Seaside Courier — July 2015

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Westfield delays renovations of Carlsbad mall

LOCAL NEWS The Retail Beat

Thomas K.

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Contributing writer

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he Westfield Group’s $300 million renovation of its aging regional mall in Carlsbad has been put on hold.

Catharine Dickey, executive vice president of corporate communications for the Sydney-based mall operator, said further work on the conversion of the 46-year-old indoor mall into an

A gander inside the Leaping Lotus marketplace in Solana Beach. Page 3

LOCAL NEWS Fiesta Del Sol With the restoration of the Teten House completed, the San Dieguito Heritage Museum began offering tours May 23, 2015.

(Photo by Maggie Avants)

Historic Teten House opens for public tours Maggie

Avants Editor

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This rendering portrays planned renovations of Westfield Plaza Camino Real in Carlsbad.

(Courtesy Westfieldcorp.com)

open-air shopping center won’t start this year, as originally planned.

Instead, she wrote in an email, the start date for phase two of the transformation has been pushed back to 2016 “to increase lease commitments and explore additional opportunities on the west end of the parcel, as well as assure sufficient time to complete the necessary work with city staff.”

The first phase of the massive transformation project, which includes a rebranding from Westfield Plaza Camino Real to Westfield Carlsbad, focused on the mall’s eastern end, facing El Camino Real. Improvements there included a new 24 Hour Fitness Super-Sport Club, which opened in October 2014, and a Regal Cinemas, which opened in December 2014.

A year ago, Westfield trumpeted that the second phase — removing the roof, adding gathering places and landscaping, and securing new retail and restaurant tenants — would be finished by the fall of 2016, with construction scheduled to start in 2015.

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nna Viola Teten was a young girl when she drowned in 1919.

Her parents, John and Laura Teten, would go on to have four other children. But Anna Viola’s photograph would hang prominently in the living room, right next to pictures of them on their wedding day in 1917.

Painstaking details such as those were available for public viewing May 23 when the San Dieguito Heritage Museum opened its gates for its 27th annual Deep Pit BBQ

benefit event — opening the doors of the historic Teten House, as well.

“The significance was that it was the first day it was open to the public, those were the first tours,” said Barbara Grice, executive director of the museum.

Restoring the Teten House — built in Olivenhain in 1885 and then occupied by members of the Teten family, German immigrants who came to Olivenhain in 1892 by way of Kansas, for several decades — has been a main goal of the museum’s founders. In 2014, the house was placed on a foundation and restoration work finally began.

In the month leading up to the annual barbecue, Grice said Teten descendants along with the museum’s on-site construction manager, Dave Oakley, were busy making sure the house would be ready.

“It was a labor of love on their behalf; they scrubbed the walls down and they basically reconstructed the house itself,” Grice said. “It was a huge job.”

Highlights from Solana Beach’s 36th annual kickoff to summer. Page 5

LOCAL NEWS Sea Creatures

Years in the making The historical significance of the house was recognized by the museum’s founders in SEE TETEN PAGE 8

Encinitas bans sale of pets from ‘puppy mills,’ ‘kitten factories’

Meet surfing's biggest loser. Page 7

INDEX Around Town .............................. 5 Commentary ............................... 6 Home & Garden ......................... 8 Health & Fitness .........................10 North County Notables .........12 Business Notes ...........................13 Pet of the Month .......................14

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ban on so-called “puppy mills” was passed June 24 in Encinitas.

Even though there are currently no retailers who sell commercially bred dogs or cats in the city, Encinitas City Council voted 4-0 — with Councilman Mark Muir absent — in approval of the ordinance.

“I am very concerned about stores moving in and having to grandfather them in indefinitely,” said Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer.

Council members said they received “hundreds of emails” about the issue leading up to the June

Animals from puppy mills such as the one pictured are kept in relatively inhumane conditions and are more likely to have behavior and/or health problems, animal rights’ activists say.

(Photo by Petra Martin)

24 regularly scheduled meeting, and Council chambers were packed with supporters of the ban.

“The reality is that puppy mills are in existence to support pet stores...meanwhile rescues and shelters are full of pure breds,” said Elizabeth SEE PETS PAGE 6

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A unique array of children’s items is offered at Nest Clothing at Leaping Lotus in Solana Beach. (Photo by Katrina Dodson)

The Retail Beat: A treasure hunt through Leaping Lotus Katrina Dodson Columnist

I have always enjoyed a stroll down South Cedros Avenue in Solana Beach when I need a retail fix, or have a few hours to burn with out-of-town friends who want to shop in the hippest part of North County.

The must-see spot for me is always Leaping Lotus with its maze of small vignette shops, colorful displays and original artwork.

Just recently, I had a chance to speak with Cindy Cruz, the director of operations, and asked her to send me on a treasure hunt of sorts: a scavenger hunt of the best, or newest, or just really different shops they have to offer. Below are the results so you can go on your own hunt through this fun shop!

Blue Daisy is located in the exact center of the bottom floor and boasts a great collection of stylish women’s separates in current styles and fun patterns. Prices here are kept reasonable, with most items between $30 and $70. The look is mainly hip but casual.

Cedros Hat Company on the bottom left of the main floor has a great selection to choose from; something those who attend Opening Day at Del Mar Racetrack would appreciate. Brand names include Scala, Wallaro and Jeanne Simmons, with many options to

consider such as straw, fascinators, headbands, felt, men’s styles, and big, fancy hats.

Nest Clothing, literally in the under-the-stair space, has gorgeous children’s clothing that is all original and private label. Most baby separates are in a heavy, soft gauge of cotton and sport matching beanies, booties and blankets to go with coordinating outfits.

Wander up the wide, marble stairs to view the artwork of Houshang Wekili in the middle side of the top floor. His work is colorful and whimsical, reminiscent of aboriginal artwork mixed with pop art and a touch of Zentangle.

My mood brightened just by gazing at his pieces.

In the corner, back space upstairs I came upon the artwork of R.D. Riccoboni. His paintings are done in brilliant hues of acrylic and highlight the best scenes of San Diego.

Of course — he is a local artist!

As I head toward the stairs on the top floor, I am assaulted by color and reflection in the World Buyer’s corner. This vendor sells a ton of butterfly garlands in all types, sizes and colors, as well as lanterns, streamers, lights, picture frames, candle holders and other colorful home art objects. Great prices, too.

One of the most unusual shops in Leaping Lotus is Things I Love. This artist and shopkeeper

handcrafts light fixtures, jewelry, clothing and more for this eclectic shop. To me, it was Stevie Nicks meets Beach Girl, with lots of beading, ruffles, lace and shimmer.

At the base of the stairs, you see the Via de la Luna store, which has an industrial, vintage look. The shop carries messenger bags in worn and vintage fabrics, Americana-inspired items, and antique looking home decorator objects.

Right next to the checkout stand is a vendor you cannot ignore. California Fleurish carries candles that are covered in glitter and offered in all shapes, colors and sizes. Apparently, these have been top sellers in the store for years.

The vendor also carries glittery cards to make a sparkly gift set.

It is hard to pick out a favorite jewelry vendor here, but La Di Da is tops for me. The designs are current and original, with a variety of shapes, materials and semiprecious stones to choose from.

This jewelry designer doesn’t just assemble pieces; items are handcrafted and interesting.

Next time you head to South Cedros and find yourself at Leaping Lotus, use this article as a guide through your own scavenger hunt of great shops. With 101 small shops under one roof, there is always something new, different and original to discover! ■

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EDUCATION

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irst-generation college student Lauren Dempsey didn’t always know where her educational journey would take her.

“I got accepted into Cal State San Luis Obispo out of high school, but I was worried about how I would afford it and find housing and a job. Plus, no one in my family had ever gone to college, let alone gone away to college,” said Dempsey. “I chose

to stay close to home and attend MiraCosta College because that meant I could continue to work and live with my parents while I was going to school.”

Dempsey held down a parttime job while attending classes at the college. At first, she had no idea what to major in and no clue about what type of career she wanted to pursue.

“When I started at MiraCosta College, I was kind of all over the place,” said the now 25 year old. “At first I was looking into nutrition, but then I realized that degree leads to careers that I wasn’t really interested in.”

Thankfully, a friend who was taking classes in MiraCosta College’s Biotechnology Program introduced Dempsey to the field.

Despite never having heard of biotechnology, she enrolled in classes.

That was fall 2010. Two years later, she received a Biotechnology Research and Development Certificate of Achievement.

Today, she has a full-time job at Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where she works in the manufacturing division.

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JULY 12

The 32th annual Carlsbad Triathlon makes its way to North County on Sunday, July 12.

The race, which begins at Tamarack Surf Beach, includes a beach swim, bike course and a smooth run along Carlsbad’s coastline.

It takes place from 7:30 a.m. to noon.

For more information, visit Carlsbadca.gov.

JULY 12-13

Three-time Grammy winner Keb’Mo’ comes to Solana Beach for two performances this month.

Keb’Mo’ — a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Nashville — is known for his post-modern blues style. His most recent album, BLUESAmericana, was nominated for Best Americana Album last year.

The legendary performer will be at the Belly Up on July 12 and July 13.

For more information, visit Bellyup.com.

Keb'Mo' to perform at Belly Up (Courtesy photo)

JULY 16

The Del Mar summer racing season begins July 16 and runs through Sept. 7. The season will kick off with an opening day celebration followed by five days of races. Concerts will also be held every Friday through the season.

For more information, visit Dmtc.com/.

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Switchfoot Bro-Am 2014 (Photo by Kelsee Becker)

JULY 11

The highly anticipated SWITCHFOOT Bro-Am festival comes to Encinitas on Saturday, July 11.

The 11th annual festival will feature a surf contest and concert by the popular band. SWITCHFOOT will be joined by NEEDTOBREATHE, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors and Colony House. Performances begin at 12 p.m.

The festival will also include a surf contest beginning at 7 a.m.

Since its inception in 2005, the Bro-Am has raised more than $1 million for San Diego-based children’s charities. While admission to the beach event is free, funds will be raised from beach vendors, corporate surf team entries and sponsorships as well as a pre-event Auction Night Soiree and, for the first time in Bro-Am history, an online auction that will allow fans around the world to bid for unique items.

For more information, visit Switchfoot.com/bro-am.

Rubio’s Restaurants will host its fourth annual CoastFest on Saturday, July 18 at the Oceanside Pier.

The CoastFest includes a beach cleanup hosted by I Love A Clean San Diego, food and drinks, musical performances and a kids’ zone. Festivities begin at 10 a.m.

Rubio’s CoastFest has continued to grow year after year, with a record turnout of more than 2,000 attendees and over 400 pounds of trash removed from the coastline in 2014. This year’s event is gearing up to be even bigger with the addition of performances by one of Billboard magazine’s chart-ranking artists, The Mowgli’s, as well as popular children’s band Hullaballo.

For more information, visit Rubioscoastfest.com.

The Vista Village Business Association will host its 26th annual Rod Run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2.

Vista’s historically acclaimed, tree-lined Main Street will be aglow with shine from more than 350 classic show cars. Enjoy live entertainment, the town’s antique stores, an art gallery, breweries and a wine bar. A large raffle will benefit Vista Teen Outreach.

North County Ford is sponsoring this event that is free to spectators. Car participant fees are $20 until July 10, or $25 thereafter and the day of.

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Fiesta del Sol not faded by clouds Faye Mankowske Contributing writer

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olana Beach’s 36th annual Fiesta del Sol may have started without the sun making an appearance on May 30, but by the end of the two-day event, according to organizers, an estimated 50,000 people turned out.

The event featured vendors who set up along Loma Santa Fe Drive and Coast Highway, offering an eclectic collection of goods including hair accessories, paintings and crafts, clothes and snacks.

Festival-goers could park at two free lots and catch a free shuttle called The OC Cruiser, a woodpaneled bus with red-painted surfboards stuck to the roof.

Children flocked to a climbing wall, carnival rides and other fun attractions.

In terms of vicarious thrills, the star attraction was the dunk tank hosted by the Solana Beach Firefighters Association. With the Pacific Ocean in view from Fletcher Cove, participants were more absorbed by watching firefighters fall into the tank.

Clockwise from left: The Solana Beach Firefighters Association's firefighters association dunk tank was a popular attraction.; Rhythm + Power, an indoor cycling experience opening in July in Solana Beach, was a vendor at Fiesta del Sol in Solana Beach, May 30, 2015.; The band Rat Tooth draws an appreciative crowd on Saturday morning, setting the stage for a Belly Up Tavern lineup of artists including Oceanside’s The Drowning Men, Solana Beach’s Zen Thomas, and the Morgan Leigh Band. (Photos by Diego Sanchez)

“Don’t get me wet,” said one firefighter to a small boy in skeleton face paint, “It’s cold in here.”

Despite the cool weather, the staffers of the dunk tank and their audience were having a convincingly great time.

“The probationary firemen go in the tank first,” Tim Mallon, with the Fire Department, said jokingly. “We don’t torture them

too badly. Their shift is maybe an hour, hour and a half.”

The dunk tank has been a tradition of Fiesta Del Sol for at least 10 years. Money raised goes to the Burn Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting burn survivors and to reducing the number of burn injuries through education.

Over on the stage, the band Rat Tooth drew an appreciative crowd on Saturday morning, setting the stage for a lineup of artists organized by Belly Up Tavern that included Oceanside’s The Drowning Men, Solana Beach’s Zen Thomas, and the Morgan Leigh Band.

Rounding out Solana Beach’s Festival of the Sun, members of the dunk tank crew from the Solana Beach Firefighters Association reappeared Sunday morning — none the worse from repeated dousing — to host their traditional pancake breakfast.

The Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce is already making plans for next year’s event.

“With over 50,000 happy visitors, we couldn’t be more pleased,” according to the event website. “We are looking forward to next year’s Fiesta del Sol and are already preparing for another epic event! Be sure to check back in January 2016 for all the new greatness happening for 2016’s Fiesta del Sol.”■

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COMMENTARY / LOCAL NEWS

Commentary: Point:

Drought or no drought, it’s my yard Thomas K.

Arnold

Commentary

I’m hearing dangerous talk again, generally in the form of Facebook comments, about those Evil Lawn People.

“Someone should turn off all the water in Rancho Santa Fe. There’s no reason in the world they should have those lush tropical yards.”

“I walked by a house the other day and they have this giant lawn in the front — bright green, so they are obviously watering it. I felt like pouring salt on it.”

“Why is Home Depot still selling turf? No one should be putting in a lawn anymore.”

“Lawns aren’t natural. They don’t belong here in Southern

California. They should be against the law.”

Now, wait just a minute. A law banning people from having lawns? Sorry, folks — I know we are in a drought, and I know our cities are under orders from Sacramento to drastically cut back water use and limit outdoor watering to two days a week. (Let’s not get into how I feel about this conservation order, given that 80 percent of our water goes to agriculture and much of agriculture is devoted to almonds and vineyards that produce export products, not stuff we here in California need to feed ourselves.)

But should the heavy hand of government reach into one more aspect of our private lives, our personal choices? Years ago, I chose not to buy a house in Aviara because

Commentary: Counterpoint:

Lawns in the desert; bananas in the arctic August Strumm Guest commentary

This is a “well, duh” moment, if you ask me.

We are in the midst of a seri-

ous drought, thus the state mandates restrictions on water use. We are already limited to watering our outdoor landscapes two days a week, and further restrictions are being put in place. If one of these is to

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I was told that while I could plant what I wanted to in the backyard, the front yard was landscaped and maintained by the homeowners’ association and it was hands’ off or else. I couldn’t fathom the idea of owning property and not being able to do with it what I wanted to, as long as all zoning and building codes were met.

I should note that I am by no means a water hog. I have a few small patches of lawn, but my huge front yard is filled with mulch and water-wise plants, with a winding pathway of decomposed granite. I recently redid the flowerbeds alongside the front of my house, as well — ripping out hibiscus and other tropical plants and replacing them with rock rose, Mexican marigold, Bird of Paradise and lantana (and more mulch because brown, you see, is the new green).

I did all this as a matter of choice. Yes, I wanted to cut back on my water bill (those tier-three rates were killing me). But I also went with drought-tolerant plants because of a sense of soci-

etal obligation (the same reason I often pick up litter at the beach or hold the door for little old ladies at the gym) and because I happen to feel the drought-tolerant look is lot more aesthetically pleasing than a boring expanse of neatly manicured lawn.

To me, it’s a no brainer: it saves me money, it helps ease our water plight, and it looks better.

But I’d be the last person to support a law forcing people to do what I have done willingly, as a matter of choice. Some people might have lots of young kids who need a lawn to play on; some might just like the way it looks.

And the same goes for tropical plants — if people like that look and are willing to pay for the extra water, by all means let them. It’s their property, and their right.

And I would hope my friends on the progressive side of the fence would agree with me here. Just as they are opposed to any moves to legislate morality, I am opposed to any move to legislate what I can and cannot plant, grow and water in my own yard.■

let lawns die, we should view it as a simple necessity. To think otherwise is to play the ostrich and put your head in the sand.

In this case, the sand is more than just a metaphor: it’s what we have for soil in our semi-arid climate.

Talk of eliminating lawns may come as a surprise to some folks, who may also have missed the Surfrider Foundation’s “Kill Your Lawn” campaign, which has been going on for years.

Some folks may also have missed the fact that we are essentially living in a desert, where water is scarce. I assume these folks may be the same ones who haven’t yet realized that driving a gasguzzler is bad for the health of the planet.

As usual, this discussion is the tip of an ideological iceberg. It’s really about the great American illusion of freedom.

Yes, we do live in a relatively free country, and I am thankful for it. My father fought to defend it for good reason. The problem is that some folks like the idea of freedom so much they are willing to trample on the freedoms of others in order to have it. One example of this problem is the new freedom people in Texas have to carry concealed weapons. While advocates see it as a freedom, they somehow miss the fact that this “freedom” scares the hell out of loads of other people. In other words, this freedom to carry a gun curtails the freedom of those other people sitting in restaurants wondering whether the guy next to them is a nut job with a concealed weapon.

All of this is related to the anti-government, anti-regulation, anti-taxation philosophies of groups such as the Tea Party.

They associate the removal of regulation with freedom.

They say: defund the EPA; allow corporations to regulate themselves; allow oil wells to be drilled off the coast; allow fracking in our downtowns.

The people who believe this anti-regulation palaver somehow manage not to realize that

they are receiving the benefits of sensible regulatory policies whenever they drive on a highway without getting into an accident, thanks to traffic laws.

Whenever they fly. Whenever they eat foods that have been inspected. Whenever they swim in a lake that’s not polluted.

Whenever they notice that the air-quality in Los Angeles is better now than it was in the 1960s.

And please, let’s not forget that lax regulatory policy is what caused the Great Recession we are still recovering from. (The right wing can try to blame Obama all they want, but no thinking person actually buys that.) If Wall Street and corporate lenders had been regulated more carefully, that nightmare would never have happened.

So, let’s not get all whiny about losing our lawns.

A further irony is that at least a portion of the current drought is caused by humaninduced global warming anyway — which sensible regulation would mitigate. Instead of defunding the EPA, I suggest we expand it and give it greater power to help cut greenhouse gas emissions. I’ll even go a step further: I believe there should be a statewide moratorium on the issuing of new water meters. This is a state with scarce water supplies; we are at our maximum number of inhabitants. The first step in controlling water supply is controlling water demand. Fewer inhabitants would solve that problem — and a host of others — right away. There is simply not enough water to support further population growth.

Yes, the building industry will whinge, but it will adapt.

Yes, this is about more than lawns. It would be great if folks volunteered to remove lawns on their own, but if they don’t, there is nothing wrong with the state government implementing laws to do so. I agree with the Surfrider Foundation: kill your lawn! And while you’re at it, kill your SUV and your truck.■

PETS, FROM PAGE 1 Oreck, a national manager for Best Friends Animal Society.

“It doesn’t make sense from an economic standpoint to produce more and more when we already have enough.”

Another member of the audience spoke of a video they took of a truck unloading dogs allegedly hauled from a Midwestern “puppy mill” at a National City pet store.

“Commercial breeders, sometimes referred to as ‘puppy mills’ or ‘kitten factories,’ involve the for-profit breeding and selling of dogs and cats, typically to retail pet stores,” according to a staff report prepared for City Council.

“Individuals and organization advocating a ban of such facilities maintain that many commercial breeders breed dogs and cats in relatively inhumane conditions and these animals are more likely to have behavior and/or health problems.”

Eighty-one cities in the U.S. have adopted such a ban. The Encinitas ban — which must customarily go through another Council vote before it becomes effective — comes after similar ones were passed in Oceanside, Chula Vista and the city of San Diego. Encinitas city staff said the ordinance was modeled after San Diego’s.

Staff noted that the Oceanside and San Diego ordinances allow pet stores to sell rescued animals from shelters, the Humane Society or licensed local animal rescue organizations. Based on staff research, four Encinitas businesses — Petco, Petsmart, Pet Haus and Rancho Coastal Humane Society — are already in line with those practices.

However, staff recommended Encinitas hold off on adopting the new law until the courts rule on the constitutionality of a Phoenix, Arizona ban on puppy mills. The Phoenix ban is currently suspended pending a ruling, staff noted.

Encinitas City Council, though, said there was no time to waste.

“Encinitas has to be the most pet-friendly city in the county,” said Mayor Kristin Gaspar.

“Those who know me know I am not a fan of the ban...This is a way to be proactive versus reactive.”

While most in the audience erupted in applause, not all were happy about the ban.

“Everybody knows that you have three tasks as our employees: pave our streets, keep us safe and leave us alone,” said resident Greg LaFave. “There is a reason Encinitas does not have a puppy mill ordinance yet: we don’t have a problem here.”

The Oceanside law, enacted in January, was aimed at a single pet shop, Oceanside Puppy, that opened on Oceanside Boulevard in 2013 after being run out of San Diego by its ban.

Carlsbad in late 2013 toyed with a similar ban, but ultimately failed to enact one because council members couldn’t decide whether to exempt California Pets, which operated out of the mall for years.

As of earlier this year, the store had a wall of puppies, kittens and other pets, each in small cages behind glass, and was offering a health warranty.■

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port: An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

While surfing can be a sport, to most surfers it is something else entirely. In its purest form it requires no teams, judges or juries and there is nobody to compete against. Art and lifestyle come closer to defining surfing, but still fail to hit the mark. Religion? Maybe to some.

The Hawaiian phrase, “he’e nalu,” which some interpret as, “a study of the wave,” inches toward the mark. But even the word surfing itself fails to convey what is at the heart of this activity.

I am not sure what surfing is for you, but for me it anything but a sport. A sport is something governed by rules and implies a winner and a loser. By nature, surfers live by their own unwritten rules and cannot be scored by anyone. And, if surfing is about competition, that eliminates the masses who are in the water simply to feel the rush of riding a wave toward shore.

Not that I’m against competitive surfing— I love watching these amazing athletes — but it is as foreign to my experience as professional basketball. In competition, there is only one winner and a whole lot more losers. In surfing, there’s Kelly Slater and the rest of us.

Most people who surf, including those who bodysurf and those who ride surf mats, body boards and other wave craft will never enter a surfing contest. Winning trophies is not why they have left

the land and jumped into the sea.

I have nothing more tangible than a few dozen friends to show for my efforts as a surfer. The only professional photos taken of me at Blacks by the late Surfing Magazine photographer, Larry “Flame” Moore have perished in a fire. My best boards have vanished like the waves I rode on them.

If surfing is a sport, then I am among its biggest losers.

I have never ridden a wave higher than 10 feet. I have no trophies or centerspreads to prove I did anything special.

Even compliments in the water have been rare.

Still, I have something few people in the world can own: Thousands of waves in all sorts of conditions. Endless days of swells with only a few friends to share them with. Morning and evening glass. Winds blowing so hard offshore you could barely keep from being blown out to sea. Shark sightings.

A day shared with only one friend at Rincon. A day alone at Malibu. A deep barrel in front of my hero, David Nuuhiwa.

An aborted trip to The Ranch with Peter, Jack and Buttons. A mile-long right in Baja. My first surfboard. My first shortboards.

My first new era longboards.

Shaping and glassing boards in my parent’s garage. Surfing a two-way peak with nobody but the late great Donald Takayama.

Being certain I was going to drown. Surviving. Conquering fear only to see it boil up again.

Tiny, glassy days when nobody thinks there is any surf. Being the first to ride a surf spot.

Surfing at midnight with the appropriately named Moonlight crew. Yes, if surfing is a sport, I am a loser. Still, looking back on the past 53 years, I hardly think that’s true.■

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Gardening ideas from Evelyn Heat-loving summer bloomers Evelyn Weidner Columnist

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ummer has arrived and the heat is on, but that doesn’t have to mean bad news for your garden.

In this article, I will share some warm weather-loving plants and how to care for them for ideal results.

Zinnias

Big, showy, colorful Zinnias love warm summer days and hate cool foggy ones. Give them a sunny spot and watch them shine.

For best results, water them in the morning. Also be sure to cut off the blooms when they begin to fade to bring on more blooms.

The picture is of a big pot of hot-colored Zinnias from our new crop at Weidners Gardens.

The Teten House through the years

Mandevillas

Mandevillas are tropical flowering vines that love the heat.

Try the brilliant Mandevilla Crimson Sun Parasol or its cousin, Dipladenia Scarlet Pimpernel.

They are all really Mandevillas but we call one of them Dipladenia because it looks and performs differently, whereas Sun Parasol comes in both a climbing and a hanging variety. How are the Dipladenias different from the rest of the Mandevillas? Here are the differences: the brighter red Crimson Sun Parasols grow faster and put on a bigger show with their big crimson blooms.

Dipladenias are bushy and have a smaller more leathery leaf. The colors are not as strong as cousin Parasol but the Dipladenia can give you flowers all year long.

The other Mandevillas will generally not.

The old fashioned Pink Alice du Pont is Mandevilla that is a

Mandevilla Sun Crimson Parasol (Photo by Evelyn Weidner)

strong climber and goes almost totally dormant in winter.

Whichever one you choose to have, they love warm weather and sunshine.

Shhhh, here is the secret: For yearlong blooms, plant Dipladenias in a pot or planter.

Plant them in the ground and they will sulk through winter and take their own sweet time about coming back into bloom.

They all have some yellow leaves after winter. This is normal.

Both will take the beach exposure with just a little protection.

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the 1990s, and the house was moved to Cottonwood Creek Park, where it remained until 2003 when it was moved to the museum’s new site at 450 Quail Gardens Drive.

In 2008, a committee was formed for the purpose of making a recommendation to the museum board about the best way to use the house. After a discussion regarding the time periods the house could represent and the furniture that had been promised by Gladys Teten — the granddaughter of the home’s original occupants, Frederick Teten and his wife, Anna — the committee agreed to have the Teten House represent 1928, the year that John Teten — Frederick and Anna’s son; Gladys’ father — started a turkey farm on the land.

The committee recommended the house be furnished and decorated to demonstrate that time period, just prior to the Depression, and it was decided that the museum would strive to have only the furniture and artifacts that John Teten would have had in the home at the time.

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soap or light oil spray.

Salvias

Looking for a knock-out combination? Plant bright orange or yellow Gazanias with dark blue Mystic Spires Blue Salvias in the ground or as a big pot. This combo loves the heat and blooms almost all year.

The Salvia or Sage family is huge. There are reds, blues and whites. All are fairly drought tolerant when established in the ground, and they thrive in hot weather. They all benefit by deadheading and a light trim once in a while. (Think about it: how would you look if you never cut your hair?)

There you have it. These plants will keep your sunny garden blooming and keep a sunny smile on your face.■

also farms the Teten property, growing barley, corn, wheat, oats and lima beans. The family also had fruit trees, grape vines and a vegetable garden — all grown reliant on winter rains. The family collected water in cisterns for household use.

1903 — Frederick Teten dies; son John quits school at age 14 to run the farm.

1917 — John Teten marries Laura Bumann; a granny shack is built for Anna, his mother.

1918-1928 — The four children of John and Laura Teten — Gladys, Evelyn, Roger and Anna Viola — are born in the back bedroom, which was bright pink because that was Laura’s favorite color. Anna Viola drowns and dies in 1919. Laura raises chickens and sells their eggs.

1926 — Anna dies; property is divided among heirs; John retains the house.

1928 — As payment for the use of his truck, John receives four turkey hens and one gobbler and starts a turkey farm.

Late 1930s — Farming becomes mechanized. The horses and mules are put out to pasture.

1955 — John dies.

1979 — Laura, the last of the Teten family to inhabit the house, dies. Her second husband, Harvey Miller, remains in the home and remarries.

As part of ensuring the restoration of the house truly represented the life its inhabitants led, the History lost committee interviewed its descenAlthough there was much to dants and compiled the following celebrate May 23 when the house information: officially opened for public tours, a Teten descendant who was on 1885 — House was built in hand said many items from the 1885 by Theodore Pinther, pro- home are missing. moter of Colony Olivenhain, on According to David Teten, lot 26 which is now 6th street and the son of John and Laura’s Rancho Santa Fe Road. He is soon son, Roger, his grandfather run out of town by colonists for John failed to leave an appro“unscrupulous practices.” priate will; therefore, the house 1886 — The house becomes the remained in probate for several first schoolhouse in Olivenhain years. David said that during because there was not money to the time the house was occupied build a school.

by Harvey Miller, many items 1892 — Frederick and Anna and artifacts were given away Teten and become the last reg- to neighbors in Olivenhain and istered members of Colony friends in Cardiff. Some of the Olivenhain, purchase the Pinther items included butter churns, a house and move it to the south of copper bathtub and other “priceblock 26. They combine the house less things that really need to be with another structure, creating in this house,” David said.

His pleaded for anyone who the Teten House, where they raise five children (they had 10 thinks they may be in posseschildren but only five lived). The sion of something from the children were: Margaret, John, Teten House to contact Dave Bill, Carl and Marie. Frederick Oakley at the museum by calling sets up a blacksmith shop and 760-632-9711.■

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In memory: Colleagues, clients pay tribute to beloved pediatrician Maggie

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longtime North County pediatrician won’t soon be forgotten.

William Paul Hitchcock, known affectionately as “Dr. Bill” to his patients and colleagues, died May 31 at his home in Carlsbad, ending a two-anda-half-year battle with colon cancer. He was 58.

Hitchcock founded La Jolla Pediatrics in 1988 and in 2007, La Costa Pediatrics. In 2013, upon his diagnosis, both practices merged with Children’s Primary Care Medical Group under the purvey of Rady Children’s.

Described as a “brilliant, caring, compassionate physician,” he wore whimsical ties and was often compared to famed pediatrician, the late Dr. Benjamin Spock, whom he knew and admired.

Hitchcock easily connected with his young patients and he cared for thousands of them over his 35-year career.

“Dr. Hitchcock was both a neighbor and our pediatrician who went above and beyond the call of duty on many occasions,” said one parent, Shelley Moore.

“From the offer of flu shots when we first moved into our home to his vital medical care for my children as recently as a month before he succumbed to his battle with cancer, I know he made a real difference in the health of my children. We were very fortunate to have his care when often many children might go for months or years without answers...because of him we always had answers.”

His story didn’t begin in coastal North County. He made an impact on those who knew him growing up in Los Angeles as the youngest in a large family of 12 children.

“In high school, he was the only one in our class to maintain a 4.0 GPA all four years, he was captain of our varsity football team, he competed in track and field, and he was our class president,” said Arthur Navarro, who met Hitchcock at the age of 13 and attended Cathedral High School alongside him.

“Despite all of his talents, Bill didn’t want to be president of the United States,” Navarro said, as he delivered the eulogy during a memorial mass held June 9 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Encinitas. “He wanted to work with children…and he didn’t

ties,” CPCMG stated in an announcement on its website, noting that its La Jolla office was closed June 9 so his coworkers could attend his memorial service.

Nurse Practitioner Laura Wheeler was among those who attended.

“He was a fabulous pediatrician, an extremely bright, super smart person,” Wheeler said. “Not only that, he was extremely caring and his families felt like they were part of his family; some of them even had his home phone number.”

Wheeler worked with Hitchcock for seven years as part of his private practice William Hitchcock (Courtesy Hitchock family) and then CPCMG. “At the office, he just want to work with them, always knew who people were he wanted to help them, to heal on a first-name basis and asked them. It was his dream. So he became a pediatrician…and not about their sports, how they just an ordinary pediatrician, a were doing,” Wheeler said. “He was not only great with medical great pediatrician.”

Hitchcock earned a bach- things, but with psychological elor’s degree from University and people just adored that. He of Southern California in 1979 was just a wonderful pediatriand then a medical degree from cian. I loved working with him University of California, Los because of who he was.” ■ Angeles, becoming a lifelong Trojan fan.

He was a resident and chief resident in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles before starting his practice in La Jolla.

Hitchcock’s special interests were in pediatric allergies, infectious diseases and vaccines. He was a sought out speaker, traveling the world training other physicians. He mentored many students and published several articles in medical journals and served on numerous advisory panels.

But medicine was just part of his life, those who knew him said. Hitchcock valued family above all else. Born to John and Helen Hitchcock in 1957 in South Central Los Angeles, he is survived by his wife, Susan Hitchcock; sons, Eric Hitchcock, Quinn Hitchcock and Cameron Christman; daughter, Valerie Hitchcock; and granddaughter, Angelica Hitchcock. He was preceded in death by son, Ryan Hitchcock.

Some might say he is also survived by his other family — his work family.

“This is a tremendous loss for the Hitchcock family, Children’s Primary Care Medical Group and the children in our communi-

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Del Mar Union board member resigns; candidates sought Maggie Avants Editor

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he Del Mar Union School District is seeking to fill a vacancy on its five-member governing board.

Trustee Alan Kholos resigned June 18, creating the vacancy, according to a news release. A candidate needs to be appointed to fill the balance of his four-year term through December 2016.

Kholos is giving up the seat he was elected to in November 2012 because he and his family are relocating abroad for a oneyear professional assignment.

“Alan has expressed his sincere gratitude for the opportunity to serve the district’s students, families, and greater community,” the district stated.

“Alan’s contributions as a Board Member have been valued by our community. He has been dedicated to high quality educational programs and sound fiscal decisions.”

Applicants are sought and must be registered voters who reside within DMUSD’s boundaries.

Those interested in being considered for appointment to the vacancy may download an application at Dmusd.org or contact the Superintendent’s Office at 858-523-6198.

Alan Kholos (Courtesy photo)

Once completed, applications may be submitted by mail to Secretary of the Board/ Superintendent, Del Mar Union School District, 11232 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130; by fax to 858-755-4361; or by email to hpalmer@dmusd.org.

Applications must be received by the Superintendent’s Office no later than 4 p.m. Monday, July 27, according to the news release.

The board, by law, has until Aug. 17 to fill the seat.

Applicant interviews will be conducted at a special board meeting scheduled for 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 at Del Mar Hills Academy, 14085 Mango Drive in Del Mar.■

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Wellness in North County:

Losing the gut Chris

Ahrens Columnist

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have never been accused of being skinny, and even slim would be stretching it. Still, I believe I am on the right track to a flatter belly without the added weight of spending lots of time and money — this, all thanks to my health guru, my friend and dentist, Jon Montague.

It’s been a few months since Montague loaned me the book, “The 21-Day Belly Fix.” In that time, I have dropped a size or two and employed some new holes in my belt.

The book is filled with all sorts of ways not to lose inches on your gut — and trust me, I’ve tried most of them, including attempting to starve them off, run them off and even surf them off. Regardless of what I tried, that telltale middle-aged symbol of American manhood, a protruding gut, preceded my arrival.

Before I get into the guts of the book, let me explain that I am probably like most of you who want to lose the paunch, but don’t follow through with diets. I don’t really believe in them, partly because I have witnessed their failure in friends and family and the idea of eating some distasteful food for the rest of my life appeals to me about as much as a long, slow root canal. Also, people tend to be social beings that enjoy food and libation with friends. If you want to keep your friends, you can’t always pick the type of food you will eat with them.

So, there’s this book on my nightstand. Another little book making big promises. It helped that a medical doctor, Tasneem Bhtia, wrote it but in a clear, non-medical language. Even so, the idea of reading a book about the gut is enough to send me on a seven-day fast. Being bored one evening, however, I scanned the pages and read only the bits Montague had underlined. All very interesting stuff about the good and bad bugs that war

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I raced to the store and bought the necessary ingredients. The next morning, I gagged down the vinegar before realizing that I could not drink that stuff each morning. That would have been the end of it if I had not returned to the store and found bottles of apple cider vinegar mixed with cinnamon and honey. The next morning, the vinegar went down easily followed “The 21-Day Belly Fix” (Photo by Chris Ahrens) by fresh ginger tea and rice within us. Still, nothing moved cakes. Although it’s not ideal, me into action until I hit page 76, I later eat whatever I want for and digested a quick tidbit that breakfast.

While the entire 21-day plan would make life better without taking away all the pleasure in it. is a bit more complicated and All that was required was to requires more discipline, I found drink a tablespoon of apple cider that the initial three steps were vinegar dissolved in three table- easily incorporated into my life. spoons of water, followed by a cup With minimum effort, my gut is of ginger tea and two brown rice shrinking and I feel pretty darn cakes spread with a teaspoon of good. My next step is to try the coconut and a teaspoon of olive 21-day plan. Ready when you oil each morning. That I could do. are, Montague.■

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SEASIDECOURIER.COM — JULY 2015 WESTFIELD, FROM PAGE 1 According to Dickey, that’s been now pushed back a year, with work not scheduled to start until next year and a targeted completion date of fall 2017.

“We are taking a thoughtful, customer-centric approach that will give us the flexibility to respond to North County’s evolving retail market and ensure the end result fully reflects the desires of our community,” she wrote.

Westfield Carlsbad’s website has been updated to reflect the year-long delay and still includes a glowing description of the planned “reinvention,” which also will include “lush landscape and water features” and “touch points for the entire family.”

But on Westfield’s corporate website, in the company’s first-quarter update, published May 14, Westfield Carlsbad is not mentioned under “future development.” Two proj-

ects are scheduled for 2015: Westfield Century City ($800 million) and Westfield London (600 million pounds). Four projects are listed for 2016 – 2018: Westfield University Town Centre, Westfield Milan (Italy), Westfield Valley Fair (California) and Westfield Croydon (UK).

The Carlsbad mall was built in 1969 by May Centers, Inc., which opened a similar mall, Parkway Plaza in El Cajon three years later. For a brief period in time, Plaza Camino Real was the biggest shopping center in all of San Diego County, a feat accomplished with the addition of a third anchor, Bullock’s — now Macy’s — in October 1980.

Westfield acquired Plaza Camino Real in 1994 and made its first announcement of a revitalization plan for the mall in 2009; that plan would be put on hold because of the depressed economy.■

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The city of Oceanside has retrofitted more than 7,700 street lights with LED lights. (Courtesy photo)

City of Oceanside named ‘Energy Champion’ Seaside Courier Staff an Diego Gas & Electric S honored the city of Oceanside recently with its 2015 Energy Champion award.

The city of Oceanside reduced energy consumption by implementing several projects, such as conducting a citywide street light inventory that resulted in retrofitting more than 7,700 street lights with LED lights.

The city expects a 50-percent energy savings from the installation of the new lights, plus an additional 20 percent from adaptive control units. Oceanside plans to soon begin phase two of that project, which includes the installation of 900 LED lights on the pier, parks, parking lots and post tops for safety and added

energy savings.

Additional energy- and water-saving actions taken by the city include: —Transitioning to droughttolerant landscaping; —Installing artificial turf and smart irrigation controllers at city facilities; —Turning off ornamental fountains; and —Expanding its existing recycled water capabilities.

The city additionally has implemented both photovoltaics and cogeneration to offset its energy use. This includes a 1 MW solar array at the San Luis Rey Water Reclamation facility, as well as cogeneration that burns waste gas from the digesters there, and at the La Salina Wastewater Treatment Plant. Moving forward, through its reclaimed water facility, solar and coven plants, the city is con-

tinuing its commitment to reduce costs and improve the environment, according to Public Works Division Manager Kiel Koger.

SDG&E offers its business customers solutions to manage and save energy including energy rebates, demand response programs, free onsite energyefficiency assessments and zero-interest financing programs.

“The sustainability efforts that these forward-thinking customers have implemented this past year are outstanding,” said Caroline Winn, chief energy delivery officer for SDG&E. “We are committed to a sustainable future and we look forward to continuing to help our business customers reduce their carbon footprint by finding innovative solutions to reduce their energy costs through the many rebates and incentives that are available through SDG&E.”■

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NORTH COUNTY NOTABLES LOCAL RESIDENTS MAKING A MARK

Carlsbad Citizens of the Year

Pictured from left to right: Taffy Cannon; Frank Whitton (Courtesy photos)

Longtime volunteers Taffy Cannon and Frank Whitton have been named Carlsbad Citizens of the Year. The annual award recognizes community members who have dedicated themselves to improving Carlsbad through outstanding service.

Cannon, who has lived in Carlsbad since 1990, has served on the board of the Friends of Library for 25 years. During that time she has helped raise an estimated $1.5 million for the library through book sales.

“It’s all about books and the library for me,” said Cannon, a published novelist. “I’ve been selling books for the library for 25 years — hundreds of thousands of books.”

Cannon has also served as a founding member and chair of the Carlsbad Library and Arts Foundation and assisted in libraries at Kelly Elementary and Valley Middle School. She was also active in local PTA boards.

She was given the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Volunteer Award for 4,000 hours of service, in 2003.

Whitton, who has lived in Carlsbad since 1996, began his

MIRA COSTA, FROM PAGE 4 biotechnology.

Now that MiraCosta College can offer a biomanufacturing baccalaureate program, she may be closer to achieving just that.

In January 2015, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors gave MiraCosta, along with 11 other California community colleges, initial approval to host pilot baccalaureate programs.

“This will be the first biomanufacturing baccalaureate degree offered at any public institution of higher education in the state of California,” said Mary Benard, vice president of Instructional Services. “This is an exciting time for the students and the local biotech industry.”

The biomanufacturing baccalaureate degree program will prepare students for employment in the manufacturing sector of the biotechnology industry, which includes biotherapeutics, diagnostics, supplies and services, and industrial products. The degree will also prepare graduates for technical and quality-assurance/ control-related positions.

“Objectively, this is a remark-

volunteer work in the city with the Carlsbad Traffic Commission where he served for four years.

He also served two years on the Juvenile Justice Panel until his appointment to the Planning Commission, where he served from 2002 to 2009.

Whitton’s most recent contribution to the city was creating the Carlsbad Fire Department Foundation, which has raised almost $100,000 in donations in less than a year.

After retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1978, Whitton served as an associate dean of the San Diego Community College District, where he directed two schools at the Naval Training Center.

The Citizen of the Year program is more than 40 years old and honors community members who have given their time and energy toward the civic improvement, beautification and betterment of the city of Carlsbad.

This year’s honorees, selected by a committee of Carlsbad residents, were recognized during a ceremony held June 30 at Carlsbad City Hall.■

ably worthy degree program that is industry-responsive and that offers in-demand career paths within an industry segment that is one of the largest in the nation,” said Mike Fino, MiraCosta College biological sciences instructor.

The four-year degree program will be up and running by the 2017/18 academic year.■

Pictured from left to right at the June 6, 2015 scholarship ceremony: Arielle Kristin Michaelis, San Dieguito Academy; Hannah Catalina Roberts, Santa Fe Christian; Jenny Paschall, president of the Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library, and chair of the scholarship committee; Samantha Romero, San Dieguito Academy; Amber Shea Miller, La Costa Canyon; and Gabriela Lipson, Canyon Crest Academy. (Courtesy photo)

Cardiff scholars

Continuing a 10-year tradition, the Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library awarded $1,500 scholarships to five graduating high school seniors during a ceremony held June 6.

The scholarship recipients were: Arielle Kristin Michaelis, who graduated from San Dieguito Academy and will attend Western Washington University in the fall. She plans to study neuroscience with the ultimate goal of working to find treatments and cures for mental disorders.

Hannah Catalina Roberts, who graduated from Santa Fe Christian and will attend San Diego State University where she plans to begin her

journalism career.

Samantha Romero, who graduated from San Dieguito Academy and will attend University of California, Riverside, to study business economics.

Amber Shea Miller, who graduated from La Costa Canyon High School and will attend University of Southern California where she will study philosophy.

Gabriela Lipson, who graduated from Canyon Crest Academy and will attend Pomona College in Claremont to study neuroscience and music.

To qualify for the scholarships, applicants were required to live within one of the five communities that make up the city of Encinitas and submit essays about their own library experiences and their reasons for planning to pursue higher education, as well as letters of recommendation from two non-family members.■

PeaceMaker award

The Rotary Club of Carlsbad on June 11 presented its first-ever PeaceMaker Award to Kids for Peace, a Carlsbad-based organization for students whose mission is to “cultivate every child’s innate ability to foster peace through cross-cultural experiences and hands-on arts, service and environmental projects.”

Kids for Peace was launched nine years ago in a Carlsbad backyard by a mom, Jill McManigal, and a high school student, Danielle Gram, and has since grown into a global nonprofit with more than 100 connected chapters around the world.

Kids for Peace founder McManigal said the organization’s goal is to have chapters in every country around the world, noting it now has 10,000 volunteers and is about to get its third paid staff member.

One of the group’s best-known endeavors is its annual Great Kindness Challenge, which seeks to promote anti-bullying efforts on school campuses

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NORTH COUNTY BUSINESS NOTES

DoubleTree San Diego Del Mar (Courtesy photo)

DoubleTree San Diego-Del Mar under new ownership The DoubleTree San Diego-Del Mar hotel has been sold to Southwest Value Partners.

The five-story hotel property originally opened in 1991 and underwent a partial renovation in 2012. It’s located in the Del Mar Heights area of San Diego near Interstate 5 and State Route 56.

Southwest Value Partners has retained Dimension Development Company as the new operating manager of the hotel, which will continue to operate under the “DoubleTree by

Hilton” license. The firm will also improve the asset through targeted capital investment and a focus on providing premium hospitality services to hotel guests.

The sale — the price of which was not disclosed — of the 224-room hotel was arranged

by CBRE Hotels, a specialized advisory group within CBRE providing brokerage, valuation and capital markets services to companies in the hotel sector.■

Local financial expert Solana Beach doctor named among ‘40 Under 40’ joins Angel Faces board Encinitas resident Cullen Roche has been named to InvestmentNews’ 2015 “40 Under 40” project, which aims to provide a glimpse of the tremendous potential in the financial advice industry by finding often unrecognized young talent doing remarkable things.

Roche, a graduate of Georgetown University, is the founder of San Diego- Cullen Roche (Courtesy photo) based Orcam Financial Group, LLC. Prior to founding Orcam, he worked at Merrill Lynch, then managed a private partnership.

He wrote his first book, “Pragmatic Capitalism: What Every Investor Needs to Know about Money and Finance” in 2014, but is probably best known for the writing he does online at Pragcap.com, where he describes himself as an entrepreneur, author, financial expert, outdoorsman and animal lover who has been self-employed since he was 25.

Roche is also the author of a widely-read white paper titled, “Understanding the Modern Monetary System.”

The key attributes the editorial staff of Investment News looked for among 1,200 nominations received for the project in 2014 and 2015 were: accomplishment to date, contribution to the industry, leadership and promise, according to Christina Nelson, managing editor of New Yorkbased publication.■

Melanie Palm, founding director of Art of Skin MD, was named to the board of directors for Angel Faces, an Encinitas-based nonprofit dedicated to helping teen girls suffering from burn and trauma injuries.

Palm, a resident of Solana Beach, also serves as an assistant clini- Melanie Palm (Courtesy photo) cal professor at the University of California, San Diego, and staff physician at Scripps Encinitas Memorial Hospital. She graduated with high distinction earning a joint degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Booth Graduate School of Business.

“We welcome Melanie to our world of courage beyond the imaginable,” said Lesia Cartelli, founder/CEO of Angel Faces. “She deeply and passionately understands our mission and we’re honored to have her wisdom and leadership on our board of directors.” ■

Real estate firm helping veterans go solar Willis Allen Real Estate, a San Diego real estate firm with an office in Del Mar, is partnering with GRID Alternatives San Diego to launch “Operation: Solar for San Diego Troops” in order to transition veterans to clean and renewable energy.

Willis Allen will donate time and monetary resources to help GRID Alternatives provide energy cost-savings and a source of clean local energy to local veterans’ homes, and hands-on experience for veteran volunteers. Four of the projects will be in partnership with the veterans’ program of Habitat for Humanity.

“We at Willis Allen feel very fortunate to be helping GRID Alternatives with Operation: Solar for San Diego Troops and are passionate about this project,” said Andy Nelson, CEO and president of Willis Allen. “As a veteran myself, I’m honored to be a part of something that gives back to those who’ve served.

“We’ve just designated 30 agents as ‘green’ and this is our way of walking the walk, not just talking the talk. We’re committed to making our community more environmentally-friendly and look forward to maintaining a relationship with GRID Alternatives for future builds.”

Individuals can nominate a veteran who can benefit from Operation: Solar for San Diego Troops by sending their name and brief story to: operationsolar@gridalternatives.org.

To learn more about GRID Alternatives San Diego or to get involved in Operation: Solar for San Diego Troops, visit Gridalternatives.org/sandiego.■

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This rendering shows the site plan for the retail center Caruso Affiliated is proposing for Carlsbad. (Courtesy photo)

Carlsbad: Nordstrom pegged as anchor tenant Thomas K.

Arnold

Contributing writer

Carlsbad may finally be getting a Nordstrom department store.

Caruso Affiliated confirmed in June that the Seattle-based fashion retailer will be the anchor tenant of the open-air retail, dining and entertainment complex the company is proposing to build on the southern shores of Agua Hedionda Lagoon just east of Interstate 5 and north of Cannon Road — the current home of Carlsbad’s strawberry fields.

“During our three years of listening to Carlsbad residents, we have learned that Nordstrom was the topmost request from the community when it came to retail,” Caruso Affiliated CEO Rick Caruso said in a statement. “Our plans, envisioned as a gathering place for friends and family, truly reflect the desires and wishes expressed by the community. We are thrilled that Nordstrom has committed to be our fashion anchor, and are confident its presence will set the tone for the gathering place we are seeking to create in Carlsbad.”

Nordstrom is planned as a two-level, full-line store, totaling approximately 123,000 square feet.

“We’re grateful for the more than 30 years of support we’ve

received from our customers in San Diego County and we’re thrilled at the opportunity to better serve many of those customers with a store closer to their home,” said Jamie Nordstrom, president of stores for Nordstrom Inc. “We have a long-standing relationship with Caruso Affiliated and look forward to working closely with Caruso’s team and the Carlsbad community to offer our customers a great shopping experience.”

It will be the largest building in the low-profile center, which will occupy 26 of the 48 acres earmarked for commercial use under Proposition D, passed by Carlsbad voters in 2006.

The rest of the acreage will be added to 155 acres of land designated as open space by the same voter-approved measure.

Caruso has an agreement to buy 203 acres of land on the southern shore of Agua Hedionda Lagoon from San Diego Gas & Electric, pending approval of his proposed project. He plans on turning over most of the land — currently inaccessible to the public — to a conservancy, to keep it in its natural state for perpetuity.

Caruso is proposing to build the 26-acre center just east of the freeway. The open-air promenade will have a market, a movie theater and a “curated collection of high-quality retailers,” according to a news release.

Pet of the month

The center also will feature an assortment of restaurants, from casual to fine dining, that take advantage of the lagoon and open space views.

The complex will include public gathering spaces and mature landscaping and trees, designed to blend in with the area.

Of the 203 acres Caruso plans on buying, 85 percent will be free of commercial development — which is why the proposal is being called the “85/15 Plan.”

“Private revenue from retail plans will fund 176 acres of new access to open space, preservation of its beloved strawberry farming and additional ways to enjoy Carlsbad,” Caruso said.

A petition drive is currently underway to streamline the approval process. Once the required signatures have been collected and presented to the Carlsbad City Council, council members can either approve the plan or place it on the ballot.

Construction could start within six months of final approval, with the center opening as early as 2018.

In the meantime, preparation is under way of a comprehensive report authorized May 19 by the Carlsbad City Council to analyze the proposed project that would require a specific plan.

“The report will provide information to help the City Council, city staff and the public evaluate

Dune is the Seaside Courier pet of the month at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

He’s a 1-year-old, 37-pound, Australian Shepherd/Labrador Retriever mix.

Dune is friendly and social with a ton of energy. He needs an active family who will include him in everything they do. If you already have a dog, great — Dune loves dogs!

Dune arrived at RCHS from Hawaii, as the Kauai Humane Society gets more than twice as many pets as it can handle. Through the Shelter Partner Program, anyone flying nonstop from Kauai to San Diego on Alaska Airlines can escort up to five dogs. Kauai Humane Society delivers the dogs to the airport; Alaska Airlines flies them at no charge; RCHS picks them up at Lindbergh Field.

The $145 adoption fee for Dune includes a Dune (Courtesy photo) medical examination, vaccinations, neutering and a registered microchip.

753-6413 for more information or to sponsor Find your best friend at Rancho Coastal a pet until it’s adopted.

Humane Society at 389 Requeza St. in RCHS’ kennels and cattery are open from Encinitas or log on to SDpets.org. Call 760- 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day but Tuesday.

the initiative,” according to a city news release.

The proposal has garnered support from key Carlsbad groups. It has been endorsed by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, the San Diego Farm Bureau, and by a coalition of Carlsbad residents, including past Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce presidents and former Carlsbad planning commissioners.

The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation says it supports the project because Caruso will build trails and picnic sites as well as new filtration systems to protect the lagoon and safeguard the watershed.

The San Diego Farm Bureau says it supports the project because it will allow agricultural use to continue on more than 50 acres of land. Jimmy Ukegawa’s strawberry fields will be moved eastward and expanded, with more crops and a farm-to-table restaurant.

Prop. D called for agricultural use to continue on the land “as long as feasible,” according to an impartial analysis by the League of Women Voters, and observers have long feared that when the economics no longer make sense, Carlsbad’s famed “strawberry fields” would cease to exist. Under Caruso’s plan, strawberry farming is both sustainable and economically viable, Ukegawa said.■

Other happenings this month at RCHS: Don’t miss the “Clicker Training” workshop, to be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. Sarah Surritt, owner of Get Pawsitive Dog Training, will teach dog owners how to get faster results.

The cost is $20, with half of the fee going to RCHS. For more information or to reserve a spot, email volunteer@sdpets.org or call 760-753-6413, ext. 109.

The Community Pet Food Bank at RCHS provides food and other supplies for the pets of senior citizens, families who are working poor, people with disabilities or terminal illnesses, veterans, and members of the homeless community. The Pet Food Bank helps people who might otherwise be forced to give up their best friends.

For more information or to make a donation visit RCHS, call 760-753-6413 or log on to Sdpets.org.■

MUSIC / COMMENTARY

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Mayor's Minute:

On the agenda: Puppy mills, a sheriff's deputy and AB 744 $200,000. Although all public Kristin speakers at the meeting were Gaspar in favor, the motion to hire only Mayor of Encinitas one Deputy failed.

Commentary A few days after the additional deputy was voted down, Council Happy Fourth of July, Members Kranz and Shaffer conEncinitas! I hope you have had vened an impromptu meeting a great start to your summer in to further explore the relative importance and methods of delivSan Diego’s finest city!

The agenda item drawing ering our public safety needs, the most public interest during in the absence of professional June was puppy mills. Last Sheriff’s Department representaweek, the Council re-affirmed tion. When the council members that Encinitas is the pet-friendly made their formal presentation capital of San Diego by unani- at the following council meeting, mously voting to ban puppy and one of their key recommendakitten mills. While I am gener- tions was to use park rangers, ally not a fan of bans, our puppy instead of a sheriff. At the mill ordinance will be a cost- Council meeting, I clarified that effective, pro-active measure, this plan, while cheaper, would preventing an inhumane activ- guarantee less attention to the ity which has literally no support Downtown because state penal amongst our citizenry. The code 830.31 specifies that park ordinance will not preclude our rangers’ jurisdiction is confined residents from obtaining a puppy to parks and could not extend into our Downtown neighbordirectly from a breeder.

Another item drawing great hoods. I also clarified that the interest was the Council’s City of Del Mar has tried the consideration of hiring an “Park Ranger Approach,” but additional Sheriff’s deputy. judges have dismissed the park As you may know, there has rangers’ citations written outbeen considerable public side the park jurisdiction.

The Council then asked about outcry for additional policing, particularly Downtown. In the possibility of our senior citimy weekly meetings with the zen volunteer sheriffs patrolling Sheriff’s Department and in the Downtown at night (again the Captain’s presentation to probably because it is cheaper), the Council, clear and compel- but the Sheriff’s Department ling reasons were specified for said their common practice is to hiring 2-5 additional deputies. keep their volunteers away from Council Member Muir and I potentially volatile situations.

In the end, the City budget voted to hire one additional deputy, specifically to help passed without hiring even with the Downtown Area, which one of the 2-5 Deputies recomwould have created a two man mended by our Sheriff Captain, patrol team, at the cost of about despite significant public outcry

for additional police resources.

Many citizens conclude that the Council may not have voted to fund the additional deputy because the City is in less than “excellent” financial condition.

As I’ve said previously, it’s all about priorities and careful longrange planning when it comes to the budget. Public safety must remain our top priority. A balanced budget does not guarantee that the priorities within it align with the expectations of our citizenry.

I’m sure there will be more to come on this item as the Council works together to meet your needs on a limited budget.

To finish out the month, I signed a letter (which was sent to state legislators) opposing AB 744, a density bonus and land use bill, which is rapidly advancing through the California legislature. This was an easy decision because the unanimous Council understands that local control of development is a top priority for our citizens. However, considering the vast partisan support for AB 744 in the statehouse, a letter from our City will not likely be enough to change its course.

If you would like to get involved by personally weighing in on AB744, consider calling either your elected Assembly Member or your State Senator.

I hope to see you or talk to you soon around town, at an event, or Council meeting.

Gratefully yours in service, Kristin Gaspar, Mayor of Encinitas kgaspar@encinitasca.gov ■

Encinitas: Orchestra to perform ‘Pops Picnic II’ Seaside Courier Staff The North Coast Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Swem will perform “Pops Picnic II” on Sunday, July 26 at the Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park

Drive.

The performance begins at 4 p.m. Prior to that, beginning at 2 p.m., the orchestra and the San Diego County Music Exchange will sponsor an instrument “petting zoo.”

Children attending the petting zoo will receive a free ticket to the concert.

The program of light classical and pops music will include “Huapango” by Jose Pablo Moncayo; selections from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” by Howard Shore; pieces from the musical “Ragtime” by Stephen Flaherty; “The Best of the Beatles” arranged by Calvin Custer; and much more.

Tables seating up to eight people will be set up so that the audience can enjoy a picnic supper during the concert.

Guests should bring food; however, no alcoholic beverages are permitted.

Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. The prices is $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors, students and military service members.

Families will be charged a maximum of $25.

Reservations are not required.

More information is available from the orchestra website at Northcoastsymphony.com.

The orchestra is sponsored in part by the city of Encinitas and the Mizel Family Foundation.■

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This month’s not-to-miss live music events Jen Van Tieghem Contributing writer

7 p.m. on Sunday, July 5: Nena Anderson at Solace and the Moonlight Lounge, Encinitas. Free.

This one looks like an idyllic way to wind down after the Fourth of July holiday. Anderson’s luscious vocals are sure to soothe along with the ambiance of the Moonlight Lounge. A little birdy tells us the singer-songwriter is working on new material but is sure to play some favorites off her 2011 album, “Beyond the Lights.” Anderson always presents a refreshing blend of folk, pop and rock with just a little tinge of country thrown in. And if you miss this one she’ll be back in the lounge on Aug 2. EatAtSolace.com Noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 11: SWITCHFOOT, NEEDTOBREATHE, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors and Colony House at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. Free.

7 p.m. on Thursday, July 16: The Drowning Men, The Bulls and Trouble in the Wind at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach. $13-$15.

For nearly a decade, Oceanside band The Drowning Men has been crafting its eclectic style, blending influences both old and new — think The Talking Heads meets Arcade Fire. The unconventional vocals by Nato Bardeen add to the intriguing nature of the band’s music while the deft group of musicians create a rich and powerful sound with addictive harmonies. The lineup also includes shoegaze rockers The Bulls from L.A. and San Diego’s own Americana darlings, Trouble in the Wind. BellyUp.com

9 p.m. on Friday, July 17: The Paragraphs, El Consumption and Roadside Coyotes at Mr. Peabody’s, Encinitas. Free.

A trifecta of San Diego rock bands hits Mr. P’s for a Friday night party. Guitarist Kyle Areford will be pulling double duty playing with The Paragraphs and El Consumption. The latter is a female-fronted outfit with classic countryfied jams that vacillate between hard beats and sweet lullabies. The Roadside Coyotes, who infuse their stuff with a little funk and hard rock, just released a new album, “Dependent Origination,” so expect to hear some tunes from that. PeabodysRocks.com 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 18: Rubio’s fourth annual CoastFest Beach Cleanup and Party featuring music by The Mowgli’s, Max and the Moon, Hullabaloo and The Boo Hoo Crew at Junior Seau Pier Amphitheatre, Oceanside. Free.

This unique community event is perfect for the whole family. The event begins with a beach cleanup hosted by I Love a Clean San Diego from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by free surf lessons, a kids’ zone, free food and of course, live music. The main stage will feature two L.A. rock bands — The Mowgli’s and Max and the Moon — while the Kids’ Stage will feature well-known makers of children’s music Hullabaloo and The Boo Hoo Crew.

The chance to freshen up one of our beautiful beaches followed by a day of fun-filled festivities: what’s not to love? RubiosCoastFest.com

Out of the Woods Pick of the Month 9 p.m. on Friday, July 10: Dead Feather Moon and Spero at The Merrow, Hillcrest. $10.

North County favorites Dead Feather Moon are making the trek to central San Diego for this one — and you should too. The alt-rockers put on a vibrant live show playing songs from their last two albums and a much-anticipated upcoming disc. Their sets always combine thunderous numbers that highlight the power of singer Justen Berge’s voice along with softer songs that show his range. They’ll be joined by another local group, Spero, who are equally enthralling live with their blues-tinged rock ‘n’ roll laced with killer piano riffs.

TheMerrow.com ■

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