Covid shutdowns. Their yearlong mission is to seek out small, local specialty companies impacted by the shutdowns and to collaborate with them for mutual
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benefit. The result of this partnership is a new line of creative and delicious smallbatch beers with a personality all their own and uniquely local.
“I’ve been with Saint Archer coming up on four years now,” Garrity said. “I started in the cellar – cleaning tanks, cleaning pretty much everything – and worked my way up to a brewer eventually. After I brewed for a couple of years, I got the opportunity to become the Research and Development Brewer where I helped de- Tea (Photo courtesy of Katalyst PR) velop recipes like our Hazy IPA, Tropical IPA, IPA 99, peanut butter, banana, marshCoffee Brown, and Saint Archer mallow and banana bread stout, Gold. And just recently I got alongside a raspberry Berliner moved to head brewer, so now I’m Weiss. And when you mix the running the pilot system and the two together it becomes a peanut production system as well.” butter and jelly beer!”
Garrity’s first collaboration In her own example of pivotbeer is called Peaches & Cream ing, de Leon describes herself as a Milkshake IPA, which is now “furloughed meeting and catering available for sale at the two Saint professional gone rogue,” and has Archer tasting rooms. “It’s a col- given herself the new title of small laboration with Paru Tea Bar, batch baker/micro business owna local tea company located in er. She now sells small batch craft Point Loma,” added Garrity. He dessert breads online. decided to visit the tea bar per- That attitude is exactly what sonally, and learn about tea in Garrity is hoping to foster with felgeneral as well as to see if there low businesses. “Essentially, we’re was a possibility of using their using the R&D series to collaboproduct in a recipe. “They told rate with local companies that me about this Taiwanese Milk might be struggling or need busiOolong Tea and they said it was ness just as much as we do, right? bursting with Stone Fruit taste Like, trying to help each other and with Butter Cream aromas, and provide that sense of community that it’s almost like peaches and that we all need right now.” cream. And so that just clicked The specialty beers are available and I decided to do a Peaches & to-go in limited edition 16 ounce Cream IPA. It’s brewed with fresh can four-packs, and the Peaches peaches, lactose – which is dried & Cream Milk IPA comes with milk sugar – and ten pounds of the a half-ounce packet of the Milk Milk Oolong tea steeped in it.” Oolong, which produces four to
The IPA, which serves as a base six servings of tea. Garrity considfor the beer, is hazy (unfiltered) ers this collaboration a huge sucand that in addition to the peaches cess and is looking forward to the and lactose give the collaboration future brews. “It was exactly what beer a rich and creamy texture. I hoped for in what we’re calling Garrity is extremely pleased with the Research and Development his creation as he previously had Series. I really wanted to take lolittle experience in brewing beer cal businesses that do something with tea. “I’ve seen other brew- outside of my expertise – outside eries work with tea, but this was of beer. I really wanted to take a actually my first time working back seat and learn something with tea and beer,” Garrity stat- new. About baking, tea, art, wine ed. “I had tried to use it before on a or anything you know? And this small scale, and I did a jasmine tea one really did it for me. but it just came out soapy a little “We also got to introduce our bit. So I’ve kinda been thrown off beer crowd to a tea company, by it, but there’s something differ- and their tea company crowd to ent about Paru Tea, that tea is just beer, so really bringing a sense of amazing! That Milk Oolong was community during a time where just so unique that I told myself I this is not a whole lot of sense of could definitely see this working community. That was my hope, in beer.” my hope and dream – to introduce
Garrity’s R&D department has the two crowds to each other. And been tasked with doing one col- I think – brewing beer or making laboration with a local company tea – we’re not like curing cancer per month for the entirety of 2021. or Covid or anything like that. But His next project is to work with a one thing we do offer as a place local bakery to create a unique of business is a sense of normalcy beer which will be released in and I think that’s something that mid-March. “We’re collaborating people need right now.” with a local baker named Cathy de Leon who owns the I Love Banana —Vince Meehan can be reached Bread Bakery and were doing a at vinniemeehan@gmail.com.
By Andy Hinds
I have exactly one memory from 7th grade music class: being called to the carpet for clowning on the song our choir was preparing for a recital. I was mocking the song partially because I couldn’t hit the notes, but mostly because I felt like I would literally die if I sincerely tried to, given the material. Our teacher had assigned us the schlockiest song ever, “You Light up my Life,” popularized by Debbie Boone, which probably hastened my transformation into an angry 8th grade punk rocker. I never got a chance to thank her for that.
These days, when I help my twins with their 6th grade music homework, they ask for suggestions on what song goes best with a movie car chase (“Ace of Spades” obviously), what I think about the synthesizer track on their latest electronic music composition or which pop song to add to their class playlist. They are also playing traditional instruments, learning music theory, getting exposed to jazz legends like Dave Brubeck, and going on “virtual field trips” to presentations by international music organizations. And this is all happening while the pandemic is keeping kids physically isolated from their peers, teachers and potential music collaborators.
The music program at Roosevelt International Middle School (adjacent to Elephant Odyssey at the San Diego Zoo) was just coming into its own when COVID cancelled all the nice things.
Nathan Elias-Kocivar, the 30-year-old director of the program, who started his music education career by substitute teaching to supplement his income as a tenor sax and keyboard player, analyzed the musical needs of the community, came up with a plan, and was implementing it when the pandemic struck.
Mr. E-K (as Elias-Kocivar’s students call him) grew up in OB and Point Loma, and got his music degree at UC Santa Cruz. He was teaching guitar and keyboard for after-school programs when he got a chance to sub at Roosevelt for an extended period. The students, administration, and families reacted enthusiastically to Mr. E-K’s approach, which emphasized the joy and creativity inherent in playing music.
Soon, he found himself splitting his time between teaching at Roosevelt and San Diego High School. At this point, he noticed that he had over 100 band and orchestra students at SDHS, very few of whom had any formal musical training. Ironically, SDHS offers the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) music diploma to qualifying students, but the cluster of schools feeding into SDHS was not preparing kids to perform at that level. Mr. E-K and the District Powers That Be decided it would best serve the SDHS cluster if he “pushed from behind” to prepare the middle school students for the Big Time. And that’s how the Roosevelt Music Program in its current-but-pre-pandemic iteration was created.
Like many learned musicians, Mr. E-K sees jazz as the apotheosis of music and the North Star for his pedagogical approach. As he sees it, jazz represents “a gray area between being creative and learning the technical aspects of playing their instruments.” Students, he said, “are invited to play whatever they want within the canvas of the work; and also, jazz is dance music, so it makes people feel good and makes them want to move.” Before San Diego Unified schools went online, Roosevelt had two band classes, two orchestra classes, guitar, and choir. Jazz band was run as either an after-school club, a before-school club, a lunchtime club, or within the band class. Regardless, all roads lead to jazz.
Almost as soon as Mr. E-K got the Roosevelt Music Program swinging, a certain virus barged in and broke up the party. But like any master of improvisation, Mr. E-K drew from a deep well of creativity and came up with something unexpectedly cool.
While adapting traditional music instruction to an online format can be difficult and inefficient, there’s a whole other musical universe that relies on technology and doesn’t require
Roosevelt’s orchestra (Photos courtesy Roosevelt Music Boosters)
physical proximity. Mr. E-K was already passionate about creating music on the computer; so it was not a stretch for him to refocus the Music Program on music composition, production, and technology using programs like Breezin Thru Theory, BandLab, and one that he particularly stoked about, Soundtrap. Soundtrap, owned by Spotify, waived the subscription fees to give Roosevelt students a chance to not only write and record music on their platform, but also to share and collaborate with their classmates. He also acquired, with grant money, 70 MIDI keyboards (think small-pianos-youplug-into-a-computer) to enrich the online music experience for the kids. Students who choose to take band or orchestra as an elective still practice and record their traditional instruments with the help of programs like Smart Music, that allow them to “play along” with backing tracks as the sheet music scrolls up their screens.
A music program can’t run on talent and passion alone. Luckily, a group of enthusiastic parents and community members coalesced around the Roosevelt Music Program to help with planning events, logistical support, promotion, and of course, fundraising.
Not only do they need to help pay for the various online platforms, but the Music Boosters also continue to organize enrichment opportunities for students and families, aka “virtual field trips.”
According to Music Boosters Communication Officer Pauline Treviño, “We’re bringing the world into their Zoom classrooms with our new ‘Travel the World Through Music’ program. We partner with organizations like the Center for World Music to participate in live stream musical presentations which include Q&A with the artists. We’ve ‘traveled’ to Mexico, Vietnam and South Africa through music! We’re also planning on making connections with international cultural institutes and schools so that our students can experience what music education is outside of the United States.”
Both Mr. E-K and Treviño have been pleasantly surprised at how the online music program has provided a meaningful musical education to students this year, and remarked on the lessons this disaster has force-fed us all. As a parent, I have been delighted to see my kids engaged in creating music in ways new to them and me. Mr. E-K plans to continue with the computer based composition/production component of his classes, as well as bringing in guest musicians from all over the world via Zoom, now that the whole Zoom experience has been normalized and tweaked for greatest utility.
Looking back, I suspect my 7th grade music teacher, who was fairly young and hip, made us sing that terrible song because it was the one she already had sheet music for. Say what you will about the internet dystopia we are all wallowing in these days, at least our children have better access to good music than we ever did.
Too learn more about Roosevelt International Middle School and the Roosevelt Music Program, go to friendsofroosevelt.org.
—Andy Hinds is a dad, carpenter, and freelance writer based in North Park. Follow him on Twitter @betadad.
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Bustles on Wheels is a mobile alteration service for prospective brides. This unique bridal business was begun by Diana “Dee” Ramirez to help busy brides for their special day. The majority of brides need some alterations made to their purchased gowns and Diana comes to their house or office and pins the gown. Next she takes the garment
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Ramirez worked at David’s Bridal for five years learning about the bridal industry. She received a Fashion Certificate at San Diego Continuing Education and then was accepted for an 8-week boot camp run by ACCION. This non-profit assists entrepreneurs in achieving financial success and this was a great experience for learning how to run a business.
This amazing woman is a survivor of a brain aneurism at 18 and uterine cancer in her thirties. She is a dynamo and hasn’t let anything stop her. The actual idea for this unique business came to her when she was preparing her own wedding. She wanted to meet with the DJ and thought in her hectic schedule that she would ask if he could come to her home. A light bulb went off and Picture of Diana “Dee” Ramirez
she realized having a service to help busy career woman was a service that most people would want and so “Bustles on Wheels” was conceived. Customers include military brides and she even traveled back to Rhode Island to work on gowns for brides.
Ramirez offers a special service to come to the wedding and steam the dresses right there. She also helps dress the bride if they want. One of the special services offered is the Booty Pop which offers a
Wedding picture of customer (Photos courtesy of Diana Ramirez)
better fit to mermaid or drop waist dresses. Another special service is a patch that she embroiders. If either of the bride’s parents have passed away, Diana asks for a piece of their clothing and she embroiders on it something special such as a heart or the word Mom and then she puts this patch under the bustle. Diana said to one of her customers, “Your Mom has your back.”
I asked Ramirez how the pandemic has changed weddings. She said that brides and grooms are now having micro weddings and many are eloping. She also makes special masks for brides and grooms who need them.
Ramirez described herself as the Amazon of bridal alteration services for a busy woman. For more information visit BustlesonWheels.com.
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With the transmitter and tower at over 6,200 feet in the Laguna Mountains, KNSJ's signal can be heard over the airwaves from the USMexico border to Highway 52, from the East County mountains to the bay. Broadcasts can even be picked up in Imperial County and some parts of Tijuana. In some areas, the signal strength is weak, something the station is working on. The majority of listeners, here or anywhere in the world, catch KNSJ’s webcast by going to KNSJ.org, or with a smart speaker, or on a mobile device (with the Tune-In app).
KNSJ shows cover a multitude of topics with an emphasis on public affairs and social justice. The station carries nationally known syndicated shows like “Democracy Now” with Amy Goodman, and the “Thom Hartman Show.” It also has many locally produced shows like “Talk of the Town,” with former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre, the popular comedy show, “Laugh in Your Face,” “Women’s Radio Hour,” “Women of Color Roar,” “Notes from the Underground” and “Food for Thought.”
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KNSJ airs music shows in a wide variety of genres. There is just no place in San Diego or perhaps anywhere that you will get some of this music. KNSJ is home to many eclectic shows, talented DJs and producers. KNSJ’s DJs spin rock and roll, R&B, rap, electronica, hip hop, protest music, post-punk, jazz, indie, reggae, garage, darkwave, DIY as well as other genres, depending on the DJ and day. Local musicians or DJs can submit material or express interest in the station by emailing caseyhick@ hotmail.com.
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The new mural is on a street with other art installations (Photos courtesy Kyle Holbrook)
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Artist Kyle Holbrook created a mural on the corner of Adams Ave. and Felton St. that depicts international skateboarding icon Tony Hawk wearing a mask. Holbrook painted the mural in a street art style using acrylics. The mural is sponsored by Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project (MLK Mural).
Showing the famous skater masked up is meant to encourage people to continue wearing masks in solidarity with their communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Utilizing public art and recognizable imagery can make positive, important messages — like reminding residents and visitors to wear masks — more fun, which can translate to [them being] more effective,” Holbrook said in a press release.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS IS HAVING DIFFICULTY HANDLING HIS OR HER FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
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When an individual’s health is declining, and that individual is having difficulty handling his or her own financial affairs, here are a few ways to enable a third party to step in and help that person: 1. One option is for the individual to grant a power of attorney to a selected third party (“agent”) to handle his or her financial affairs. The document can grant sweeping powers or may give only a limited power. It should also be a “durable” power of attorney, which means that it will remain in effect even if and after the individual granting the power has become incompetent (if that were to occur). 2. A second option is where the individual has created a revocable living trust, funded the trust with assets, and is serving as its trustee (in effect, the trust’s manager). When he or she begins to “slip,” he or she can resign such trusteeship, thereby turning over all trustee duties to the successor trustee which had been appointed under the trust instrument. This successor Trustee would then immediately be able to take over handling the financial affairs of the trust.
3. A third option with respect to financial accounts is for the individual to create a joint account with another trusted individual where each has checkwriting ability, enabling the trusted person to write checks from such account to pay expenses on behalf of the individual needing assistance.
4. As a last resort, a concerned third party might initiate a proceeding to have a conservator (overseer) of the estate appointed by the court to handle the needy individual’s financial affairs. This is not usually the best option, because, for this to occur, the individual would have to be declared incompetent by the court. This could be trying for the individual, and would be very expensive; further, all of the work of the conservator would be subject to court supervision.
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