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Will Geer festival continues tonight A smorgasbord of one-act plays is currently being presented during the Will Geer festival at the Palomar College Theatre. Performances will continue tonight and tomorrow at 7:30p.m.
By Betty Hollman Making people happy is what Alice Rejniak is all about. Her Carmen Miranda headpiece, rhinestone eyelashes, and flamboyant frippery all help to create her laughable clown character of Gypsy+ Do. Rejniak or Gypsy+ Do, as she prefers to be called, will be appearing here June 2 at 12 noon in P-32. The show, which is being sponsored by the Undefeated Club, will focus on building the self-esteem of handicapped individuals.
The unique quality of the festival is that each performance is different from the others, so that at each night's presentation audiences will see different plays. Tonight's fare will include "God" by Woody Allen 1 "The Loveliest Afternoon of the ¡ Year;' by John Guare and "Something I'll Tell You
Dancers show variety of styles
As director of the Sunrise Handicapped Theater Guild, Rejniak is familiar with the problems of the physically disabled. She places little emphasis on the fact that she suffers with birth defects which for three years kept her confined to a wheelchair. Concentrating on the positive is the thread that runs through all her original productions. That upbeat outlook is obvious when she explains the title of her current show. "I call it 'Oh! D-ahle! Whoa!'If you put a nice big X over the 'd' in disable what you have is 'is able'. I just shortened it to make the D-ahle. The 'Whoa!' is saying you can't keep able people down." Clowning began for Rejniak ten years ago when she was working as a nurse. "One of the things that bothered me about being a nurse was I never had enough time to give personal comforting care to patients. There was a call inside me that said these poeple needed someone to give them laughter, music and touch. So I just began being that person." Her painted-on grin grows larger when she adds, "To me the clown is still a nurse, but mynursingis being done through clowning." Gypsy+ Do is the newest member to her family of clown personalities. This whimsical little charmer was born while Rejniak was attending a class in clownology at San Diego State. "We had to come up with a new image and style for the class." Waving one of her many scarves she says, "I saw Rita Hayworth as a gypsy and just loved her part. So I decided that for my own fantasy I would combine the gypsy and the clown." She admits that being a free spirited gypsy while clowning has added new dimension to her personal life. "I've never worn jewelry, but Gypsy+ Do does and now so do I. My way of dressing has even changed. I feel free to wear less conservative outfits~ Taking her laughter to all who need it, she clowns in hospitals, convalescent homes and with the handicapped. This summer she has been asked to be the official greeter clown during handicap days at the Del Mar Fair. A big dream of the small five foot clown is to build a mobile theater for the handicapped. The theater would introduce the handicapped to the stage and the general public to the physically limited person. "I believe that theater is therapy for everybody, With music and clowning comes laughter and the opportunity to put down your weariness for just awhile." This bright and sensitive lady of mirth makes it all the easier to believe that laughter is indeed the best medicine.
CLOWNING AROUND- Gypsy+Do (alias Alice Rejniak), will appear next Wednesday, June 2 at noon in Room P-32. The event is (Photo by v. Knox) being sponsored by the Undefeated Club.
Liter.ary magazine goes on sale Webster's definition of BRAVURA: a bold attempt or display of daring; brilliant technique. BRAVURA is also the title of Palomar's annual literary magazine. Published through the joint effort of the students and faculty of the English, Art and Graphic Communications Departments and funded by the ASG, it is on sale now in the bookstore ($1.10) and the
English Department office ($1) The magazine (in it's new full color cover designed and illustrated by Kim Fraley) is comprised of short stories and poems written by students. Though the vast majority of material is from students enrolled in creative writing courses, Linda Byrd, editor-in-cheif, said she " ... would like a greater spectrum of students to submit material for publication"
Dances ranging from a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, modern and tap will be performed by the Workshop Dancers in the Palomar College Educational Theatre, June 4 and 5 at 8 p.m., with a matinee June 5 and June 6 at 2:30p.m. The dances are pieces choreographed by students and teachers and are being presented by the Palomar Speech/Theatre Department. Some of the dances scheduled in ballet are Festival of the Dragon, Shadows, Dreams, Trio Fiasco, Trio Fantastico, Music Box Dancers, Fulfillment, Spring Offering and Renaissance Suite. Jazz pieces to be presented are City of Life, Flame Thrower, Mack the knife, Bette Davis Eyes, Struttin', Whhhiz, Tap Solo and Jungle Romp. In modern daJlce Sides of Catherine will be performed with by Manheim Steamroller. Tickets are available at the Palomar Theatre box office, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The tickets are $2.50 for students, senior citizens and staff and $3.50 for general admission. For more information call 7441156.
Tuesday" also by Guare. "God" directed by George Karnoff is a comedy in every sense. Viewers can expept the unexpected in typical Woody Allen style. Ominous circumstances abbund as a romantic tryst develops in "The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year". Gare' s other original play is directed by Philip Drenth. The play, entitled•'Something I'll Tell you Tuesday," revolves around a woman who realizes that she is getting old. This is a serious play flavored with bits of comic relief. On May 29 theatergoers will view Robert Anderson's "Double Solitaire." Also included will be the "Interview" by Jean-Claud von Italle. "Solitaire" is a surrealistic and futuristic play in which you can rent-a-family. "Double Solitaire" concerns an older and a younger couple renewing their marriage vows. The real essence of the play is that everybody gets tired of having sex with the same person every night. From the trilogy of plays "American Hurrah" by von Italle, "The Interview" speaks out against war and religion, and makes a statement that no matter who you are, you can't change the system ,you can't win. The annual Will Geer one-act play festival allows drama students to chose and direct a play.
Plantetarium presents shows Eyes on the Universe will be the featured lecture every Wednesday evening throughout June in the Planetarium. The scheduled topic is telescopes. Planetarium performances are offered to the general public and admission is free. The evening performances begin at 7 p.m. with a concert under the stars. At 7:30 p.m. the monthly program starts, followed by telescopic observations and/or a special film in the Planetarium at 8:30p.m. Reservations for the June 2, 9, 16, or 30 showing are desirable, particulary for large groups. To make reservations call Ext. 744-1150 or 727-7529.
Payment expected on veteran debts
NOW SHOWING - Art created by Palomar students is currently on display in the Boehm Gallery through June 12. Gallery hours are:
Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The above is a work of Mark Ryden. (Photo by Susan Greene)
The VA and the Department of Justice have begun a joint, nationwide effort to collect debts owed by veterans who attended school under the GI Bill. Most of the monies owed to the agency stem from educational overpayments while the veteran was in school or from defaulted education loans. The VA's aim is to collect debts of under $1,200 in instances where the veteran has not made any repayment arrangements. Debts in excess of $1,200 are being referred to the Department of Justice for collection. Furthermore, legislation is now being considered in Congress which would allow the government to report the names of the delinquent debtors to commercial credit rating bureaus. The legislation would also permit the government to withold wages of federal employees who owe monies for education and loan payments.
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The Telescope, Friday, May 28, 1982
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Author's·drama is true story ByKenBaer Ellie Myer's final hours were brought to life by drama students last night at the College Theatre in the production of "Bearing Gifts," an original play written by Eugenia Peterson. Based on a true story, "Bearing Gifts" relates the story of a New York newspaperwoman dying of cancer, whose professional contacts bring her gifts and thus present her life story. "Bearing Gifts" is the third play Eugenia Peterson has written for the annual One-Act Festival. "Nearer My George to Thee" was a senior citizen romance ending in suicide, and "The listener" was "a real good pyschological thriller diller." Eugenia, a 67-year-old Vista resident, retired from the newspaper business nine years ago. "I love to write. I never really wanted to write for newspapers - I wouldn't say that I was successful, but I was dedicated. You must be dedicated, set a goal and make a beeline for it." To say the least, Eugenia is modest. What she refers to as "flit.ting here, flitting there," I would term "working your buns off." Eugenia began her newspaper career by working for City News Service in L.A, which had a contract with United Press International. That was in the 30's. Next, she accepted the offer to edit the Burbank News, which, "in one year had three publishers," then moved to Connecticut to write for the Sunday Herald, a state-wide feature paper. Genia moved back to Califomia and married John Clarke. She took time off and didn't work for eight years. In 1952, her new husband drowned in a fishing accident. After the loss of her spouse, she wrote for El Centro's Imperial Valley Press, and was a correspondent for Newsweek magazine, the United States Information Service and the Los Angeles Examiner. Duties on The Press included covering the El Centro Sheriffs Department, who, according to Genia, ''made my life hell!" "That Sheriffs Department was riddled with corruption! There were a lot of abuses that they were afraid would be discovered. They didn't want a reporter around, especially a woman." Due to the extreme heat of El Centro, Eugenia moved to El Cajon where she wrote for the Valley News, then to Chula Vista to pen stories for the local Star News. After visiting her friend Ruth back East, (Ellie in "Bearing Gifts"), and being introduced to the editor of the Newburgh News (New York), Eugenia decided to move to the East coast in 1958. "It was a different world than Southem California - an old, ancient city where George Washington had his headquarters during the Revolutionary War." "The obits were the biggest part of the paper!" The year 1960 brought Genia back to California where she edited the National City Star News and the Chula Vista Star News concurrently. "It was a killer, but very interesting." The move to San Juan Capistrano, "a honky-tonk town with an over-commercialized Mission," gained Eugenia the editing position of the Coast Dispatch, then she became a staffer for the Santa Ana Register. The years 1968 through 1972 were occupied as public relations director for the San Diego YWCA, the San Diego Children's Hospital and the San Diego County Mental Health Association. Of all the stories Genia wrote, the one about the 19-year-old Connecticut boy she saved from the
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Eugenia Peterson electric chair is her favorite. The boy, Leonard Richards, cried to Genia as she rode with him to the state prison in the back seat of a trooper's car that he didn't want to die. He told the reporter his version of the story. After interviewing each juror one by one, and publishing the various reactions of each, the district attomey asked to have the death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. A ''model prisoner," Leonard was the warden's houseboy, the priest's altar boy and the assistant baseball coach. He was released after serving 15 years. Genia wrote an amusing feature on consumer fraud involving T.V. repairmen. Visiting local T.V. repair shops to get a "cost-repair estimate" (which was merely a disconnected wire that Genia herself undid), the repairs ranged from unrealistic to ridiculous. Genia wrote a continuing series on mental health, and in Newburgh,
Health program will be offered Certification for nurse assistants and home health aides will again be offered through the Gateways program for Health Careers. In spite of the growing unemployment rate, there has been a steady demand for home health aides and most, if not all, who complete the program find immediate employement. Dr. Mary Breen, coordinator of Gateways, views this as an excellent opportunity for those seeking to acquire a new job skill and to enter the first rung of the health career ladder. The summer program is accelerated as it is only half the length of the regular semester. As a result , students attend class for two six-hour days on campus each week, and two days a week in a clinicallab or hospital. This eight- week course IS scheduled for June 28 through August 23. Students will enroll in two classes: Nursing 165- Core Concepts for Health Personnel (3 units) and Nursing 166-Campus Lab and Clinical Lab (3 units) For more information and an interview appointment, contact the Gateways Program, ext. 2607.
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kept the town informed on the progress of a 4-year-old heart surgery patient, who eventually died. She also met various heads-ofstate from foreign countries, and covered the fire and police departments of numerous cities, and the courts. After retiring in 1973, the Sioux City, Iowa native tied the knot with a retired psychiatrist and neurologist Dr. Peterson in 1975. (Dr. Peterson was honored by the San Diego County Mental Health Association as a pioneer psychiatrist. Peterson was the first fulltime private-practise psychiatrist in San Diego county.) Looking out into the avocado and citrus groves from her spacious and comfortable blue-tiled Vista home, Eugenia Peterson is content. This is her dream - what she worked so hard for all those years. The serenity is disrupted only with more of the same: the Peterson's enjoy taking off in their motorhome to engage in some fishing, and for Eugenia, more writing. She is secretly working on her autobiography, although she won't admit it. When it's published, you can bet it will be a best-seller.
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The position of Associated Student Government Treasurer is open for any student who has completed or is presently enrolled in Bookeeping or Accounting 1. For more information contact the Dean of Student Mfairs at extension 2594.
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Five winners were announced as the ticket holders in the raffle sponsored by the Palomar College Speech Team. Winning $100 each were Pat Green,J ane Kaiser,Pat Pascal and Jack Schoenbein and Brad Moore.
To dispel the myth that third world problems only happen over there, Bush Mama focuses on Dorothy, a black woman living in Watts, on welfare, trying to raise a daughter while her man is in jail. This film, the last in the senes, shows Wednesday, June 2 at 4 p.m. in P-32. Three positions are open for Judicial Advocates of the Associated Student Govemment. For more information see Tracy Hightower in the JA office (R-26).
Classified Ads Help Wanted Handicapped female Palomar student needs live-in homemaker. Salary $350 a month and share expenses on rent, utilities, etc. Please call Norma after 5 at 7411760. Farm work cooperative - Valley Center. 8 acre citrus grove and leased land. Looking for "helpers". Prefer two females. Call John, 7499522. Housing FOR RENT. Mexican cottage near Ensenada for staffmembers. Completely furnished. Sleeps six. $30 per night. Call Bob Lent 746-6062 evenings. Services Offered A Book Finding Service. No obligation to purchase. For information write or call: Fred Hastert, Books, P.O. Box 271249-F, Escondido, 92027-0760. (714) 746-1008. Need a new or better job? I can help you. Creative resumes and effective job search. Call Jim at 727-9675. Do people sometimes mistake you for a beached whale when your at the beach. If so call Jennifer at 7561296 and drop 7 to 15 pounds of blubber in just one week. Lost & Found FOUND. Class ring from Nanticoke Area High. Identify by initials in Bookstore.
MOBILE HOME REPOSSESSION, 24' x 48' mobile home. Low-interest rate, low down. Good starter home in Fallbrook. Call 744-1248. For Sale Ditto machine, Bell and Howell, excellent condition. $250 or best offer. Brenda Frybach, 743-6180. Evenings only.
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Wanted to Buy lionel or Marx electric trains. Will trade HO for 0 . See Dr. Archer in P-17C.
Dr. Roberto LaBriola, chairman of the Dental Advising Board, will host a picnic/boating graduation celebration at Lake San Marcos. All dental graduates and faculty are invited to attend the celebration which begins at noon June 18. For more information call 7441150 Ext. 2571.
Services Offered Pregnant? Troubled? Explore the altematives to abortion. Make decision both you and your baby can live with. Free professional counseling and services available. San Diego Pro-Life League 24-hour Hotline, 941-1515 or 583-5433.
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Playing on a team is more rewarding than competing for yourself. 1
By Roland de Beque Mueller's a one-woman track team . . . Palomar woman named top athlete of year . .. Comet track star sets national javelin record . . . . If you happened to glance at the sports page of any local newspaper recently, chances are you were greeted with one or more of the following headlines. The fact is that LiZMueller has received more print in papers lately than has Ann Landers. Mueller, Palomar's track and softball phenomenon, is currently enjoying one of the best years of any athlete in the college's history. Of the many records she holds, the most prestigious is the best javelin throw of any junior college woman .. . ever. Her toss of 173 feet and three inches at the Bakersfield Relays April 17 bettered the old mark by three and a half inches. Her talents don't stop there. The 1980VistaHighSchoolgraduatehas set conference records in the javelin, the discus (139 feet, nine inches), and the shot put (40 feet, 10 inches). She happens to be the only woman at Palomar out for track. After competing in a track meet, .most women head for the showers, but not blue-eyed Liz. She anchors the Comets' softball team at third base, and, more often than not, travels directly from the field to the
softball diamond. Apparently, the batted in and had also stroked four schedule. makers didn't think · homers. She was, in fact, recruited by Eldridge for her softball abilities, anyone could be in two places at the but her talents have paid off in same time, but Liz has managed duplicate. Does Eldridge know how quite well. to choose athletes or not? An interesting footnote to the At the Mission Conference track story is that Liz had never thrown a finals, Liz won the javelin and shot javelin until arriving here in the fall of 1980, but she has proven to be a · put events, while placing second in the discus, to amass 28 points all by fast learner. herself. "I was active in track during high That same day she popped the school, but there is no javelin event game-winning home run for the for that level," she said recently, softball teammates. while lounging in front of the " I enjoy both sports very much," women's locker room. "I always she said. "I've found that playing on wanted to try it, so when I arrived a team is more rewarding than here, Coach Eldridge said he would competing for yourself. It takes more help me." work to perform as a unit. A lot of Her record came as no surprise to things can go wrong on a team so Mark Eldridge, who doubles as when you win, it gives you more softball coach and Liz' track coach. satisfaction." Said Eldridge, " She has thrown When Liz leaves Palomar after the that far in pra ctice and I think she current semester, she will head to a can go over 180 or better. If she does, four-year school, although she is not it will stand for a while." sure which one. Physical education " I'd like to hit 180 this year and will be her field of study and she has 200 feet before my career is over," hopes of someday coaching track at Liz said, brushing back a blond curl. the high school or junior high level. "On the average, a javelin thrower Her picture keeps appearing in doesn't fulfill her potential until local sports pages and her name about eight years. I have a lot to keeps getting added to record books, but Liz seems to be taking it all in learn in the meantime." When Liz trades her track cleats stride. for baseball shoes, she does so " All this publicity is fine with seriously, not as an escape from the me," she admitted with no false track scene. At the beginning of modesty. " It doesn't bother me a bit May, she was hitting at a .365 clip, because I don't think a bout it very second highest on the team. She was much. I just wa nt to keep improving leading her teammates with 28 runs my record."
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PALOMAR TO PLAY IN NEW LEAGUE
Mission Conference.
By Roland de Beque
Let us observe a moment ot silence for the terminally ill Mission Conference. After this semester, the conference will succomb to the ailment known as lack of money and will be replac. ed by the newly-formed Pacific Coast Conference. Whether the new league will be immune to the malady that claimed its forerunner isn't known. The Mission Conference: born . 1969, died 1982. The announcement came after a meeting of Mission Conference college presidents at Golden West College March 19. Prompted by rising travel expenses and other money-spending variables, the
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losing long, established rivalries. tion of the new conference. Because of the geographical "I think it's great ," commented arrangement, athletes will be com- Waterman. "It willimprovethelevel peting against many of the same of competition and will bolster PaloJllar. will face four new OP":. opponents they faced in high school, hometown support. " ponents on its league schedule; just in different uniforms. MiraCosta, San Diego Mesa, GrossWaterman expects the Comets, a mont and Imperial Valley. Other "I believe," Ellison continued, powerhouse in most women's sports, conference members are ''the new conference will bring about Saddleback, San Diego City and great power imbalances. Mira Costa to be just as strong a force in the Southwestern. Chaffey, Citrus, and Imperial Valley are Division 11 PCC. Riverside and San Bernardino schools and now will be head-to"The addition of Mesa and GrossColleges will take part in the forma- head with much larger institutions.' mont really toughens things up. It's tion of new leagues in the Los true that old rivalries will be "The purpose of the Pacific Coast Angeles area. splintered, but new ones will crop Conference is to save money," said up." Reactions to the reshuffling Ellison. "Sizes of the schools, varied from disapproval to anticipa- differences in athletic programs and tion, depending on who you asked. existing rivalries weren't taken into "Fan and community support "I don't like the new conference," account." should improve dramatically. Vern Ellison, men's athletic direcPatty Waterman, women's Palomar versus MiraCosta will tor, stated bluntly. "We will be athletic director, favors the formadraw more interest than Palomar presidents voted to abandon the current set-up, opting for the new, locally-oriented arrangement.
Baseballers end year amid high hopes for '83
By Mike Pedretti Although Coach Bob Vetter's baseball squad didn't reach the .500 plateau this season, an improved 1618 record and a fourth place finish in the Mission Conference suits the rookie manager just fine. "We had a darn good year. Remember, this was a 12-24 team last year. That is quite an improvement." After starting the season fast by taking six of their first eight games, the second half saw the Comets drop ten of sixteen. "We kind of hit the skids," said Vetter. "The wrist injuries suffered by Troy Afenir and Tommy Davis really hurt us though."
"Since this was my first year here, you've got to remember that the sophomores had to re-adjust to my way of doing things." Several individual performances for the team deserve merit. Ace pitcher Russ Applegate , a righthander from San Pasqua} High, compiled a staff-leading ERA of 2.92. He had a 6-4 record and struck out 51 while walking just 29. "Russ had a fine year for us," explained Vetter. "Even the games he lost, he pitched well enough to win but we didn't get him any runs." Leftfielder Mitch Tybroski paced the locals with a .387 batting average, prompting Vetter to say. "Mitch showed a lot of hustle and de_termination this year."
.R.I.P. versus Chaffey," she concluded. The effects of Proposition 13, passed in 1978, acted as the virus that infected the Mission Conference 's wallet. Results of the realignment won't be known for several years and may be hard to dete_rmine because many of Palomar's non-league opponents are the same teams that are currently in the Mission Conference. Nonetheless, at the beginning of the fall semester, Palomar will be a member of the Pacific Coast Conference. The new conference won't affect the football and wrestling until1983 as the schedules for those sports were already made up prior to the March 19 decision.
Davis hit .319, follwed by John Grygera (.319) and Mark Matson (.302).
Vetter has very high hopes for the 1983 version of the Palomar baseball team. He will have Tybroski back. Afenir will be returning, if he doesn't sign with the Chicago Cubs. (He was a first round choice last year.) And, with the exeption of Applegate, he'll have his entire pitching staff returning from the season's almost all-freshman crew. "Will Flynt, Joey Koran and Carl Grovom could be outstanding for us," said Vetter. "If they want it bad enough, they could be our key to a fine team in '83. I'm really looking forward to next year."
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The Telescope, Friday, May 28, 1982
ENSENADA'8Z By Branden See Well everyone, here we are again. Sandwiched side by side with the more than 8,000 other bicycling enthusiasts, hoping to keep their pedaling machines and their sanity in one piece over the 72 mile course.
But what better way to spend a Sunday, right? Grinding up and down the hills of Highway 3, Baja California, until your legs ache, your head pounds, and you swear again and again that this will be the last time.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is TecateEnsenada, 1982. That's right, the one where all those crazy people come from miles around to throw themselves at the mercy of the rugged ride through Mexican backcountry.
Forget it, brother. You'll be here again next year. It must be Hussong's Cantina, or the friendly support crew, or jw;t the sight of the finish line that keeps them going. What else can there be? Or maybe it's all the hoopla and comradery of being part of a massive movement of people and machinery .
People of all ages, sex, and size who come to participate in this bicycling spectacle held annually here for the last twelve years. And they pay eight bucks to do it too! But they get what they pay for and more from Monday International and Budweiser, who sponsor the affair. Frequent rest stops stocked with reinforcements of oranges, water, fruit pies and bananas, offer the much needed relief for the road weary biker. Some of the stops even offer first aid and minor bicycle repair.
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(Counter clockwise from top left) The triumph of the velocipede enthusiast. First picture: the warm-up. Ensenada at Last! (2) Loading up for home (3), and the end result (4)
The ride begins promptly at 10 a.m., by which time most of the bikers have already warmed up. Some have warmed to a few cervezas, others from pedaling the final few miles into Tecate due to the heavy traffic. The sun is blistering hot. It seems like it's always hot in Mexico. It is supposed to be a fun ride, to promote friendship between the U.S. and our friends down south.
At the starting line the atmosphere is casual, if not festival, as the riders take their places in line. Some carry on conversations with their comrades, while others strategically apply varying amounts of tanning oil and sunscreen, discretely casting glances at one another. All anxiously await the start. First timers wonder what they've gotten themselves into as they ponder the events to come. Veterans fill their water bottles and fuss over their bicycles one last time. They know what is out there. Hills. Lots of hills. Then, when the effort is just about through, comes the headwinds. All this connected by a considerably less than desirable road. Rocks, dips, holes, and intermittent pavement cover the better parts of the ride, playing havoc on tires and posteriors. The culmination of a hard day's work comes when the bikers receive their first whiff of the Pacific's on-shore breeze and
the embracing stench of Ensenada's many canneries. The finish line is surrounded by spectators cheering the participants on, trying to catch a glimpse of their favorite rider. The man with the microphone blurts out times and comments about the mental state of the riders, who roll to a stop and look about in disbelief. It's over now, and it doesn't seem that bad. "Eight bucks well spent," cried a middle aged man searching for his friends. One rider whose seat broke off half-way through, and rode the rest of the way standing up, and was more philisophical stated,"! didn't need it anyway, because of the weight and all." This is Tecate-Ensenada, a "fun" ride that brings a mass of people together as one to spend a day in the sun, somehow united through the pleasure and pain of a long ride. A housewife who used her daugter's ten speed at the urging of her husband seemed to sum it all up." I didn't have fun, I'll do it again."