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LOVE
DOGS
By David Wiemers
The first Puppy Love 5K
Run/Walk was held Feb. 6. It
started at the corner of Via de
la Valle and Coast Highway 101
in Solana Beach and locals celebrated their love of animals by
running or walking in the
event. After completing the
course, participants could join
in the Furry Valentine Canine
Costume Contest, Doga Yoga,
doggie boot camp, agility courses and many more fun activities. Proceeds from the event
benefit Helen Woodward
Animal Center and orphaned
pets all over the country.
At right, Solana Beach resident Kristy Heidenberger,
right shows her love for puppies.
Below, Carlsbad resident
Kelly Luong helped sell doggie
treats for Girl Scout Troop 1902,
with all proceeds being donated to the Helen Woodward
Animal Center.
been raised ($692,000 in
cash and $171,000 in
pledges). “This is a strong
performance in the face of
this economy,” McKinney
said. “And we’re pleased to
say that we have 21 in the
Scholar Circle. That’s up
eight over last year.” The
Scholar Circle includes
those individuals or families
that pledge at least $30,000
over five years.
Performing Arts Center
fundraising co-chairs Bibbi
Conner and Carol Warren
reported that additional
RANCHO SANTA FE —
There was a significant
increase in home burglaries
in Rancho Santa Fe in 2009.
According to Rancho Santa
Fe Patrol Chief Matt
Wellhouser, there were 18
residential burglaries in
2009 compared to only seven
in 2008.
Commercial burglaries
decreased slightly, to 15 in
2009 compared to 17 in
2008.
“All these crimes tend
to be opportunistic in
nature,” said Wellhouser
during his annual report to
the Association’s board of
directors Feb. 4.
“During these difficult
times, is the economy a factor?” Association President
Bill Beckman asked.
Wellhouser said that it
was, and that forced entry
had also increased. “There
were 20 forced entries last
year and only 13 the year
before. People are more desperate. We saw that with
commercial burglaries, too.
There was a bank robbery
(at Bank of America) and
they tried to take the ATM
machine at Stumps. We normally don’t see that.”
Last year there were
eight crimes involving vehicles.
“If the car is locked it’s
burglary, if it’s open it’s
grand theft,” Wellhouser
explained.
The good news in the
annual report was that traffic collisions remained
steady — there were 22 in
2009 versus 21 in 2008. Both
years showed a significant
decrease, as there were 158
in 2004.
“Speed is the main factor in collisions and we’re
focused on that,” Wellhouser
said.
If a call is made to the
Patrol, the response time is 5
minutes and 37 seconds.
According to Wellhouser’s
report, there were 29,000
security checks made during
2009 and the patrol drove
more than 100,000 miles
patrolling the community.
Beckman thanked the
Patrol.
“We’re working diligently to get permanent
offices for the Patrol,” he
added.
The Patrol has been in
existence since 1976; it grew
out of the Country Deputy
Program. All patrol officers
hired have a police background.
“We go through background checks, the same as
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School board honors art students
By David Wiemers
RANCHO SANTA FE —
At the monthly school board
meeting Feb. 4, the board of
trustees took time out to
honor 18 seventh- and
eighth-graders who had artwork auctioned off to help
support the Hearts for
Healing Project.
For the second year, students at R. Roger Rowe
School worked with teacher
Janis Reeser and local artist
Gerrit Greve creating paintings on canvas with acrylics
that depicted expressions of
the heart. The artwork was
displayed again this year at
Scripps
Hospital
in
Encinitas. In addition, this
year the artwork is also displayed at the Flower Hill
Mall.
The auctioned artwork
helps raise funds for the
Family Health Centers of
San Diego. “The art on the
walls helps patients, family
and staff,” Greve said. “The
impact is phenomenal.”
The students honored
were Olivia Berger, Shea
Botkiss, Lilly
Budano,
Alexandra Carter, Michel
DeLaRosa, Will Edwards,
Jackson Fiser, Chris Gibson,
Ashley Goetz, Jordyn Klein,
Chanel
Leavitt,
Scott
Melbourne, Katie Michel,
Eunice Montes, Sabrina
Sahney, Liza Schoelen, Alexi
Stein and Renzo Vajda.
At the meeting, the
board received several
updates, including one from
the Performing Arts Center
Fundraising Committee, the
RSF Education Foundation,
a Rowe facilities update and
a school year update from
Principals Kim Pinkerton
and Suzanne Roy.
Rancho
Santa
Fe
Foundation co-chairs Carey
Cimino and Todd McKinney
reported that $863,000 had
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ODD
FILES
by CHUCK
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Ex-Marine
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beating
with stick
Lead story
White
People
in
Turmoil: (1) April Gaede,
who four years ago guided
her teenage daughters,
Lynx and Lamb (performing as “Prussian Blue”), to a
brief music career singing
neo-Nazi songs, announced
a new project recently on
the white nationalist Web
site Stormfront.org. She
offers a no-fee matchmaking service to fertile Aryans,
hoping to encourage marriage and baby-making — to
help white people keep up
with rapidly procreating
minorities. (2) Don “Moose”
Lewis announced plans in
January for a 12-city pro
basketball league composed only of white players
(natural-born U.S. citizens,
whose parents are both
Caucasian). Lewis denied
any “racism,” explaining to
the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
that whites simply like
“fundamental” basketball
and not “street ball” (“flipping you off or attacking
you in the stands or grabbing their crotch”).
By Randy Kalp
HAPPY 25TH! From left, President John Vreeburg, volunteer Stephanie Trily and Vice President Chaco Clotfelter celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society. Photo by David Wiemers
Historical Society honors its founders
Cultural Diversity
By David Wiemers
— Computer-obsessed
Japanese nerds’ latest fancy
is Love Plus, a Nintendo DS
dating simulation that
allows them a young, attractive, mouthy, teenage digital “girlfriend” who begs for
attention. The touch-screen
lover demands hand-holding, kissing and having
sweet nothings whispered
in her ear. How can men so
easily become addicted to
such vicarious experiences?
Said one reluctant player,
“Koh,” to the BoingBoing
blog, “(It) comes down to
the fact that men are simple.” (In December, Reuters
reported that Japanese
player SAL9000 had eloped
to the Philippines with his
Love Plus girlfriend, had
himself photographed with
her at romantic sites —
clutching the screen showing her image — and then
took her through a marriage ceremony.)
—
As
vultures
approach extinction in
South Africa, they grow in
value among local “traditional” communities for
their magical abilities.
Specks of a vulture’s brain,
sprinkled on mud and
smoked, can supposedly
ward off evil and bring winning lottery numbers. One
Johannesburg vendor told
Agence France-Presse in
December that the specks
even work when daubed on
dogs’ noses, enabling them
to extend their already formidable scenting power.
RANCHO SANTA FE —
The Rancho Santa Fe
Historical Society held a 25th
anniversary celebration at La
Flecha House on Feb. 7.
Approximately 100 people
attended the open house and
shared memories of time
spent in the Ranch.
Light refreshments were
served under the guidance of
Sue Bartow, who chaired the
event. “We planned this
anniversary event several
months ago, but learned that
the Super Bowl was scheduled for the same day only
after we had already sent out
the invitations.” The event
was rescheduled at an earlier
time as to not conflict with
the Super Bowl. Bartow and
other volunteers personally
called everyone who had
been sent an invitation to tell WELCOME BACK From left, administrator Sharon Fabry returns to
of the time change.
celebrate the festivities and is joined by board member Sharrie Woods .
At a ceremony held to Photo by David Wiemers
Latest Religious
Messages
— A Montana-based
sect is fighting to remain
viable, six months after the
death of its “Mother,” the
Jesus-channeling Elizabeth
Clare Prophet. Several aspirants have tried to claim
her mantle, but the sect’s
council of elders found
them all to be charlatans,
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commemorate the Historical
Society and it’s founding
members, President John
Vreeburg greeted guests
gathered on the patio of La
Flecha House, the first residential home designed by
architect Lilian Rice. One of
the original founders, Marcia
Van Liew, then gave a presentation on the history of the
Rancho Santa Fe Historical
Society.
Vreeburg then gave
plaques to honor the founding members who could
attend the ceremonies — Pat
Cologne, Sandy Somerville
and Marcia Van Liew.
Founders Eleanor Shefte and
Gwen Whitehead are now
deceased.
The 25th anniversary
event was also the first opportunity for the membership to
purchase the Historical
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Local woman returns from Haiti disaster
By Wehtahnah Tucker
ENCINITAS — The
sights and smells of a devastated country are still fresh in
the mind of Dotty Valdez who
returned to her Encinitas
home from Haiti less than two
weeks ago.
Valdez, a longtime
Encinitas resident and former
owner of The Outgrown Shop
on South Coast Highway 101,
was on her second trip to
Haiti as part of a small contingent of volunteers bringing
supplies to the elderly living
at St. Stephen’s Home outside
of the capital city when the
powerful earthquake rocked
the country Jan. 12.
A soft-spoken woman,
Valdez recalled her journey
out of Haiti. “It took three
days to get enough gas for our
driver to make the 10-hour
roundtrip from Les Cayes to
the airport,” she said. Fuel
was scarce and banks were
closed, making the most routine activities, such as filling
up a gas tank, almost impossible.
As Valdez set out with
her travel companion, Wilma
Tibbitts of San Ysidro, and
three others for Port-AuPrince, the car crept along the
cracked roads at 10 miles per
hour. “Once we were in the
capital we slowed down to a
crawl,” she said.
Valdez described the
scene as “chaos” and “death.”
There were no traffic signals
in the capital city, no police to
facilitate order in the streets.
There was only despair
according to Valdez. “People
were holding up signs that
said ‘help us’ written in
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Ranch woman honored for charity activities
RANCHO SANTA FE —
Jeri Rovsek of Rancho Santa
Fe was one of 15 women honored this year by the Salvation
Army.
The award goes to women
who exemplify the selfless volunteers who donate their time
or resources to help others in
need. Rovsek and others will
be honored at “The Many
Profiles of Community Spirit,”
the Salvation Army Women’s
Auxiliary
Women
of
Dedication Luncheon on Feb.
24.
When Rovsek arrived in
Rancho Santa Fe, she immediately began to participate in
volunteer activities, friends
noted. She founded the Girls
Incorporated annual One
Hundred Committee luncheon
25 years ago and that event
has raised more than $7.5 million.
Girls Incorporated, with
roots dating back to 1864, is a
national nonprofit youth
organization dedicated to
inspiring all girls to be strong,
smart and bold. Rovsek has
worked with the group for 12
years, serving on the national
board.
Rovsek’s commitment to
her community is also shown
by her involvement as a
fundraiser and her work as a
board member for Casa de
Amparo, on committees for
the Old Globe Theater and
currently, as president of
Patrons of the Prado. She has
also been involved with the
Fairbanks Republican Women
Federated and the North
Coast Repertory Theatre.
For more information,
contact Val Sachs at (619)
446-0273 or val.sachs@usw.
salvationarmy.org.
CARLSBAD — A
man walking his pack of
Yorkshire terriers off
the leash on a Carlsbad
trail will have to stand
trial
for
allegedly
assaulting another dog
walker after the two got
into an altercation about
his leash-less canines, a
Superior Court judge
ruled Feb. 4.
Patrick Farner, 62, is
charged with one count
of assault with a deadly
weapon with the allegation that he caused great
bodily injury. The charge
stems from an incident
last September in Hosp
Grove Park.
Prosecutors allege
Farner instigated the
attack and then swung
his 6-foot walking stick
at Christopher Tripp.
Farner pleaded not
guilty to the assault. If
convicted, he faces up to
four years in prison,
Deputy District Attorney
Aimee McLeod said outside the courtroom.
Tripp, 39, testified
Farner’s pack of 10
“Yorkies” charged him
as he walked his boxer
puppy on a trail in the
park. As he told Farner
to put a leash on his animals, Tripp testified,
“He said he was going to
teach me a lesson —
Marine Corps-style.”’
As the two men
began to fight, Tripp said
they slipped and rolled
down a hill. He said he
suffered a 10- to 12-inch
laceration on his leg that
required stitches.
Carlsbad
police
Officer Trevor Winters
testified when he arrived
on the scene, a bloodstained Farner flagged
him down. The officer
said the defendant was
bleeding from his head.
Winters testified
that Farner told him that
he only swung at Tripp
because he felt threatened as the younger
man came up the hill at
him. While he admitted
swinging at Trip, Farner
said he wasn’t sure if he
connected with him.
Later, the officer
testified Farner spontaneously blurted out at
the hospital that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and
had a flashback to the
Vietnam War as Tripp
came at him.
Judge Aaron Katz
said his decision to bind
Farner over was based in
part on an independent
witness’ testimony who
also cited Farner as the
aggressor.
Farner, who remains
out of custody, is scheduled to be back in court
March 4 for a readiness
conference.
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OPINION&EDITORIAL
Views expressed in Opinion &
Editorial do not necessarily reflect the
views of Rancho Santa Fe News.
FEB. 12, 2010
Something stinks in our
neighborhood parks
Dogs are cool. In fact, I have
one myself. He’s a pain in the
rear end sometimes, yet I love
him, so I’ll keep him around for
now. But one problem I continuously run into around here is
finding a decent place to let the
little guy run like the wind offleash, which is the only reason
why I’ll soon be paying another
$100 a month in rent for a huge
yard.
As you might know, dog
owners scored a significant victory in Encinitas when council
agreed to expand off-leash hours
at several city parks. Since then,
a great rift has divided those
who step in dog poo at the park
and those whose dogs leave the
stinky surprise, thus creating a
classic Us vs. Them situation.
It seems since council ruled
on expanding off-leash hours
that dog owners have taken the
haughty high ground, leaving
their irritated neighbors wondering how to remedy it all.
The only way to make both
parties happy is to establish several dedicated, fenced-in dog
parks throughout the city. It
makes perfect sense, but the dog
folks don’t want to be inconvenienced with having to load the
pooch in the car and drive all
the way to the dog park. They
prefer something within walking distance, such as a neighborhood park.
While this scenario would
certainly work in a perfect
world, most neighborhood parks
around town aren’t large enough
to support packs of off-leash
dogs for several hours per week.
Parks are for humans, not dogs.
I’m sure famous landscape
designers such as Frederick Law
Olmsted would agree with me.
I’ve been apathetically following this Encinitas dog drama
ERIC
MURTAUGH
Outside Perspective
on the Leucadia Blog. Mr. Steve
Mieche lives near Orpheus Park
and has gathered enough evidence to convince even a dog
lover that off-leash hours at his
neighborhood park aren’t the
best idea.
While I personally find it
amusing that someone would
have enough time to count piles
of poo poo all day, I applaud
what Mr. Mieche is attempting
to do. He’s showing the community tangible evidence to support his cause, when oftentimes
we let our emotions guide city
policy.
I don’t personally know the
guy, but I’d like to think Mr.
Mieche isn’t attempting to discourage use of the park by somehow driving off the nonlocals
with propaganda. He’s simply
documenting the degradation of
his park, hoping the city will
take his evidence into consideration.
And if you’ve seen any of
Mr. Mieche’s evidence, you know
that one of the biggest problems
with off-leash hours at public
parks is that the poo isn’t being
picked up. Parks such as
Orpheus will deteriorate with
excessive off-leash dog use. If
you’ve ever had a backyard and
a dog, you know exactly what
I’m getting at.
In fact, the EPA defines dog
poop as a “nonpoint source of
pollution,” placing it in the same
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Look beyond borders to improve Medicare
By Brad Burnett
I was watching television the
other day and I saw an ad for electric
scooters. The thrust of the ad was that
if you were enrolled in Medicare and
needed assisted mobility, this company would get Medicare to pay for your
scooter — no cost to you! It would be
nice if every senior had a power scooter to zip around house and town,but is
an electric power scooter essential
health care?
Medicare has been a big success
Worth a study
San Diego East Visitors Bureau
has cast its lot with San Diego
Convention & Visitors Bureau
because of its advantages for calling
attention to the many attractions in
the East County. It raises the question whether the Flower Capital
should expand its relation with San
Diego North Convention & Visitors
Bureau. It has a complete staff of
professional folks in marketing,
sales and media relations. The
Flower Capital could save a bundle
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that accepting limits need not detract
from the quality of care. Our focus
should be on optimizing the quality of
care while staying within the limits of
available funds. Maybe some services
are unnecessary costs. Does everyone
need an electric scooter? Are there
cheaper alternatives?
We could take a tip from the
British. The British National Health
Service, or NHS, has an agency that
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with most people, even though it is a
government-sponsored program. It
would be tough to get most seniors to
give up their Medicare benefits
because it is big government intruding in their lives. In fact, Medicare is
so popular that it will soon run out of
money. Medicare spends more than it
takes in. We need to realize that services and costs cannot be unlimited.
Staying within budget is imperative.
But accepting limits is not a characteristic of our society. Let me assure you
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ARBALLO
Eye on the Coast
of taxpayers’ cash. With budget
deliberations coming up soon, such
an idea is worth a looksee. Local fire
departments are now united and
early reports are significant lucre is
being saved.
dents are generally satisfied with
services for police, fire, library and
growth management. A recent related report noted that crime, except
for violent incidents, was down 15
percent, the lowest since 2001. With
budget deliberations ongoing
throughout the state it is one of the
few cities that is not on the shorts
financially.
Door-to-door peddlers
Community Connections in the
Surfside City notes that door-to-door
magazine sellers are showing up in
some areas peddling magazine subscriptions and in lieu of that are askSurfside City Olympic
ing for cash donations for the milimedal winner?
tary or a school project. They are
Rachael Platt, 17, who lists the said to be pushy and rude. Best to
Surfside City as her home but is now just say “no” and shut the door.
living in Colorado Springs where she
is a straight-A student at Cheyenne Salaries keep going up
Mountain High, is ranked as a leadSan Diego Association of
ing medal contender in figure skat- Governments Executive Director
ing at next month’s Winter Olympics Gary Gallegos is one of the folks in
in Vancouver. The comely skater cur- the high echelons to receive a pay
rently is U. S. Champion in that class. increase while other folks are taking
a pay cut or enduring mandatory
High marks for C’bad
A public opinion survey recently released indicates C’bad resi-
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FEB. 12, 2010
Students awarded in DAR essay contest Community Center
events for everybody
By Bianca Kaplanek
RANCHO SANTA FE —
Twenty-four students representing five schools were
honored Feb. 6 during the
annual American history
essay contest sponsored by
the De Anza chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution.
With this year’s essay
topic, the completion of the
first transcontinental railroad, students were asked to
place themselves in a historical mindset and describe
how they would have felt
when the golden spike was
driven
at
Promontory
Summit in Utah on May 10,
1869.
Fourteen readers evaluated entries from fifth- and
eighth-grade students at
Mission
Estancia
Elementary School, The
Nativity
School,
The
Rhoades School, St. James
Academy and St. John
School.
“The most fascinating
aspect of this contest is that
the students could choose
from three unique perspectives — a westbound settler,
an Irish or Chinese railroad
laborer
or
a
Native
American impacted by the
railroad,” said Jennifer
Anklesaria, chairwoman of
the essay committee. “This
demonstrates that there
were multiple nationalities
that make up the historical
fabric of our nation.”
First-, second- and third-
WINNING WRITERS Twenty-four students were honored Feb. 6 during the annual American history
essay contest sponsored by the De Anza chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mission
Estancia Elementary fifth-grader Jonny Baham, center left, and Lauren Hughes, center right, an eighth-grader from St. John School, also won the district competition. If successful at the state level, their essays will be
judged at the national competition this summer in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek
place awards, as well as an
honorable mention, were
given to students in each
grade level from the participating schools. New to the
contest this year were cash
awards for the top two winners in each grade level.
Lauren Hughes, an
eighth-grader in Jamie
Schlehuber’s class at St.
John, won $100. From The
Rhoades School, Anna
Shuster from Paul Ruppert’s
class was awarded $50.
Jonny Baham and Julia
Wagner, students in Marilyn
Bieck’s fifth grade class at
DOUBLE WINNER Jonny
Baham from Marilyn Bieck’s class
at Mission Estancia Elementary is
the first-place fifth-grade winner.
She was awarded $100 as the
chapter finalist for her grade level.
Her essay also won at the district
level. If she wins at the state competition, her essay will be judged
at the national competition in July
in Washington, D.C.
Photo by Bianca Kaplanek
Mission Estancia, were
awarded $100 and $50,
respectively.
Lauren and Jonny were
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RANCHO SANTA FE
— The Rancho Santa Fe
Community Center is offering two days of camps from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 12 and
Feb. 15.
On Feb. 12 the staff will
be staying local at the
Community Center to prepare skits to perform at the
end of the day. They have
also planned their own
“Project Runway” as the
children will be challenged
to make their own costumes
for a final competition.
On Feb. 15 the center is
going to Mission Bay, so bring
your wheels and helmets.
Price is $60 for members, $45
per additional child, $75 for
nonmembers, and $50 per
additional child. Extended
hours are available from 8 to
9 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.The cost
for extended hours is $7 for
members per hour per child
and $10 for nonmembers per
hour per child.
Family Camp Week will
take place from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Feb. 16 to Feb. 19. On
Feb. 16 enjoy a day of miniature golf at Peli’s Golf in Del
Mar. On Feb. 17 visit the
Miramar Speed Racing
Circuit for Go Kart racing for
children above 4 feet 10 inches and for the little ones
there will be lots of tokens
for the arcade. On Feb. 18
get your hiking shoes on for
an adventure at Torrey Pines
State Park. On Feb. 19, take a
trip to Renee Miller’s Art
studio in Solana Beach for a
day of painting on canvas as
well as tree climbing, shuffleboard and ping-pong.
The cost is $60 for members; $45 per additional
child; $75 for nonmembers;
and $50 per additional child.
Extended hours are available from 8 to 9 a.m. and 3 to
5 p.m. The cost for extended
hours is $7 for members per
hour per child and $10 for
nonmembers per hour per
child.
The third annual Family
Ping Pong Tournament will
be held from 9 a.m. to noon
on Feb. 27. There are three
brackets of play — under 10
years old, 11 to 16 years old
and 17 and older. Cost is $15
for members and $25 for
nonmembers. Start stretching and practicing now
because the competition will
be hot! Space is limited so
sign up early to reserve your
spot by calling (858) 7562461
or
e-mailing
cseery@rsfcc.org.
The community is invited to attend the fourth annual Rancho Santa Fe Business
Leader Sundowner on Feb.
18 at the Golf Club from 6 to
7:30 p.m. The event hopes to
bring a who’s who of business and local leaders
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LEAGUE HITS 90
From left, Anne Patton, Peggy Dornish, Roni Seay, Nancy Telford and Suzanne Carneiro of
the League of Women Voters of North Coast San Diego County, toast to the league’s 90th
birthday in 2010. Known for their voter education efforts, this nonpartisan, government watchdog group has been an institution in San Diego for decades. “This year we’ll celebrate our
milestone anniversary in several ways,” League Co-President Seay said. “But most importantly, we’ll be doing what we always do — discussing the important issues, asking the difficult questions and demanding accountability from our local government.” Courtesy photo
Group discusses bag ban alternatives
By Wehtahnah Tucker
ENCINITAS — The
Environmental Commission
held a public meeting on Feb.
3 aimed at updating the local
business community on the
status of the city’s single-use
plastic bag ban ordinance that
has yet to go into effect.
In a surprising 3-2 vote,
City Council voted Sept. 10,
2008, to direct staff to draft an
ordinance banning plastic
bags. Councilman James Bond
joined then-Deputy Mayor
Maggie
Houlihan
and
Councilwoman Teresa Barth in
supporting
a
phased-in
process to eliminate the use of
all point-of-purchase singleuse plastic shopping bags
within the city.
However, the city was targeted along with several other
municipalities by a San
Francisco group called “Save
the Plastic Bag” in an effort to
prohibit the enactment of the
ordinance. The city received a
notice of intent to litigate from
Attorney Stephen L. Joseph
on Sept. 17, 2009.
While keeping an eye on
the outcome of similar lawsuits, Jacy Bolden, the city’s
Environmental Commission
Coordinator, said public outreach efforts are working. “We
had a ‘day without a bag’ as
well as several other education
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of the Arc of San Diego’s upcoming gala “The Jewels of San Diego,” from left, back row, Dianne YorkGoldman, Jeanne Jones, Phyllis Parrish, Sally Thornton and Joyce Blount. Courtesy photo
Event honors charity supporters
SAN DIEGO — The Arc
of San Diego’s upcoming gala
“The Jewels of San Diego” is
being held at 5:30 p.m. March
20 at the US Grant Hotel
located at 326 Broadway in
San Diego. Reception and
Silent Auction will be followed by dinner at 7 p.m.
This annual black tie
gala is The Arc of San Diego’s
largest fundraiser of the year
and salutes San Diegans who
have made a difference
through their leadership and
philanthropic contributions
to the city. Funds raised will
benefit programs and services for people with disabilities
at The Arc of San Diego.
Gala
Chairpersons
John and Phyllis Parrish are
well-known philanthropists
in San Diego. They have put
together an honorary committee who are supporting
the event which includes
Honorary Chairpersons Pete
and Gayle Wilson as well as
Honorary Committee Members Jenny Craig, Jeanne
Jones and Don Breitenberg,
Jessie J. Knight, Jr. and Joyce
Blount, Pam Slater-Price and
Herschel Price, Dean and
Susie Spanos, and John and
Sally B. Thornton.
Tickets are $200 per person for Gold Seating, and
$300 per person for Platinum
Preferred Seating.
The Arc of San Diego is a
service provider for people
with disabilities in San Diego
County. Founded in 1951,
Arc empowers people with
disabilities, and their families, by working in partnership to create opportunities
to achieve their individual
goals within the community.
Sponsorship opportunities for the Jewels of San
Diego event are still available. Contact Jennifer Bates
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ext. 291. For ticket sales, contact Rhonda Handy at (619)
685-1175 or rhandy @arcsd.com.
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FIREPROOF Cornerstone
Community Church will host a
free screening of “Fireproof,”
starring Kirk Cameron, at 7
p.m. Feb. 12, 4749 Oceanside
Blvd., Oceanside. The film is
rated PG. For more details,
call (760) 726-1318.
MAD WORLD The Carlsbad
Cultural Arts Office will present singer/pianist Ann Chase
at 7 p.m. Feb. 12, Ruby
G. Schulman Auditorium,
Carlsbad City Library complex, 1775 Dove Lane. Chase
will perform her cabaret production “Love Songs for a
Mad World.” Visit www.
carlsbadca.gov/arts or call
(760) 434-2904 to learn more.
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BUDGET
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Woodrow Wilson, local author
of “The Champagne Taste/
Beer Budget Cookbook,” will
speak about his book at 2 p.m.
Feb. 13, Del Mar Library, 1309
Camino Del Mar, Del Mar. Call
(858) 755-1666 to learn more.
CAMARADERIE Women
who have or are serving in the
Marine Corps can celebrate
the 67th anniversary of the
Women’s Reserve with the
local chapter of the Women
Marines Association at 11 a.m.
Feb 13, El Camino Country
Club, 3202 Vista Way,
Oceanside. Tickets are $30 for
the Mad Hatter-themed luncheon. Prizes will be given for
most creative hats. For more
details, visit www.women
marines.net.
FEELING JAZZY The Boys
& Girls Club of Vista will host
a formal ball at 6 p.m. Feb. 13,
Shadowridge Country Club,
1980 Gateway Drive, Vista.
Jazz entertainment and a
silent auction will also take
place. Tickets are $100 per
person and available at
www.bgcvista.org or by calling
(760) 724-6606.
LIVING HISTORY Join
members of the San Dieguito
Heritage Museum for lunch
and a special presentation at
11 a.m. Feb. 13, Tony’s Jacal
Mexican Restaurant, 621
Valley Ave., Solana Beach.
Diane Welch, author and biographer, will discuss Rancho
Santa Fe architect Lillian
Rice. Cost is $25 per person.
For reservations, call (760)
632-9711 or visit www.sd
heritage.org.
NATURE WALK Explore
lagoon wildlife this winter led
by the Batiquitos Lagoon
Foundation at 9 a.m. Feb. 13 at
the foundation’s Nature
Center, 7380 Gabbiano Lane,
Carlsbad. Free parking is
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FEB. 12, 2010
Broker changes firm name to ‘Sea Coast Exclusive Properties’
By Jason Land
ENCINITAS — On Feb. 4,
Bentley’s Steak and Chop House
was overrun with local real estate
agents and their clients and friends
celebrating their new business
name — Sea Coast Exclusive
Properties. They gathered with
their Broker, Mike Evans, to toast
the new firm which originally was
founded in 1985. Sea Coast
Exclusive Properties had previously ended its relationship with a
major real estate franchise organization.
Why the big change? “There
are two reasons,” Evans said. “One
is the Internet — it’s changing
everything. We can now reach a
global market through the net,
where before we needed a large
corporate name to reach distant
markets.
As temperamental as the real
“Two is the business model for
estate industry has been, Evans has
the real estate brokerage industry
decades of experience and has surhas changed; where before you
rounded himself with a skilled staff
needed a big name brokerage to
of brokers.
bring credibility, now agents are
marketing themselves, creating
“I originally got my salesman
buzz and exposure for themselves
license in ’74, and opened my first
rather than relying on a larger corbrokerage in 1985, which was basiporate structure. I don’t think the
cally this company,” Evans said. “So
end product is clearly defined, but
this has been a business continualI don’t think it’s going to be busily since March 1, 1985. This March
ness as usual.”
we’ll celebrate our 25th anniver“There’s a subtle third element
sary. I have a number of agents who
— a lot of people are tired of big
have been with me more than 20
corporate America,” Evans added.
years. I have probably 40 agents
“They want to go back to dealing
who have been with us for over 10
with individuals on a personal
years. We have a lot of stability.”
basis. The customer seems to want
Sea Coast Exclusive Properties
more local control over the busihas three offices — two in
ness. They want to know their
Encinitas and one in La Costa —
homes are being marketed locally,
and more than 110 agents.
they want to know their advertising Anne Heyligers of Sea Coast Exclusive Properties and Mike Evans, owner/broker of
For more information, call
dollars are being spent locally.”
(760) 944-1112.
Sea Coast Exclusive Properties. Photos by Jason Land
Donna Grins, Alonzo Castro and Michele Denys.
Yvette Roberts and Ilana Roberts.
Helen Dalziel and Catherine McDonald.
Sandy Graw and Craig Laursen.
Bernie Vitek, Fran Vitek, Anita Brusso and Deborah
Daubenspeck.
David Church, Greg Brown, Chris Holmes and Rob
Denny.
Farrah Green, Shawn Green, Diana Gallardi and
Niko Contardi.
Mark Simonson, Bal Ramlochan, Greg Granito and
Kathleen Haber.
Greg Allen, Jessica McDonald and Brian Comestro.
Suzann Peterson, Jay Peterson and Tamara Strom.
Zachary Taylor, Paul McCarthy and Kari Gilbert.
Rick Levander, Dominick LaGatta and Greg Allen.
Tony Easton, Jean Steinemann, John Trelease and
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Martha Amador, Mellanie Dean, Tom Cozens and his Carrie Woodworth, Dan Woodworth and his wife
wife Peggy.
Kim.
Joyce Cissna, Richard Cissna, Christie Hayes, Rosie O’Brien and Greg Hayes.
Trudy McGrath, Nicole McGrath and Evangelina
Marshall.
David Reese, manager at Bentley’s Steak and Chop Keri Cook, Laurel Roberts and Mike Evans.
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FEB. 12, 2010
City offers citizens extraordinary health care
By Lillian Cox
ENCINITAS — Since
incorporation in 1986, the city
of Encinitas has distinguished
itself as a model community
offering top-tier services in
the areas of education, parks
and recreation and public
works.
Few would argue that
most relevant to individual
lives is healthcare delivery.
“Everybody’s worrying
about the economy but at the
end of the day there is nothing
more important than your
health,” said Marshall Weinreb,
CEO of the Encinitas Chamber.
“The funny thing is that
inside this beautiful city,
regardless of your medical
needs, it’s all here. You don’t
have to travel 20 or 30 miles
away.”
Weinreb emphasizes that
those with top medical insurance are also choosing to seek
treatment locally.
“Dean Sally Foster of
MiraCosta College, a breast
cancer survivor,received all her
care in Encinitas,” he said.
“This is the point. People who
can afford to go elsewhere like
UCLA and Mt. Sinai don’t have
to. Everything is represented in
town at the highest level.”
Community Clinics
Encinitas residents who
are uninsured or underinsured,
or are burdened with high
deductibles and co-pays, have a
safety net with North County
Health Services. The nonprofit
operates two clinics in town
staffed by physicians (some
double-board certified), physician assistants, nurse practitioners and midwives.
The Encinitas Health
Center located at 629 2nd St.
operates much like a family
practice offering medical, dental, mental health and vision
screening and treatment.
The
Women’s
and
Children’s Health Center in the
former post office at 1130 2nd
St. provides complete OB/GYN,
prenatal and pediatric care.
The clinic enjoys relationships
with local hospitals that enable
them to also offer labor and
delivery services.
Health screenings and
services are provided on a sliding scale.
“An overwhelming number of patients want to pay
something for their healthcare
and they do,” said Dana
Withall, fund development
director.
“Self-pay
has
increased in the past 18 months
because of so many job losses.”
Case managers are able to
connect patients needing follow-up care with specialists and
hospitals through state assistance.
“We are serving those who
are most vulnerable and who
may not have other choices in
their health care,”Withall said.
“There is a safety net in place
in the community and it is wellsupported. There should be no
concerns or questions as to who
can access NCHS services.”
Medical Groups and
Specialties
North Coast Health
Center at 477 N. El Camino
Real is the largest outpatient
health center in North County
offering more than 200 health
practitioners
representing
more than 50 specialties plus
ancillary services such as imag-
first in a four-part series
ENCINITAS
a health care destination
ing,
outpatient surgery, laboratory
and pharmacy.
“North Coast Health
Center is unique in that the
vast majority of these services
are located in one campus setting,” said Greg Petree, president and COO of AmeriCare
Medical Properties. “Patients
benefit by having access to
the most reputable primary
care and pediatric groups in
North County as well as to
some of the most cutting-edge
specialty care anywhere in San
Diego.”
Two years ago, the center
added a fourth medical building which substantially grew its
cancer treatment capabilities
and other medical specialties.
The expansion included the
addition
of
CyberKnife
Centers of San Diego offering
the first CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery system to
North County. The expansion
also included medical oncology
and pediatric specialty care as
well as orthopedics, plastic surgery and an overnight sleep
center.
This month North Coast
Health Center completed construction of the first in vitro
fertilization clinic and lab in
North County. Later this year
the center will open a new
hyperbaric wound care center
boasting the nation's largest
outpatient hyperbaric chamber.
“Over the last 20 years,
more and more medical services have migrated to an outpatient environment in Encinitas
creating enormous patient convenience as well as cost savings,” Petree said. “When combined with the local clinic and
hospital,Encinitas offers its residents the entire spectrum of
medical care close to home.”
Located in the same block
is the San Diego Cancer Center
which uses a multidisciplinary
approach to wellness. This
includes physical, emotional
and psychological guidance
combined with a wide variety
of clinical trials using new combinations of medicine, new
molecules, immunotherapy,
gene therapy and anti-angiogenesis which go hand-in-hand
of
these
options.”
We have it all.
with research on the effects of
complementary medicine therapies.
Therapies such as yoga
meditation, massage therapy,
acupuncture, reiki and support
groups are free to any cancer
patient in San Diego County
through the center’s nonprofit,
the San Diego Cancer
Research Institute.
The center also houses the
first satellite of the UCSD
Department of Radiation
Oncology. The facility offers
patients state-of-the-art treatment that includes a Varian
Trilogy linear accelerator, the
most sophisticated technology
available today in radiotherapy.
Patients have access to all the
latest treatments for every disease site including stereotactic
brain/body radiosurgery, intensity modulated radiation therapy and image-guided radiation
therapy.
Deputy Mayor Maggie
Houlihan has benefited from
care at the center for treatment
of endometrial
cancer.
“Encinitas residents are
extremely lucky to have the
wide array of medical, mental
health, dental and specialty
medicine that we enjoy both
through UCSD and Scripps
Encinitas Health, and its corresponding offices, and also
through practitioners located
along the El Camino corridor
near Garden View and in individual neighborhoods throughout the city,” she said.
“We have a long history of
healing arts and we are living
up to that history.It’s very fortunate that a city this size has this
variety and level of sophistication in their health choices to
include traditional medicine as
well as complementary offerings such as chiropractic and
eastern medicine, most notably
acupuncture, qi gong and
Chinese herbs. I look forward
to working with the chamber
and other community groups in
educating the public about all
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Hospital
Since 1978,
Scripps Encinitas has
served the growing communities of North County
with 142 beds and more than
650 physicians. The hospital’s
1,400 employees have a personal stake in the community with
about 54 percent living within a
10-mile radius of the city and
more than 20 percent residing
in Encinitas itself.
Despite having the busiest
emergency room per bed, per
capita in California, Scripps
Encinitas’ ER has one of the
top patient satisfaction scores
in the nation.
To keep up with growth,
Scripps Encinitas is about to
launch a major expansion that
will include a new parking
structure and critical care
building which will house stateof-the-art emergency and inpatient nursing departments.
Building is contingent on
the success of fundraising
efforts.Of the $65 million needed through philanthropy, $10
million was given by the
Leichtag
Foundation
in
December.
The donation is a welcomed gift.
“Coastal North County
has grown dramatically in
recent years, but our hospital
has not expanded in nearly 20
years,” said Carl Etter, chief
executive of Scripps Health
Encinitas. “Despite that, we
have managed to care for our
patients at the highest level
possible that ranks us in the top
five percent of hospitals in the
nation. The $10 million
Leichtag Family Foundation
gift to Scripps Encinitas
will afford us the opportunity to expand our facility to meet the current
and future needs of our
community.”
A $7.5 million gift was
donated earlier by the
Leichtag Foundation.
“Past gifts have been very
impactful,” said Dr. Michael
Lobatz, immediate past chief of
staff at Scripps Encinitas. “The
gifts to the emergency department and the women’s birth
pavilion have affected the lives
of tens of thousands of people.”
Lobatz reports that the latest donation will be used to
purchase an MRI breast coil,
digital mammagram, anesthesia machine, cardiac echo
machine, laprascopic video
tower, EEG, Fluroscan C-arm xray used during surgery and
wireless monitors for the emergency room.
Funds are also earmarked
for renovations of the women’s
imagining and outpatient lab
areas.
“Virtually every part of
the hospital is being touched by
these gifts,” he said. “Hospitals
today can’t exist without philanthropy.”
Scripps Encinitas’ parking
structure is set to break ground
in the spring, followed by the
critical care building in 2011.
Other upcoming projects
include expansion of the main
hospital building, a new outpatient services and medical
office building, and an acute
care building.
This article is the first of a
four-part series dealing with
Encinitas as a health care destination.
The next story will explore
services available to uninsured
and underinsured residents
through community clinics operated by North County Health
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crime
REPORT
A weekly log of
neighborhood crime.
Compiled by Randy Kalp
A report for the week of Jan.
26, 2010 to Feb. 2, 2010
DECONSTRUCT Someone
reportedly stole a power tool valued at $1,200 from a business on
Via a La Casa in Rancho Santa
Fe sometime between 4 p.m.
Jan. 29 and 7 a.m. Feb. 1.
CAR BURGLARIZED A vehicle parked on Chapalita Drive in
Encinitas was reportedly burglarized sometime between 8:30
a.m. Jan. 31 and 6:30 a.m. Feb. 1.
BIKE STOLEN Someone
reportedly stole a red Kestrel
Talon bicycle valued at $2,000
from North Willowspring Drive
in Encinitas sometime between
8:30 p.m. Jan. 26 and 7 a.m. Jan.
27.
HOME BURGLARIZED A
residence on La Noria in
Rancho Santa Fe was reportedly
burglarized sometime between
10:30 a.m. and 8:20 p.m. Jan. 30.
SUCH A TOOL Someone
reportedly stole $7,550 in power
tools from a Rancho Santa Fe
residence on El Mirar sometime
between 5:15 p.m. Jan. 29 and
6:45 a.m. Jan. 30.
COMPUTER STOLEN An
Encinitas residence on Arden
Drive was reportedly burglarized of a computer and jewelry
sometime between 6 a.m. And
4:30 p.m. Jan. 28.
UNPLUGGED
Someone
reportedly
burglarized
a
Rancho Santa Fe residence on
Rancho Real of approximately
$2,700 in electronics.
SOUNDS BAD A vehicle
parked on West Solana Circle in
Solana Beach was reportedly
burglarized around 2 a.m. Jan.
26 of its stereo.
GRAB ‘N’ GO Someone
reportedly robbed a jewelry
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store on Paseo Del Norte in
Carlsbad of a $120,000 piece of
jewelry around 5:45 p.m. Jan. 27.
PLANNING A TRIP? A
Carlsbad
residence
on
Quebrada Court was reportedly
burglarized sometime between
7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Jan. 26 of jewelry, passports, credit cards and
medication.
AFTER MIDNIGHT Someone
reportedly burglarized a vehicle
parked on Paseo Tienda in
Carlsbad sometime after midnight Feb. 1.
CALL ME A 36-year-old man
was reportedly robbed of his
$500 cell phone around 11:45
p.m. Jan. 30 on Nordahl Road in
San Marcos.
HAD IT THEIR WAY The
Subway on Sycamore Avenue in
Vista was reportedly burglarized sometime after 10:30 p.m.
Jan. 30 of $500.
CRIME
LOG
Compiled by
Randy Kalp
The following information
was gathered from law
enforcement’s most available
records for the week of Jan.
26, 2010 to Feb. 2, 2010
ENCINITAS Petty Theft 3,
Burglary 8, Vandalism 0,
Assault 0, Grand Theft 1,
Robbery 0
SOLANA BEACH Petty
Theft 0, Burglary 1,
Vandalism 0, Assault 0,
Grand Theft 0, Robbery 0
RANCHO
SANTA
FE
Petty Theft 0, Burglary 3,
CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA
Petty Theft , Burglary 0,
CARLSBAD Petty Theft 4,
Robbery 1
SAN MARCOS Petty Theft
0, Burglary 4, Vandalism 6,
Robbery 1
OCEANSIDE Petty Theft 0,
Robbery 0
VISTA Petty Theft 6,
Robbery 0
Who’s
NEWS?
FBI’s
MOST WANTED
Warren Stern is wanted for his
The two exchanged words,
alleged involvement in the murder
Stern left, and the victim followed.
a man in Los Angeles on April 21,
The victim was found lying in an
alley with a stab wound to one of
1996. Stern was born Nov. 17, 1970,
in South Africa. He is 5 feet 11 inchhis lungs. He died before reaching
es tall and weighs 170 pounds.
the hospital.
Stern has a tattoo of a skull on his
On Sept. 5, 1996, Stern was
left rear shoulder, the word “Joey”
charged with murder and an arrest
on his left arm, and the letters
warrant was issued by the Los
“WS” on his right arm. Authorities WARREN STERN Angeles County Court. A federal
believe Stern has fled the United States.
arrest warrant was issued on Sept. 30, 1996,
Stern is alleged to have arrived uninvit- after Stern was charged with unlawful flight
ed to a party and attempted to pick fights to avoid prosecution. Stern should be considwith partygoers. Stern was thrown out of the ered armed and dangerous. If you know of
party, but allegedly returned later and con- his whereabouts, contact the nearest FBI
office or American Embassy.
fronted the victim.
San Diego County’s
10 MOST WANTED
Never attempt to arrest a fugitive yourself. These files should not be relied upon for any type of legal action. If the subject is a fugitive from our 10 Most Wanted page, e-mail San Diego Crime Stoppers or call their hot line at 888-580-TIPS 24 hours a day. For
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Loftabad
Battery, Unlawful
Penetration, 2005
Ricardo Reyes
Attempted Murder
2001
Brandon Scott Ellis
Conspiracy
September 2008
Julio Cesar JacoboCuriel
Murder
San Marcos, 2008
Gerardo M. Gomez
Attempted Murder
December 2004
Imedo Molina Laurel
Murder
December 2005
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North San Diego County.
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Seeking cures
RANCHO SANTA FE —
Stuart Rickerson, a Rancho
Santa Fe resident, was elected to the board of directors
for the U.S.-based arm of the
Foundation
Aide
et
Recherche en Cancerologie
Digestive, or ARCAD, a
France-based international
research foundation seeking
cures for cancers of the digestive tract. Rickerson was one
of the founding directors of
ARCAD/US. His new role will
be to represent the interests
of patients and their families.
Mend a heart
RANCHO SANTA FE —
A fine dining and entertainment benefit, hosted by
Fairbanks Ranch residents
Randy Woods and Wendy
Walker, is set for April 17 in
Rancho Santa Fe. It will help
answer the question, “How
do you mend a child’s broken
heart?” Proceeds from
the event will benefit
UCSD’s pediatric cardiology
research.
contact Pati Zimmer at (858)
523-4508 or pzimmer@sequel
pharma.com.
Save the date
Jose A. Lopez
Attempted Murder
December 2004
Ricardo Persona
Rape, Child
Molestation
San Diego, Jan. 1997
Julio Romero
Child Molestation
Ramona, 2005
Arturo G. Gomez
Rape with Force
San Diego, May 2007
RANCHO SANTA FE —
Save the date for San Diego
Youth
Symphony
and
Conservatory’s second annual
Mi Casa Su Casa Scholarship
Fundraiser on May 1 at Casa
Del Prado in Balboa Park.
Contact Molly Clark at
(619) 233-3232, ext. 150 or
mclark@sdys.org for information on tickets and sponsorship opportunities.
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CARLSBAD — Optimist
Club of Carlsbad “The
Achievers” President John
Aldrich welcomed new member Don Elling. The club
meets weekly Saturday morning from 8 to 9 a.m. at the El
Camino Country Club in
Oceanside. For information,
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and a resident of Rancho
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2009 fall semester.
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LACY
OTTENSON
Scene & Heard
sing and write songs, and in
2005 she moved back to San
Diego, enrolled in college
and began pursuing music.
“October 2005 was actually the first time I picked up
a guitar,” said Jacey.
However this guitar was a
gift from the classical guitar
virtuoso Pepe Ramero, who
also happens to be a good
friend of her father’s. Jacey
wasted no time teaching herself how to play and immediately began writing songs.
Today Jacey has more
than 200 songs and more
than 400 shows under her
belt. In the less than five
years since she started
singing and writing, she has
accomplished more than
most musicians do in twice
as long. She’s self-released
four recordings including
her first full-length album
“Here’s to Change,” which
just dropped Jan 2. One of
the first gigs she got was an
eight show/two-hour set for
the Del Mar Fair back in
2005, and she even sang the
National Anthem during a
Padres game.
2009 however proved to
be Jacey’s most accomplished year so far when she
set some 60 goals for herself
and reached nearly all of
them. “I am so proud of
2009!” gushed a bubbly
Jacey. “It was such a gigantic
leap for me from ‘05, ‘06, ‘07
and ‘08.” Indeed, one of the
singer/songwriter’s
main
ON THE RISE Local singer/songwriter Alyssa Jacey’s hard work and goals last year was to open
It takes more than talent to make it as a successful
artist (or anything for that
matter). You have to be
strong, ambitious, determined and undeterred by
everyone else’s doubt or else
you won’t make it. More than
anything, you’ve got to
believe that what you’re
doing is something truly
great, and that you yourself
are great, otherwise no one
else will believe it either. I
can think of no better example than San Diego’s own rising star Alyssa Jacey.
Jacey, 28, a San Diego
native
and
aspiring
singer/songwriter, is a double threat because she is as
determined and as talented
as they come. Her story got
its unusual start several
years ago when Jacey moved
from San Diego to Los
Angeles in pursuit of a
career in professional dancing, and was encouraged one
night to sing karaoke in a
club. Although it was her
first time singing in front of
a crowd, once she finished,
people came up to her complimenting her voice and
asking where they could buy
her CD. It wasn’t long after
that Jacey found herself with determination are paying off as her career begins to skyrocket.
an overwhelming desire to Photo by John Hancock
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City weighs in on fairgrounds expansion
By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH —
Like many other cities, agencies and residents, Solana
Beach had plenty of comments — 474 to be exact —
about the master plan and
draft environmental report
for expansion plans at the Del
Mar Fairgrounds.
Staff members and a
team of experts hired by the
city for $7,500 concluded, like
others, that the report is
inconsistent and inadequate
in addressing everything from
air and water quality, land use
and traffic to economics,
greenhouse gas emissions and
energy consumption.
When presenting the
report to council members for
approval during a Feb. 4 special meeting, City Manager
David Ott was very specific
about the project’s impact on
Solana Beach.
“It really has no benefit
to the city,” Ott said.The project has “significant and
cumulative adverse impacts
to Solana Beach” that are not
disclosed in the EIR, he said.
The report provides only one
mitigation measure — painting a striped line at Highway
101 and Lomas Santa Fe
Drive that will supposedly
reduce delays by more than
one minute.
“As proof they didn’t do
their homework,” Ott said,
“we actually did that three
years ago and we certainly
didn’t get a minute.
“The traffic impacts
alone are going to pose real
issues for people trying to get
into the community,” he said.
“Our intersections will probably go to a very poor level.
That could even hinder future
development within the city.”
Ott said the project will
also affect public safety
resources, which are already
impacted by the fairgrounds.
He said Solana Beach provides
first-responder
resources to the fairgrounds
and back-up to Del Mar when
that city is responding to calls
at the site. More than 10 percent of Solana Beach’s fire
responses are to the fairgrounds, he said.
Solana Beach also provides sewer services to a portion of the fairgrounds.
Impacts to that were not
addressed in the EIR, he said.
During the notice of
preparation, Solana Beach
submitted 26 general questions. Ott said only one was
partially responded to.
According to the California
Environmental Quality Act,
the 22nd District Agricultural
Association, which manages
and operates the fairgrounds,
was required to consult with
the Solana Beach because it is
an adjacent city.
To say there was inadequate communication would
be misleading, Ott said.
“There was no communication with the city of Solana
Beach — none,” he said.
“We’ve never had any discussions with the fairgrounds on
the proposed project.”
Ott said he believes city
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Suspect in robbery-turned-murder claims insanity
By Randy Kalp
OCEANSIDE — A convicted felon accused of murdering a tourist during a robbery
claims that he was out of his
mind at the time of last April’s
attack.
Eric Andreasen, 37, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Jan. 27 to the fatal stabbing
of Katherine Parker, 56, at a
shopping center parking lot in
the 2400 block of East Vista
Way in Oceanside on April 2.
Following the attack, witnesses said Andreasen threw
the knife into the air and then
laid on the ground until the
police arrived.
Parker, of Lincoln County,
suffered eight stab wounds to
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FEB. 12, 2010
her lower torso, stomach and
left side. She had been on vacation in San Diego County with
her family.
Prosecutors have charged
Andreasen with a capital
offense because they allege the
murder took place during the
commission of a robbery.
Because of this special circumstance allegation, Andreasen
faces up to life in prison without parole or the death penalty;
a decision on his potential sentence will be made at a later
date by District Attorney
Bonnie Dumanis.
Andreasen’s
attorney,
Daniel Segura, has argued that
his client’s intent was not to rob
the victim. In court documents,
Segura stated his client “simply
lashed out at a woman who had
refused his requests for money
as many others had done.”
Several witnesses testified
Andreasen pan-handled in the
shopping center’s parking lot,
according to court records.
Authorities believe Andreasen
had been living with his parents in Oceanside at the time of
the attack.
Deputy District Attorney
Roy Lai said by entering an
insanity plea, Andreasen’s case
would consist of two phases if a
jury found him guilty. In the
second phase, jurors would be
tasked with determining if
Andreasen was insane at the
time of the crime, he said.
If a jury finds Andreasen
insane, he would be committed
to a state mental hospital indefinitely or until a doctor finds
him competent to serve his sentence, Lai said.
In August, a Superior
Court
judge
ordered
Andreasen’s case to go forward
after a physician found him
competent to stand trial.
Andreasen’s past criminal
history includes convictions for
robbery, thefts and battery. In
2005,he spent 78 days in Patton
State Hospital during a criminal case.
A trial date for the case
was set for Oct. 18. Andreasen
remains in custody without
bail.
Duo to stand trial for
New Year’s Day assault
By Randy Kalp
ESCONDIDO — Two
men accused of an armed
attack and attempted robbery on a Marine and his
brother got more than they
bargained for when they
picked the fight, a judge
said Feb. 4.
Moments before ordering Andy Flores and Victor
Resendiz Hernandez to
stand trial for a New Year’s
Day attack, Superior Court
Judge Joan Weber said the
incident was a “classic
case” of picking the wrong
victims.
Flores,
25,
and
Hernandez, 23, pleaded not
guilty to one felony count
each of attempted robbery
and assault with a deadly
weapon as well as a brandishing a knife, a misdemeanor.
The duo faces up to
seven years in prison if convicted, Deputy District
Attorney Laurie Hauf said
outside the courtroom.
Mark Reynolds testified the defendants started
the altercation around 9
p.m. Jan. 1 near the basketball courts at Washington
Park. Eventually, he said,
the two men cornered him
and his brother near the
park’s bathrooms. At that
point, he said Flores pulled
out a folding knife and
demanded one of their mp3
players.
Mark Reynolds said
Hernandez took the knife
off of Flores, who was intoxicated.
Under cross-examination
by
Hernandez’s
attorney, Matt Roberts,
Mark Reynolds testified
Hernandez tried to get
Flores to leave multiple
times. He said he believed
when Hernandez got the
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Monthlong shows
planned at Athenaeum
LA JOLLA — The
Athenaeum Music & Arts
Library, 1008 Wall St., will
host the David Adey: John
Henry exhibit in its Main
Gallery Feb. 27 through
April 3 with an opening
reception from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. Feb. 26. Admission is
free.
“All art is made out of
things,” rising artist Adey
said. “All things are made
out of stuff. All stuff is made
from other stuff.” Adey will
transform the Main Gallery
space, in a tribute to some of
the Athenaeum’s favorite
“stuff” books.
In the Athenaeum’s
Rotunda Gallery will be
Charlie Miller: Anything but
Rehab Feb. 27 through April
3 with the opening reception
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 26.
Admission is free.
Los Angeles-based artist
Charlie Miller will exhibit
Anything but Rehab, a new
series of paintings. Miller is
currently working on these
in his Sherman Heights studio, a former pharmacy
which came replete with two
decades
of
medical
ephemera from the 1950s
and ‘60s. He uses acrylics,
collaged with vintage prescriptions and modern
advertisements. In the North
Reading Room will be selections from the Athenaeum’s
Erika and Fred Torri Artists’
Books Collection: Mary Ellen
Long books Feb. 27 through
April 3, with the opening
reception 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Feb. 26. Admission is free.
Long is an artist and
bookmaker from Durango,
Colo., who has exhibited previously in the Main Gallery,
in 1993 and 1997. She has
created a prolific body of
work including limited-edition books, maps with text,
installations, and sculptural
interventions inspired by her
forest
environment
in
Durango.
14
FEB. 12, 2010
An exclusive interview with Irene Valenti for Valentine’s Day
MACHEL
PENN
Machel’s Ranch
For this Valentine’s Day, I
thought it would be absolutely
perfect to interview a worldrenowned matchmaking service.You may already know this,
but there is one right here in
Rancho Santa Fe. I have the
pleasure of sharing with you
my personal interview with
Irene
Valenti,
founder
of Valenti International.
Sometimes, I just hit the jackpot with these interviews!
Q. How long ago did you
start Valenti International, and
how did you choose Rancho
Santa Fe as your city?
A. I was invited to the Inn
at Rancho Santa Fe 20 years
ago to have lunch with a girlfriend. I immediately fell in
love with the Ranch. That’s
why I decided to start my business here. After all, I am a
country girl at heart, and it so
beautiful here.
Q. Why is Valenti
International sought out by
professionals
over other
matchmaking companies?
A. The caliber of our
clients is what attracts business professionals to Valenti.
As the leader of the company, I
am extremely involved with
my business. We have highly
skilled staff and psychologists
that give the personal touch
needed to be successful for
our clientele’s needs.
Q. Are matchmaking services more accepted than they
were 10 years ago?
A. Yes. However, we are
not a dating service like an
Internet service. We are a
matchmaking company in the
European tradition, with a personal, private feeling for our
clientele.
Q. What would you consider the key ingredients to running a successful business?
A. Huge commitment.
You must have a solid business
plan and do something you
really love.You must have passion for your dream and
believed that what you are
doing is making a difference in
the world.
Q. Are you selective in
choosing the individuals that
would like to sign up for
Valenti’s services?
A. Yes, absolutely. All pay
a pre-screening fee, and then
they speak to one of our psychologists on staff. We assess
whether they are compatible
with Valenti and that we are
also compatible with them.
Q. If you wanted to
encourage those that are hesitant in using a matchmaking
service, what advice would you
give them to change their
mind?
A. I would give them this
analogy: Most successful people have experts advise them
on their business relationships, such as financial advisers. So, do your due diligence
and seek advice and invest for
your most important relationship — your own.
Q. Where do you see your
company in the next five
years?
A. Definitely recognized
as a relationship expert in the
world. We are already on that
path. I also I want to encourage
our clients to be more thoughtful and to grow in the area of
their relationships with others.
I haven’t mentioned this yet,
but Valenti already has more
individuals interested in our
service than we can actually
take as clients, even during the
recession.
Q. What has been the
most rewarding aspect as a
business owner in Rancho
Santa Fe?
A. Being welcomed with
open arms from the first day. I
am excited to give back to the
community in return for all
that the Ranch has already
done for me. I was welcomed
with open arms.
Q. What words of wisdom
could you share with couples
over Valentine’s Day this year?
A. Never give up on finding true love.There is someone
for everyone in this life.
After interviewing Irene
over the phone, I felt moved by
her passion and decisive
words. Her final words actually
took my breath away. “Never
give up on true love.” Now
that’s the best advice I’ve
heard from anyone in along
time — refreshing, inspirational and dripping with pure
romance. Thank you, Irene for
your interview for “Machel’s
Ranch.” Your interview truly
touched my heart this
Valentine’s season. Check out
www.ValentiInternational.co
m for more information on
Irene’s successful business.
Around town
On Jan. 23, Ranch resident Violet MacDonald and
her very best friend from
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Carol
MacDonald celebrated their
40 years of friendship at
Firenze Trattoria with their
closest loved ones. The two
friends met in Bloomfield
Hills, while living and raising
their families together in the
same neighborhood. A photo
taken the night of their celebration, during restaurant
week is featured in this column. Violet took her entire
family out to dinner including
her children and grandchildren, which included her
favorite
daughter-in-law,
Meredith MacDonald. The
guests enjoyed red wine and
feasted on yummy Italian food,
as they were enchanted with
some fascinating stories when
these two lovely ladies’ children were growing up together. Best friends are the best,
and I just love Violet. She is
truly a “class act” in the
Ranch.
On Jan. 25, I snuggled up
under my blanket to watch this
season’s “The Bachelor.” Steve
Pavelka, I must say, is just
about the meanest bachelor
I’ve ever seen on ABC.
Normally, they only send two
girls home during the reality
show, while Mr. Pavelka happily sent four girls packing
with a smirk on his face.At the
beginning of the episode, he
informed one of the girls he
was “Mr. Dateless in the ninth
grade.” Maybe he should’ve
stayed that way. I don’t know
ow he landed this role, it must
have been one of the networks biggest casting catastrophes. I’ve never seen a
more disturbing season. He
even burned a rose that night,
although I’m sure some of it’s
encouraged by the producers.
However, as a woman, I personally felt insulted by his inability to be classy with the ladies
that didn’t turn his head. My
advice? Skip the last few
shows of this season and wait
for “The Bachelorette.” I’m
incredibly bored on “Marry
Me Monday Nights.” However,
I do love that campaign slogan
...
On Jan. 28, Suzanne
Felando invited me to a fabulous party at her newly opened
salon in Rancho Santa Fe.
Located right by The Rancho
Santa Fe Sandwich shop, residents in town now have another option in their beautifying
routine. Suzanne was an excellent hostess. She gave me the
grand tour of the party, which
stretched around the corner
from her shop into the courtyard by the Barry Estates
office. Singer Ellen Cusac and
guitarist Jeff Shultz were on
deck, also filling the event with
their acoustic style music. I
also ran into Ranch resident
Anna Waite with local author
Sage Breslin. Guests enjoyed
gourmet sandwiches, desserts
and champagne, while they
were introduced to the fantastic products inside the salon. I
managed to snap a cute photo
of Audrey and Christian
Mattson, Jonathan Ford and
Andre Nordan.They were busy
passing our raffle tickets for a
drawing later that evening.
Thanks so much for including
me, Suzanne. For more information, please check out
www.studiofelando.com or call
(858)756-5602.
On the evening of Jan. 31,
the Grammy’s were televised.
Nothing excites me more than
uncovering a local celebrity to
brag about in my column.
North County resident Becky
Riedy was the announcer at
the Grammy’s. How cool is
that? If you watched that
evening, you heard Becky
announcing the guests as they
strolled on stage in their outlandish rock star outfits to
hand out the golden awards.
Becky is married to John
Riedy. You may not know this,
but John is the nephew of
Cathy and John Lynch here in
the Ranch. I have been the
lucky enough to know their
family through mutual friends
over the last 20 years. Becky
has also announced the 2007
Prime-time Emmy Awards, the
50th annual Grammy Awards
in 2008, and the Grammy
Nomination
Concert
in
November 2009. I have included a gorgeous picture, which
was taken by her husband,
John Riedy. If you are looking
for an excellent photographer,
check out his Web site at
www.Johnriedy.com, and
Becky’s at www.Beckyriedy.
com. Thanks so much for letting me share this exciting
news. Becky and John are also
the proud parents of two gorgeous boys.
On Feb. 1, I attended the
Rancho Santa Fe Rotary
luncheon, which was held at
the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe.
What I love about the Rotary
Club is their wonderful way of
just making you feel right at
home with everyone else in the
room. As a newcomer, you
would think meeting highlevel professionals might be
intimidating. However, not at
their meeting. So many wonderful Rotarians introduce
themselves to you, which
immediately puts you at ease.
That day two new members
were inducted: Irene Valenti
and Dr. Bridget Cantwell
McDonald. I have included
their photos here. After their
induction, Ranch resident
Kelly Michael’s son-in-law,
Commander Paul Bieraugel of
the destroyer USN Kidd, gave
an insightful presentation of
what it’s like to be on the front
lines in the Navy for more than
19 years. On a side note,
Heather Manion was also pre-
sented a cake and we all sang
“Happy Birthday” to her.What
an amazing way to enjoy your
lunchtime on Mondays in the
Ranch. If you would like more
information on this incredible
organization, please visit
www.ranchosantaferotary.org.
ROTARY CLUB Katie Hawkes, Bridget Cantwell-McDonald, Jill King, and Maurice H. Rahimi, president of
the Rotary Club. Courtesy photo
GRAMMY GAL Local resident
Becky Riedy announced this MORE ROTARY Katie Hawkes, Maurice H. Rahimi, Irene Valenti and
year’s Grammy’s on Jan. 31st. Don Vogal. Courtesy photo
Photo by John Riedy
ALL SMILES Anna Waite and Sage GUEST SPEAKER Guest speaker Commander Bieraugel and
Breslin at Studio Felando. Photo by Machel his wife Michelle, with fellow Rotarian Frankie Owens at the
Rotary Club meeting. Courtesy photo
Penn
BFF Violet MacDonald and Carol FAMILY AFFAIR Suzanne
MacDonald celebrate 40 years of Felando with her daughter and
friendship. Courtesy photo
husband at Studio Felando’s Party.
Photo by Machel Penn
DYNAMIC DUO Ellen Cusac
with Jeff Shultz, performing at the
Studio Felando party. Photo by
Machel Penn
15
FEB. 12, 2010
Principal gets jail Authentic, slow smoked barbecue at Brett’s
for stealing funds
By Randy Kalp
OCEANSIDE — A
Superior Court judge on Feb.
4 sentenced a former
Oceanside elementary school
principal to 90 days in jail for
stealing
approximately
$70,000 from the district and
two
Parent
Teacher
Organizations.
Paulette Thompson, 59,
pleaded guilty in January to
one count each of grand theft
and misappropriation of public funds in connection to
stealing more than $50,000
between 2005 and 2008 from
the Oceanside Unified
School District and San Luis
Rey and Reynolds elementary schools’ Parent Teacher
Organization.
Prosecutors
allege
Thompson wired the stolen
funds to herself and family
members as well as wrote herself personal checks.
Thompson was placed on
administrative leave from her
duties as principal at
Reynolds in February 2009,
Steve Lombard, a spokesman
for Oceanside Unified School
District, has said. During her
20-year tenure with the district,she worked as a principal
at San Luis Rey and was a
teacher.
In addition to her jail
time, Thompson will have to
complete 400 hours of community service and will be on probation for the next five years,
according to court records.
A restitution hearing was
set for April 5.
Undergrounding in
Del Mar goes to a vote
By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — With an
overflow crowd watching
from the city annex, nearly
50 residents provided input
during a Feb. 2 special meeting to discuss undergrounding utility lines in the North
Hills area of the city.
Many said they were
shocked when they received
their assessment notices last
month. Those on fixed
incomes, such as senior citizens and single parents, said
they feared losing their
homes and asked council to
stop the project immediately.
With only about 15
speakers supporting the proposal, council nonetheless
voted 3-0, with Don Mosier
recused and Carl Hilliard
absent, to move the project
forward. A public hearing is
set for April 19, and mail ballots will be sent out 45 days
prior to that.
“I do think it is good to
let it go to a vote … so that
you all know what everybody
thinks
about
this,”
Councilwoman
Crystal
Crawford said. “You’re a very
strong sampling, of course,
from the community but
you’re not everybody in the
neighborhood.”
Undergrounding utility
wires was identified as a high
priority in 2002 as part of Del
Mar Vision 2020, a long-range
planning and integration
plan created with public
input. Based on methods
used for 10 years in Laguna
Beach, an area with a topography similar to Del Mar, the
city spent 18 months developing an assessment formula.
According to state laws,
assessment district costs
must be allocated based on
special benefits rather than
divided equally among
parcels.
Del Mar’s first undergrounding project, completed in 2006, buried utility
poles and wires at 83 parcels
in the Ocean View/Pines
area. That project received
76 percent approval from voters.
North Hills was originally formed as three districts in
March 2007 with the majority of property owners in
favor of undergrounding.The
areas were combined last
April into one district comprising 321 parcels.
Assessments range from
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Ranch resident joins
Solekai Systems
RANCHO SANTA FE
—
Solekai
Systems
Corporation has named
Marco Thompson its new
chief technology officer.
A
familiar
face in the
boardrooms of a
number of
innovative
San Diego
concerns,
MARCO
Thompson
THOMPSON
will call on
30 years of engineering services management experience and a vast network of
technology contacts and
affiliations to direct the tech-
nology focus for the Sorrento
Valley engineering services
company.
Thompson has designed
and managed his way to
entrepreneurial success. In
1984 he founded Doctor
Design, an embedded engineering services firm that
contracted for such companies as AMD, Intel,
Samsung,
Mitsubishi,
DIRECTV, Philips,Thomson,
Sony and IBM. Thompson
would later sell the $50 million firm to Integrated
Systems, which merged with
Wind River in 2000, and then
merged with Intel in 2009.
Thompson stayed with the
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DAVID
BOYLAN
Lick the Plate
I love authentic barbecue and Brett’s BBQ is overflowing with authenticity, passion and the unbridled enthusiasm of its proprietors Brett
Nicholson
and
Bruce
Weisman. Everything about
this place makes me happy.
Their motto “If It’s Not
Smoked, It’s Not Barbeque”
should also be a lesson to
those who think barbecue is
throwing a steak on the grill
or those restaurants who offer
“barbecue ribs” that are no
more than pre-cooked, prepackaged ribs that they warm
up in the oven. A smoker is
required for barbecue and
Brett’s has two massive units
that made me smile.
To achieve their authentic southern barbeque flavor,
they have hickory wood
shipped in from out of state
and all of their meats are
BBQ HEAVEN Pure barbecue goodness slow-cooking in the smoker
at Brett’s BBQ in Encinitas. Photo by David Boylan
hand-rubbed with a special
blend of spices, then slowcooked in the smoker for up
to 16 hours. To finish it off
they add their all-original
Brett’s BBQ sauce which they
make daily from scratch. Most
of the menu is made from
scratch onsite at the restaurant. Not a lot of restaurants
in this area can make that
claim and it speaks again to
the passion and dedication
these guys have to doing
things the right way.
OK, on to the menu. I
could just skip this and say
everything on it is out of this
world, and it is, but some
details are in order because
some of this stuff is really
spectacular.
All the starters are solid
including the barbecue and
Cajun chicken wings, and the
onion rings are a real treat. I
can’t say I’ve tried the salads
as I’m not really in a salad
mode when going for barbecue but they are a nice option
and the pit master salad
sounds great with your choice
of meat on mixed greens with
smoked gouda, roasted sweet
corn, black beans, jicama,
tomato and sweet onion
served with barbecue sauce
and ranch dressing.
All the sandwiches are
really, really good. The pulled
pork, beef brisket, pulled
chicken sandwiches are perfect and even better when
you pile some cole slaw on
top. The Texas rope sausage
is topped with sautéed
onions, peppers and jack
cheese.
Now to the barbecue
promised land — Brett’s
entrées. One note of interest,
all of these dishes are smoked
between four and 14 hours.
The baby back ribs are the
most tender and succulent
I’ve had. Barbecue spare ribs
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DAY FOR DADS
Top right, Horizon Prep father Victor Mena, is “shown the ropes” of recess by his second-grade daughter Emilie at the school’s
special Dads Day on Jan. 28. The school held games and lunch, giving youngsters special time with their fathers. Top left, students from Horizon Prep, 6233 El Apajo, serve up all smiles for lunch. Bottom left, fourth-grader Lily-Grace MacIntosh is happy
to share lunch with her dad, David. Bottom right, fifth-grader Noah Irving and his dad, Shawn, take time out for tetherball.
Courtesy photos
Battle over evidence continues in 3-strikes case
By Randy Kalp
VISTA — Evidence, or
the lack thereof, in a North
County criminal case has created quite a stir between the
San Diego District Attorney’s
Office and a Superior Court
judge.
Prosecutors had demanded Judge Harry Elias remove
himself from a three-strikes
case in which he must decide
if evidence was improperly
withheld from the defense;
however, at a motions hearing
Jan. 27, the judge said he
reviewed the law pertaining
to a judicial disqualification
and that none of the factors,
including personal bias or
prejudice concerning a party,
applied to this case.
In a motion filed in
January, Deputy District
Attorney Katherine Flaherty
called for Elias to step down
from the case citing that he
has demonstrated a bias
against her office in this criminal matter.
The prosecutor pointed to
comments Elias made during
a hearing in December in
which he said the District
Attorney’s Office should be
concerned about their reputation among judges and attorneys with regard to turning
over evidence in light of two
recent North County criminal
cases in which discovery obligations were violated.
“You’ve got lawyers here
who believe there’s a conspiracy concocted,” Elias said at
that hearing. “Now that’s sort
of their mindset at times, but
it’s not good amongst judicial
officers.”
The rift revolves around a
piece of evidence in the criminal case against Kenneth
Bowles, a convicted felon with
two strikes who was convicted
in December of several more
thefts and now faces his third
strike. Following his conviction, a brief trial was held to
verify the evidence supporting
his two strike priors. At that
hearing, Bowles’ attorney
questioned the prosecution
about not properly disclosing
information regarding an
inconclusive fingerprint result
in an evidence report.
At the heart of the matter
is a pawnshop slip marked
with the findings of the evidence technician, which was
properly placed into court’s
evidence.
In her motion, Stone said
it cannot be the policy of the
people to report inconclusive
results through the print
examiner’s raw notes scribbled on an actual exhibit and
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16
FEB. 12, 2010
Visitor tax expands
to vacation rentals
By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Hoping to
add $175,000 or more annually to city coffers, council
members voted unanimously at the Jan. 25 meeting to
expeditiously move forward
with an ordinance that will
expand the transient occupancy tax to include shortterm vacation rentals.
The
tax
currently
applies to stays less than 30
days in hotel rooms and time
shares, but not in single-family residences or duplexes, a
practice that violates zoning
laws in most areas of the
city.
According to initial
research by staff and the
Finance Committee, there
GUILD GEARS UP
The Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild announced its new board of directors for the incoming 2010 year at the first guild board meeting of the year Feb. 2. Board members include, from left, front row, Second Vice President Cindy Klong, President Carol Curtis
and Co-Gallery Director Pat Beck, with, from left, back row, Treasurer Teresa Wright, First Vice President Judianne Shannon,
Co-Publicity Director Laurenn Barker, Co-Publicity Director Suzy Schaefer, Co-Secretary Anne von Benckendorff, Co-Gallery
Director Pat Macri and Co-Gallery Director Marileigh Schulte. Not pictured are Parliamentarian Connie McCoy, Co-Secretary
Ruth Todd Evans and Newsletter Coordinator Adam Styborski. Anyone wishing to apply to be an exhibiting member or to contribute on a sponsorship level can contact the guild at (858) 759-3545 or visit at 6004 Paseo Delicias in Rancho Santa Fe.
Visit www.ranchosantafeartguild.org for current news and exhibits of the guild. Courtesy photo
Local author leaves no genre untouched
By Lillian Cox
CARLSBAD
—
“I
enjoyed killing people,”
chuckled Taffy Cannon, president of the board of trustees
of the city of Carlsbad’s
Friends of the Library.
Cannon is the author of
13 mystery novels, all of
which are available at the
Dove Library where she manages the Friend’s bookstore.
Four were published under
the pseudonym Emily Tolle.
“I’ve enjoyed being part
of the mystery community,”
she said. “I have fabulous
friends all over the world. It’s
a very kind, gentle group of
people — I think that’s
because they get their aggression out on the page.”
Cannon was a child of
the 1960s, raised in Chicago
before earning a bachelor’s
degree in political science
from Duke University.
“I always loved to write
and was a voracious reader,”
she said. “I thought writers
were anointed at birth and
didn’t realize regular people
could do it. I was in my 20s
when I realized writers were
people who just sat down and
wrote.”
She began to write while
an inner-city teacher in
Chicago.
“I loved the process of
sitting down at the typewriter
and thinking the plot through
and writing and rewriting,”
she said. “For me, that’s what
it has always been about.”
When she moved to
Dallas in the early 1970s with
THE WRITE STUFF Mystery author Taffy Cannon still enjoys seeing her husband who was a law
her books on the shelves of the Dove Library where she volunteers with student, she began selling
the Friends of the Library Bookstore. “I love it,” she said. “I especially like articles to magazines such as
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Parker students work to
raise funds for Haiti aid
SAN DIEGO — Seniors in
the Social Justice class at
Francis Parker School spent a
week raising money to assist
the ongoing earthquake relief
efforts in Haiti.
The 33 students in Philip
Trotter’s class, including
Carmel Valley residents Alexa
Frantz and Nick King, diligently used their time talking
to Parker parents in the dropoff line at both the Mission
Hills and Linda Vista campuses, while money was also
raised each day during the
lunch hour at the Upper
School.
The seniors raised $1,075
between the two campuses
Jan. 29 morning alone, bringing the weekly total to $2,300.
That amount will be doubled
through the generosity of
another benefactor, for a
grand total of $4,600 that will
be given to Partners in Health.
Additionally, the student
council at the Lower School
has raised $500 that will be
given to the American Red
Cross in support of their relief
efforts in Haiti. That money
was generated through sales
of hot chocolate and other various events on campus, inspiring an anonymous Parker family to donate $5,000 to the
same charity on behalf of the
Lower School students.
Record growth at
SD Trust Bank
COAST CITIES — San
Diego Trust Bank reported
positive audited results for
the fourth quarter as well as
the full year ending Dec. 31,
2009.
when a whole collection is gone because I know someone has taken it
The bank reported its
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out.” Photo by Lillian Cox
21st consecutive quarterly
profit with record Q4 earnings up 77 percent from the
comparable period of a year
ago. Net earnings after-tax
totaled $198,000 for the
fourth quarter ending Dec.
31, 2009 compared to
$112,000 for the same period
last year.
For the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2009, the bank
reported pre-tax income of
$1.02 million compared to
$849,000 last year despite
having to absorb more than a
four-fold increase in FDIC
insurance premiums and a
special assessment levied
against the entire industry
earlier in the year.
The
bank’s
FDIC
Insurance
premium
expense/assessment
was
$231,000 for the 12 months
ending Dec. 31, 2009 compared to just $56,000 in the
Chairman Robert Smith, center, of the Pala Band of Mission Indians and, center right, Bill Bembenek, chief executive officer
prior year. Net income afterof Pala Casino Spa & Resort, present a check for $11,000 to Rick Hinrichs, center left, director of emergency operations for
tax increased more than 21
the American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial Counties to benefit the Red Cross Haitian Relief Fund as Pala Casino managepercent compared to the
ment and team members and tribal members participate. Pala Casino team members and the tribe held a two-week fundraisprior year and totaled
ing campaign in January at the casino to help the Haitian relief effort. Courtesy photo
$632,000 for the year ended
Dec. 31, 2009. This marks the
TEAM EFFORT
are 75 to 125 units in Del
Mar that are rented approximately nine weeks a year for
a conservatively low estimate of $2,500 per week.
City Planner Adam
Birnbaum said the original
revenue
estimate
of
$175,000, based on 75 units,
is likely on the low side
because it was calculated
using the city’s previous
TOT, which was recently
increased by 1 percent to
11.5 percent.
“I’m very fond of this
proposal and I’d like to keep
it
moving
forward,”
Councilman Don Mosier
said, adding that he felt the
fifth consecutive yearly profit
for San Diego Trust Bank
going back to 2005.
“We are thrilled to be
able to report to our loyal
shareholders a meaningful
increase in earnings this past
year despite operating in the
most challenging economic
environment since the Great
Depression,” said President
and CEO Michael Perry.
“This past year proved to be
one of our strongest to date
as individuals and businesses
alike recognized the strength
and stability of our institution and sought a ‘safe-haven’
amidst all the turmoil in the
banking industry. That
momentum continues to
build as we head into 2010
and we are excited about the
opportunities ahead.”
Total assets climbed to a
record $152 million, up
almost 36 percent from the
prior year’s figures of $112
million. Total deposits also
reached a new all-time high
of $117 million as of Dec. 31,
2009, up 33 percent compared to $88 million a year
ago. Core deposits (DDA and
money market accounts) represented 84 percent of all
deposits as of Dec. 31, 2009.
The bank has never held any
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17
FEB. 12, 2010
DOUGHERTY & TAYLOR
THE POWER OF TWO
ANDREA DOUGHERTY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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FEB. 12, 2010
Commission appointments result in rare failed vote
By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — As
council members made their
final appointments to the
city’s citizen advisory commissions during the Jan. 27
meeting, what should have
been a routine item resulted
in a failed vote — an almost
unprecedented occurrence
in Solana Beach — and further action scheduled for
the Feb.10 meeting.
The city’s municipal
code governs how residents
are appointed — either
by individual council members or the council at large.
The
View
Assessment
Commission consists of
seven members. Each council member is entitled to
appoint one resident. The
other two are nominated by
the council at large.
This year the commis-
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four vacancies — one to be
filled by Mayor Tom
Campbell,
one
by
Councilman Joe Kellejian
and two by the council at
large. Three of the five applicants — David Zito, Reed
Philips and John Scales —
were reapplying. Campbell
selected Zito. Kellejian
chose to appoint Paul
Bishop.
When asked to nominate a candidate, Lesa
Heebner, the council ad hoc
member for the View
Assessment Commission,
suggested a slate of Zito,
Philips, Scales and Pat
Coad.
Heebner said Coad
applied for the position previously and her husband has
been working with the
group as it develops a view
assessment ordinance.
“She is very knowledgeable about this ordinance
and I think that her family
experience ... would be very
valuable,” Heebner said.
She
appealed
to
Kellejian to reconsider his
choice, but he said he felt
strongly about his appointment. “This gentleman has
37 years of architectural
experience and would be
just invaluable to the
process,” Kellejian said.
Dave Roberts supported Kellejian’s appointment,
but the vote failed 2-3.
Heebner’s slate passed 4-1.
“I’ve been on this council for 18 years now and this
is the first time that an individual has ever recommended somebody and had it
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one loan reported as “nonaccrual” as of Dec. 31, 2009. This
particular credit is wellsecured and as such, the bank
does not foresee any meaning-
ful loss potential.
As of Dec. 31, 2009, the
bank’s total risk based capital
of 20.13 percent was among
the highest in the nation and
more than twice the amount
needed to be considered “wellcapitalized” by regulatory definition. The bank has never
invested in preferred stock of
any entity, including Freddie
Mac or Fannie Mae, and as
such its capital position is not
impaired in any way.
The bank’s actual capital
ratios as of Dec. 31, 2009 are
summarized as follows:
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“brokered” deposits.
Gross loans totaled $54.9
million as of Dec.31,2009,compared to $60.8 million as of the
same date in 2008, as demand
for credit slowed noticeably
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Total Risk-Based
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San Diego Trust Bank did
not apply for any taxpayer
funded bailout funds under
the much maligned TARP program.The bank’s liquidity position has never been stronger
with more than $89.4 million in
cash and securities available
for sale as of Dec. 31, 2009.
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Update on
district’s
search for
office space
By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — Real
estate agents working to find
a location for the Del Mar
Union School District administrative offices and maintenance facilities were given
additional direction from the
board of trustees at the Jan.
27 meeting.
It was the fifth time
since contracting with Chuck
Wasker
of
Colliers
International and Mark
Kagan
of
MarkJen
Corporation a year ago that
the board adjusted its specifications.
When they began working with the district last
February, the agents were
asked to find office space
between 15,000 and 25,000
square feet to buy or lease or
land on which to build.
“In subsequent meetings, it was determined that
the purchase of an existing
building or vacant land
would be preferable to the
lease option,”Wasker said.
In November, Wasker
and Kagan began following
“a parallel path” with an
advisory committee formed
to, among other things,
review surplus space within
the district that could potentially be used to house the
offices.
At a Jan. 20 meeting, the
lease option was put back on
the table and the agents
received legal clearance to
look at sites outside of, but
adjacent to, the district
boundaries,Wasker said.
Meanwhile, the agents
had been told to expand the
parameters of their search to
include properties with a
minimum of 10,000 square
feet.At the most recent meeting, the maximum building
requirement was increased to
30,000 square feet.
Wasker said they began
their search by sending emails listing the specifications to all office, industrial
and land brokers in the county. They also contacted 36
owners, many with more than
one property, by e-mail,
postal mail or phone. Wasker
said no buildings with the district’s requirements were
found on CoStar,the commercial equivalent to the multiple listing service used by residential agents.
“Nor did any broker
present a prospect to us,” he
said. “I was very surprised.”
Wasker said he and his
partner eventually identified
16 properties within the district boundaries that fit their
criteria, however, none were
for sale. Most recently, the
search was narrowed to three
properties in or adjacent to
the district. One is on the
market and the owners of the
other two said they may be
interested in selling.
In December, the board
of trustees, Superintendent
Sharon McClain, community
members and district staff
toured the three properties,
which are located at the corner of Jimmy Durante
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21
FEB. 12, 2010
UCSD players share the field with TERI
LA JOLLA — Igniting
a feeling of camaraderie
and friendly competition,
the USCD Triton baseball
players teamed Jan. 30
with special needs children
and adults from the
Training, Education &
Research Institute, or
TERI, based in Oceanside.
The day was its third annual “Play Ball” baseball
scrimmage with players
from TERI partnered
throughout the field with
Triton players.
Triton Head Coach
Dan O’Brian and TERI
CEO and founder Cheryl
Kilmer brought together
their respective players for
an afternoon of community
outreach, fitness and fun.
The festivities included an
announcement of all players, the traditional playing
of the National Anthem
and ceremonial first pitch
as families and friends
cheered from the bleachers. Following the game,
everyone enjoyed a late
afternoon barbecue, provided by Hungry Hunter.
Founded in 1980 in
San Diego, TERI, a private,
nonprofit 501(C)(3)corporation, is dedicated to
offering a wide range of
services and programs supporting individuals of all
ages with developmental
SPRING FUN UCSD baseball team member Jimmy Aykroid heads for home during the annual “Play and learning disabilities
and their families.
Ball” baseball scrimmage with youngsters from TERI. Courtesy photo
Paso Robles tasting tour hits San Diego
FRANK
MANGIO
Taste of Wine
All
of
Southern
California is expected to stop
what they are doing and flock
to the several venues that
make up the Paso Robles
Grand Tasting Tour Tuesday
from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25.
Eleven events are being
staged from Cardiff to Point
Loma in a regional showcase
of more than 40 winemakers,
including wine dinners, trade
and public tastings and a
unique nighttime, ultra-chic
club lounge music experience.
“Wineries from Paso
Robles have seen increased
demand from Southern
California wine enthusiasts,”
said Paso Robles Wine
Alliance Executive Director
Stacey Jacobs. “Across the
landscape, you will find
26,000 vineyard acres produc-
GRAND TASTING Paso Robles wines come to San Diego Feb. 22 through Feb. 25 with more than 40
wineries participating. Photo by Frank Mangio
ing more than 40 different
grape varieties.” One hundred and eighty wineries dot
Paso’s Wine Country, including names like Adelaida,
Ancient Peaks, Eberle, Four
Vines, Halter Ranch, J Lohr,
Niner, Opolo, Silver Horse
and Tablas Creek.
The beauty of these
events is that more often than
not, you will be able to catch a
conversation with the owners/winemakers in one place
and one event.
OK, here are the restaurants and wine shops that will
feature Paso wines in dinners
and taste events.
— Feb. 23: Wine Steals in
Cardiff and Point Loma,
Flemings Prime Steakhouse,
Alchemy, Phil’s BBQ, and
Linkery in San Diego.
— Feb. 24: Urban Solace,
WineSellar & Brasserie in San
Diego, a trade and media
tasting from 1 to 5 p.m. at
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Scripps Encinitas artwork up for Orchid Award
ENCINITAS — San Diego
artist Jeffrey Laudenslager has
been nominated for an Orchid
Award for his sculpture
“Mikoshi” featured at the
main entrance of Scripps
Memorial Hospital Encinitas.
The hospital features two
Laudenslager pieces throughout the campus as part of the
Arts for Healing Program, an
initiative launched in 2003 to
enhance the course of healing
for patients, their families, visitors and staff by integrating art
with the healing environment.
The program also provides
local artists with a taxdeductible opportunity to support Scripps Encinitas by contributing a percentage of proceeds from the sale of their artwork.
Laudenslager is an
Encinitas resident and a longtime supporter of the hospital.
His two Scripps Encinitas featured sculptures were installed
through the generosity of Nate
and Ralyn Wolfstein, long-term
Scripps supporters and close
colleagues of Laudenslager.
The Wolfsteins have supported
Scripps through the years by
sponsoring the installation of
more than 40 sculptures on the
campuses of Scripps La Jolla
and Scripps Encinitas.
Laudenslager won the
1999 Orchid Award in the Fine
Art category for his 34-foot
high
kinetic
sculpture
“Archimage,” featured in the
Torrey Reserve complex in Del
Mar. The Orchid Award highlights San Diego’s best in architecture, design and fine art
each year.
JEAN
GILLETTE
Small Talk
Survival
of the
fittest for
my plants
I am a woman of the
world. I have coped with
rain and weather, but in
truth, I’m out of the habit.
Still, it’s not me I’m concerned about. It’s the very
confused plants in my yard.
They are in a quandary, a
tizzy, a thorough puzzlement. They have, during the
past several years, become
accustomed to a particular
sort of neglect. They know I
will ignore them for weeks
at a time until I notice one
or more are wilted and
about to expire from dehydration. Then I drop everything and water them thoroughly. Between times, if
the wind is right, they sometimes catch a little moisture
from the not-very-wellplaced sprinkler system.
That was our understanding
and they have generally
thrived.
Suddenly this year, we
are soaked. Drenched. So
much water, I discovered I
had some pots and some
beds that don’t actually
drain that well. Who knew?
Suddenly, the smell of stagnant water and mildew has
popped up and neither my
plants nor I know quite
what to do. That is, on a
short list of things I am willing to do, none seem quite
right. The list only includes:
1. Water 2. Prune 3. Ignore
plant for another couple of
weeks.
I did have a lovely
moment venting some irritation, when I got to fiercely
jab and punch holes in the
bottom of several planters
with a sharp object to aid
drainage. That’s always
refreshing when it’s something you are supposed to
do, rather than simply done
in a fit of pique. Not that
this ever stops me.
Meanwhile, my plants
are exhibiting symptoms
new to both of us. How do
you make a plant less wet?
Heretofore, that has been
the sun’s job and I’m just a
bit peeved it is so obviously
slacking. And if my plants
have any thoughts of being
hauled under the overhang
or, heaven forfend, brought
inside, they’d best get over it.
I suppose I ought to
give them the bad news that
the initial contract is still in
place. It goes something like
this. First, I go to the store
and buy them and lug them
home. I add lovely bagged
soil, fertilizer and, generally,
a fetching pot. I try to place
them in a spot that will give
them the sun called for on
the magic tag attached.
Then they are pretty much
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22
FEB. 12, 2010
Stop before you toss those
class action settlement notices
CERT TRAINING
From left, Simon Holt of Froots Encinitas, Josh Gordon of the Encinitas Fire Department
and Doug Jones, president and cofounder of the Encinitas Community Emergency
Response Team, or CERT, were on hand for a recent event at Encinitas Fire House No. 5.
All CERT team members received free smoothies. CERT cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and
AED training will be held Feb. 20 at the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Department. For more information, call (760) 633-2815. Academy graduates are registered with FEMA and the San
Diego County Office of Emergency Services. For more information or registration check
encinitas.cert-central.com. The Encinitas CERT program educates people about disaster
preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light
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We’ve all gotten them in
the mail. Usually it’s a postcard with a bunch of small
print and confusing instructions. Those notices saying
there’s a class action settlement and somehow they got
your name. My secretary
just told me she just tosses
them in the garbage!
“What?” I said. “You
could be throwing away a lot
of money!”
“No, I was just going to
get a coupon for a buck off
my next purchase of dog
food,” she said.
I don’t blame her. I used
to toss them away, too, until I
really started to examine
them as a consumer attorney. Don’t get me wrong:
class action lawsuits keep
big corporate wrongdoers
honest and provide justice
to a big group of consumers
who each only suffer a little
bit of harm. If we had to sue
individually for each person
who bought a tainted bag of
J MICHAEL
VALLEE
The Law and You
dog food, for example, no
lawyer in America would
take the case where, if you
win, you get back the cost of
the dog food. It allows
lawyers to represent a whole
group of folks at one time
and makes it economically
viable to do so. But ...
There’s always a “but,”
and that leads me back to
the point of this article.
Sometimes, the proposed
settlement isn’t fair to the
consumers who got rippedoff in the first place.
Sometimes, the settlement
doesn’t give each person
enough, doesn’t make the
wrongdoer pay enough, or
gives the lead attorneys too
much in fees. If you get one
of the notices, have it examined for free by a qualified
consumer attorney to look
at the specifics of the proposed class action settlement. If you don’t agree with
the terms, you may be able
to object. If your objection is
warranted, you may be entitled to extra compensation
for helping the class get a
better deal!
So, next time you get
one of the annoying notices
in the mail, have it looked at
by a qualified attorney
before you toss it. You could
not only earn extra money,
but you could help out a lot
of other folks as well. That’s
one of the ways that justice
works in America.
Michael Vallee is a practicing trial
attorney whose firm focuses on consumer law, personal injury and wrongful death cases. He is a consumer legal
contributor for The Coast News.
Contact him at info@valleelaw.com.
Streaming online movies to
television easier than ever
By Consumer Reports
Getting online content
on television is easier than
ever. A growing number of
Internet-capable televisions
and Blu-ray players allow consumers to stream video from
the Web to the big screen via
a broadband connection.
Consumer Reports’ latest Ratings of televisions and
Blu-ray players that can
stream movies online included more than 20 sets from
$1,000 and four players from
$150. Lab tests also revealed
that set up and access to
online content was easy and
picture quality was decent if
not quite up to the claimed
resolution.
CR’s tests also found
another dozen or so televisions that can stream other
types of content aside from
movies; however, Internet
browser capabilities on Webenabled televisions and Bluray players are limited.
Viewers can watch videos
from YouTube; news, sports
and more from Yahoo!; digital
photos stored on Picasa and
Flickr; and music from
Internet radio stations such as
Pandora and Slacker. Some of
the content is free. Movies
and TV episodes are pay-perview or, with Netflix, included
with a subscription. Other
online streaming services
include Amazon Video on
Demand, Blockbuster on
Demand and Vudu.
Aside from Web-enabled
televisions and Blu-ray players, there are other devices
available that offer access to
streaming movies and online
content, including the TiVo
HD DVR, $250, and two game
consoles: Microsoft’s Xbox
360, $200 and up, and Sony’s
PlayStation 3, $300, which
includes a Blu-ray player and
a Web browser. There are also
dedicated boxes that connect
to an existing broadband service via a wired or wireless
(Wi-Fi) hookup. Some of the
streaming services, such as
Vudu, also offer their own
boxes for a fee.
Things to consider
worth of Blockbuster movie
rentals.Apple TV, $229, allows
access to the iTunes video
library, and Vudu has a box for
$149. Microsoft’s Xbox 360
and Sony’s PlayStation 3 can
stream content from Netflix
— Which brand? Each
hardware brand has partnered with specific services;
content may vary for different
players or televisions within a
brand. Just because a TV or
Blu-ray player is Internetcapable, it may not be able to
stream content from a desired
service.
For
example,
Samsung televisions and Bluray players that are Webenabled can stream content
from all the service providers
CR looked at; however,
Panasonic enabled devices
can only stream content from
Amazon Video on Demand
from among the streaming
services CR looked at.
— Which movie services?
The major streaming movie
services offer immediate
access to tens of thousands of
titles and most are available
on demand. The vast majority
of offerings are standard-definition, but there are some HD
videos. Vudu’s HDX movie
format was the only movie
stream that looked like real
HD but required the high end
of most broadband providers’
standard service (4.5 to
9Mbps). Most charge per
rental except for Netflix,
which offers unlimited
streaming which is included
with monthly plans starting at
$9.
— Which Net-cable gear?
Each hardware brand has
partnered with specific services; content may vary for different players or televisions
within a brand. CR recommends that consumers who
are upgrading from a standard DVD player to a Blu-ray
player should consider an
Internet-enabled model as it
costs much less than upgrading to a television that can
receive the Web and gets the
same content. Boxes dedicated to streaming video are
available from Roku HD, $80, Visit the Consumer Reports Web site at
and MediaPoint, free with $99 www.consumerreports.org.
POKER WINNER Poker pro Annie Duke, right, and George Arsenis, left, the poker room manager at Pala Casino Spa & Resort, present $8,000 in winning chips to Greg “Grumpy” Heslip of
San Diego for his first-place finish in the $25,000 Annie Duke Free Roll Poker Tournament Jan.
30 at Pala. Courtesy photo
Texas Hold’em tourney
winners celebrate
PALA
—
Greg
“Grumpy” Heslip’s 10-8
topped Shawn Delargy’s 6-4
in the final hand and the
San Diego quality engineer
pocketed the $8,000 first
prize in the $25,000 Annie
Duke Free Roll Texas
Hold’em Poker Tournament
on Jan. 30 at Pala Casino
Spa & Resort.
Heslip beat 66 players,
including Duke, for his first
tournament victory. Duke, a
top poker professional and a
star
of
“Celebrity
Apprentice,” hosted Pala’s
first major tournament in its
new 15-table poker room
that was part of the casino’s
$100 million renovation.
“It was competitive,”
Heslip said. “There were a
lot of good players here
today. Annie was terrific as
the host and it really feels
good to finish first against
this field. I play here two or
three times a week and will
definitely be back.”
Delargy, a control operator for a major utility in
Rancho Cucamonga, took
home
$5,900. He
won
$4,900 for second place but
also earned a $1,000 bonus
for knocking Duke out of the
tournament in the fifth
round with pocket jacks
over her ace-10 of diamonds.
“I played against Annie
in Las Vegas several times,”
Delargy said. “It always
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Garden festival ready to bloom
ELFIN FOREST — The
Town Council of Elfin
Forest/Harmony Grove is
wrapping up plans for it
2010
Garden
Festival,
“Gardens Within Gardens”
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April
3.
Tickets and maps to the
gardens can be picked up
the day of the event at the
Elfin Valley Nursery, 20110
Elfin Forest Lane.
Five outstanding gardens will be presented.
Several have never been
open to the public and a few
have been glimpsed in features in San Diego Home
and Garden. All represent
the diversity of artistic flair
and style found in Elfin
Forest.
The festival will also
feature author and America
in Bloom judge Evelyn
Alemanni, who will be available to sign copies of her
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FEB. 12, 2010
23
HELP FOR HEROES Dave Moreno, owner of Dave’s Auto Service
and Repair in Carlsbad, assists wounded warriors’ transition to normal life through San Diego’s Heroes to Hometowns, a coalition of
community resources. Photo Lillian Cox
Veterans get help from
local auto shop owner
By Lillian Cox
CARLSBAD — Since
buying Dave’s Auto Service
and Repair 18 months ago,
David Moreno has been showing his appreciation to veterans through an organization
called San Diego Heroes to
Hometowns.
The nonprofit is a coalition of community resources
that assists severely injured
service members and veterans who are either stationed
in San Diego or passing
through town. The group also
helps their relatives.
Recently Moreno was
asked to come to the aid of
the mother of a soldier who
was a patient at the Army
Water Transition Unit at
Balboa Hospital.
“Her transmission broke
and it was just out of warranty,” he said. “I called Ford
headquarters in Dearborn,
Mich. and was able to get
them to agree to honor it.”
Moreno went a step further
by arranging to have the work
done at Perry Ford in Poway.
Moreno helps in other
ways.
Sunny Farrand is state
chairman of Heroes to
Hometowns and founder of
the San Diego chapter.
“Dave does an awesome
job by giving discounted rates
on repair and parts,” he said.
“He does as much as he can,
making costs as minimal as
possible.”
Farrand said his organization supports all veterans
regardless of the branch of
military service.
“If they served our country I don’t care if they fought
in the Civil War — we’ll help
them,” he said.
Moreno comes from a
military family himself.
“My father was a master
chief in the Navy and I was
raised in Navy housing,” he
said. “I do this because at the
time I tried to get into the military myself I had two children which they considered
to be a financial burden.”
Moreno said he actually
began assisting veterans 15
years ago when he managed
an auto repair business in
National City.
“I
helped
mostly
Vietnam veterans,” he said.
“They never got credit for
what they did.”
Moreno said he’d fix
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Scholarships ready for
future teachers
COAST CITIES —
California Retired Teachers
North County Scholarship
Foundation, Palomar Division
63, North San Diego County
Division 45 and Avocado
Division 81 have joined
together in an effort to provide scholarships for deserving future teachers graduating from North County high
schools.
Students wishing to
apply to the California
Retired Teachers North
County
Scholarship
Foundation can obtain an
application through the
appropriate office in their
high school. The deadline for
applications is March 15.
The scholarships are
available for students who
wish to attend Cal State San
Marcos State University,
MiraCosta
Community
College
and
Palomar
Community
Collage.
Scholarships are awarded on
the basis of financial need,
scholastic record, community
service, work experience, and
letters of recommendation.
Applications are now available at all North County high
schools. Retired teachers,
members of California
Retired Teachers Association
and the general public fund
these scholarships. Donations
may be made by check to
Martha Bozulich, treasurer,
California Retired Teachers
North County Scholarship
Foundation, PO Box 1636,
Valley Center Ca 92082-1636.
ROCKIN’ VALENTINE
Things will get rocking with The Romantics with Gregory Wolfe and their tribute to Rod Stewart in a special Valentine’s Day
concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at Pala Casino Spa & Resort, 11154 Highway 76, Pala. Just take I-15 to Highway 76 east five
miles. This year, the romantic holiday is followed by national holiday President’s Day, making it a perfect time for a special getaway. Tickets are $25, and can be purchased with no service charge at the Pala Privileges Booth in the casino, or by calling
(877) 946-7252. Tickets also are available at Star Tickets, (800) 585-3737, or at www.startickets.com. Concert ticket and hotel
room packages are available by calling (877) 725-2766 or at www.palacasino.com. Courtesy photo
School kicks back with casual fundraiser
SOLANA BEACH —
Tickets are now on sale for
the upcoming Torrey Pines
High School 17th annual
spring fundraiser Pump Up
the Volume, planned from
5:30 to 7 p.m. March 27 at
the Belly Up Tavern, 143 S.
Cedros Ave.
A reception is being
held for special supporters
and planners Feb. 21 at a
home in Rancho Santa Fe.
Contact
the
TPHS
Foundation for ticket price
and information at (858)
793-3551
or
e-mail
bobbi.karlson@sduhsd.net.
Jackie Busch and Denise
Small are the veteran cochairwomen of this year’s
HARD AT WORK Hard at work wrapping up the upcoming Torrey Pines High School spring fundraiser, set
event.
March 27 at the Belly Up Tavern, are committee members, from left, Andrea Mundy, Helen McCabe-Young,
This year, the planners for
Lynn Hyder, co-chairwomen Jackie Busch and Denise Small, foundation Executive Director Bobbi Karlson,
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Sophia Alsadek (standing behind),Vicki Minteer, Julie Henry, Holly Coughlin, Stefanie Mullen, Karin Miller and
Connie Cannon. Courtesy photo
Ronald McDonald benefit raffles local home
ENCINITAS — It’s time
again for the Ronald
McDonald Dream House raffle
to benefit the Ronald
McDonald House at San
Diego’s Rady’s Childrens
Hospital.
The $1.8 million grand
prize home is again located in
Encinitas and tickets are on
sale now. Tickets are $150 each
and can be purchased by calling (888) 433-0331 or by downloading an entry form at
www.sdraffle.com. Entries are
accepted through the mail or in
person at Ronald McDonald
House Charities of San Diego
at 2929 Children’s Way, San
Diego, CA 92123. The grand
prize will be drawn June 12.
As incentive to purchase
tickets early, Early Bird drawings for cash or prizes ranging
from $25,000 to $1,000 take
place three times during the
DREAM HOME The $1.8 million home being raffled off as the grand prize in the 2010 benefit for Ronald raffle campaign. Prize opportuMcDonald House at San Diego’s Rady’s Childrens Hospital is again located in Encinitas and tickets are on nities have been expanded this
sale now. Tickets are $150 each and can be purchased by calling (888) 433-0331 or by downloading an entry
form at www.sdraffle.com. Courtesy photo
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New sommelier joins staff at The Grand Del Mar
CARMEL VALLEY —
Angelo Ingrati has joined the
sommelier staff at Addison,the
fine dining venue at The Grand
Del Mar, 5300 Grand Del Mar
Court.
Under the direction of
The Grand Del Mar’s wine
director Jesse Rodriguez,
Addison has achieved national
recognition for its wine pro-
gram, recently garnering
the
Wine
Spectator’s
“ G r a n d
Award.”
“We are
thrilled to
have Angelo
on our team,
and are confi-
ANGELO INGRATI
dent he will help us achieve
even further recognition,”
Rodriguez said.
Certified by the Court of
Master Sommeliers, Ingrati
most recently served as a
lobby lounge manager/sommelier during the reopening
of New York City’s The Pierre
Hotel.
A native of Brooklyn,
Ingrati holds a holds a
Bachelor of Science in culinary
arts, as well as associate’s
degrees in culinary arts and
baking and pastry arts from
Johnson & Wales University in
Providence, Rhode Island. He
also studied at The German
Wine School in Koblenz,
Germany, earning a European
Wine Certificate. Additionally,
he holds several certificates
from the Wine & Spirit
Education Trust (WSET),
including an advanced certificate in wine.
Dinner
is
served
Tuesdays through Saturday
from 6 to 10 p.m. For reservations, call (858) 314-1900, or
visit www.AddisonDelMar.
com.
Gull sculpture dedicated in Solana Beach
By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH —
About 50 people gathered at
Fletcher Cove Park on Jan. 27
for the dedication ceremony for
a seagull sculpture that ruffled
a few feathers after being
donated to the city’s permanent art collection.
“This is a perfect place for
this bird to land,” Councilman
Joe Kellejian said.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” asked
resident Mary Jane Boyd. “It
changes the entire area of this
park. Wherever you stand, you
see it differently. It just fits.”
“This is an example of art
inspired by nature,” said Alli
Dixon, a member of the Public
Arts Advisory Commission,
which worked to find a location
for the 400-pound piece. “It
was a long process and we
learned a lot. We listened to
what the community had to say
and tailored it to fit in with
nature and not obstruct any
views. The result is just beautiful. It’s a nice complement to
the area.”
But as Allen Moffson,
chairman of the arts commis-
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Society’s new book, “Rancho
Santa Fe: The Town the
Railroad Built.”
Sales were brisk at the
event and all profits go back
to the Historical Society.
One of the highlights of
the event was the return of
Administrator Sharon Fabry.
Fabry suffered a stroke in late
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English,” she said.
“We saw dead bodies
everywhere,”
Valdez
recalled. Next to an open air
market where food was being
sold sat a field of dead bodies, rotting under the blazing
sun. “They were igniting the
bodies with kerosene,” she
said. “The smells were the
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focuses on health care cost
and quality. It is called the
National Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence, or
NICE. NICE studies medical
therapies and determines if
they are worthwhile. NICE
then suggests the most costeffective care based on hard
evidence. Some treatments
actually make the patient
worse. The NHS then decides
if these recommendations
should be included in their
benefits. The idea is to find
which devices, drugs, and
therapies provide the best
care for the lowest cost. If two
sion, pointed out, the comments “weren’t always kind
words.”
The sculpture, created
around 1940, was crafted from
molded sheet metal with a
dark patina finish to mimic a
bird in flight.
At its widest,the gull has a
6-foot wingspan, with 3 feet
between its beak and the tip of
its tail feathers. Donors Carol
Childs and Peter House bought
the piece on the East Coast.
After moving to Solana
Beach, they shipped it west and
donated it to the city. Council
members accepted the gift in
2008 and directed the arts commission to find an appropriate
location.
After an extensive public
review period, about 70 comments were received. Slightly
more than half opposed either
the gull, the proposed locations
or both.
“The sculpture itself suggests the heavy hand of an
NESTING PLACE Fifteen months after the city accepted this 400- unperceptive amateur and the
pound gull sculpture into its permanent art collection, a dedication cere- newly proposed substructure
mony was held Jan. 27 at the entrance to Fletcher Cove. Photo by wrestles, visually, with the
majestic pines behind it,” one
Bianca Kaplanek
resident wrote, while another
called it a “nicer looking vulture.”
Some of the positive comments described the piece as
“classy” and “magnificent.”
Council members were
also split at the time and directed staff to create a full-scale,
on-site mock-up to accurately
illustrate its visual impact.
Childs said she wasn’t
offended by the negative input.
“It cannot be taken personally,” she said. “No two people like the same music, books
or food, so if people have different visions of art, it’s just not
surprising.”
Childs said the base, created by Solana Beach resident
Dennis Higgins, is designed to
mimic the waves and pick up
the “flows, curves and shapes”
of the surrounding Torrey
pines. Childs and House fully
funded the base and installation with no cost to the city.
“This was a hassle, but
public art is like that,” Moffson
said. “It wasn’t easy but all in
all, it was fun — when it was
over.”
November and has since been
in rehabilitation.
The anniversary event
was her first visit back to the
Historical Society and she
was welcomed with open
arms by all those who attended. “It’s so good to see everyone again,” Fabry said.
The Rancho Santa Fe
Historical Society will hold its
annual membership meeting
Feb. 16 at La Flecha House.
ODD FILES
and membership rolls have
dwindled. The church was
similarly challenged in 1990,
when
Mother
forecast
nuclear doomsday and
financed the construction of
large underground bunkers
on a mountainside north of
Yellowstone National Park
(which are still available).
The council is having trouble, especially, finding volunteers to transcribe the 22,000
hours of video and audio in
which Mother set out the justifications for the sect.
— Televangelist Rod
Parsley informed his flock in
December that he urgently
needed several million dollars because of financial
problems attributed directly
to Satan. According to a
report in the Columbus
(Ohio) Dispatch, Parsley’s
World Harvest Church was
facing a $3 million deficit for
the quarter ending in
December after earlier in the
year paying $3.1 million to
settle a lawsuit over its daycare center’s having too brutally spanked a boy. Wrote
Parsley, “Will you help me
take back what the devil
stole?”
worst, but maybe the sights,
too.”
In contrast to her previous visit to Haiti, Valdez said
the difference between not
only the country but the people themselves was painfully
evident. “The Haitian people
are beautiful people,” she
said. “They’re very hardworking. But there was such a
sense of despair.”
Upon arriving at the air-
port, Valdez and Tibbitts
waited five more hours until
they were told to board a
United Airlines plane. “We
had no idea where we were
going, nobody did except the
pilot,” Valdez said. The plane
landed in Chicago and the
passengers were bussed to a
shelter where the Red Cross
provided them with food, cell
phones and computer access.
“It was very well-organized,”
Valdez said.
Finally, after days of
uncertainty,Valdez arrived in
California. “My daughter
and my grandchildren met
me at the airport,” she said
with a smile. “The welcome
home reception has been
overwhelming.” She said her
presence in the country during the earthquake created a
personal connection for
many people. In fact, a
fundraiser will be held at
Cordova Gardens on April 18
to benefit the people of
Haiti.
Valdez said she witnessed
a
universally
“crushed spirit” in Haiti but
holds out hope for the future
of the country and its people.
“I know they’ll rebuild.”
“I hope the whole world
continues to watch Haiti and
doesn’t forget,” she said.
drugs have similar benefits,
the cheaper drug is offered.
Exceptions can be made if
unique evidence can be provided. The British public is
happy with this system.
The United States has a
similar government agency,
the Agency for Health Care
Research and Quality, or
AHRQ. It already does a good
job in making objective recommendations.
Perhaps
AHRQ should have more
authority in deciding what
services and products are
best, and which should be
abandoned. A little money
invested in AHRQ may save a
lot, and provide a higher level
of care.
A second idea is to shift
away from our fee-for-service
provider payment system.
Most health care economists
have agreed that paying a
doctor a fee for each and
every service just encourages
the doctor to provide more
services. More, in this case, is
not
necessarily
better.
Monthly or annual payment
to doctors and hospitals for all
provided care proves to be
more cost-effective. There are
medical providers who accept
comprehensive global payment for services because
they have learned how to provide good care within budget.
Kaiser and the Scripps Clinic
come to mind, but there are
many other doctor-hospital
organizations that may be
even better. Where these
organizations exist, Medicare
could directly contract with
them for fixed monthly costs
to cover all needed care.
Quality care can be assured
with regular audits by
Medicare. Consumer groups
can add their voice as watchdogs of government performance. If your region does not
have such an experienced
provider, perhaps one can be
created. Doctors and hospitals will welcome Medicare’s
business if they can make a
decent profit.
These are just two ideas
that can be employed to con-
tain costs without sacrificing
quality.There are others (such
as competitive bidding for
pharmaceuticals), but let me
just summarize by saying that
better management is possible and profitable. After we
have pared away unnecessary
costs we can then decide if we
need to raise or lower our
insurance premiums. We
always have the opportunity
to vote for richer benefits
through higher taxes. I do not
think that we have the right
to spend more than we pay
for.
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Brad Burnett, M.D., MBA, is a retired
health care executive who lives in
Rancho Santa Fe.
SARA
NOEL
Frugal Living
Movie
theater
popcorn
at home
Dear Sara: We used to
have a hot-air popcorn
maker back in the day, and
it’s long since been history.
Now I’m looking around for
hot-air popcorn makers, and
they’re kind of overpriced,
around $50. I’m trying to
make popcorn without the
oils/butter, etc. Some of the
reviews I’ve read have said
the units are too hot to
touch after you’ve popped
the corn or it shoots scalding hot kernels out of the
machine at you. Just wondered how you pop your
popcorn, not the microwave
bag kind, and if you could
recommend a popcorn
maker. — Libby, Canada
Dear Libby: Popcorn
poppers are very easy to
find secondhand. Look in
garage sales, thrift stores or
online
on
Freecycle,
Kijiji.com or eBay.com. If
you’re looking to buy new,
I’d continue to watch sales.
Most air poppers are going
to shoot a kernel or two.
West Bend makes great air
poppers. Their older model,
Poppery II (found secondhand), can double as a coffee-bean roaster, too. You
can read more about it on
my Web site at www.frugalvillage.com/2007/12/27/g
ourmet-coffee-on-the-cheap.
But if you want a recommendation, I’d buy a Whirly
Pop stovetop popper. It does
use a little oil to prevent
sticking, but is cheap to buy
($20 or so new). You’ll love
the taste (like movie theater
popcorn), every kernel
pops, it’s long-lasting and
the experience is just more
fun.
Dear Sara: What’s the
best place to order new
checks? I need new checks,
and I know I can find them
cheaper than through my
bank. Any suggestions for
specific companies? There’s
about a million and a half of
them online. I would like to
find one that has a debit
register too, the little register that fits with your debit
card. Thanks. — Akolb,
Louisiana
Dear Akolb: I’d call
your bank and see if they
offer any discounts or if
there’s any way to get free
checks. You can also buy
them through Wal-Mart
(www.walmartchecks.com)
or Costco at a discount.
You’re right: There are a ton
of online sources. Places
such as checksunlimited.
com, 4checks.com and bestvaluechecks.com all offer
discount checks. You can
also print your own checks
using software such as
Checksoft Personal Deluxe,
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AUTHOR
OF
THE
PET WEEK
Shira is a 4-year-old,
spayed female, domestic
shorthaired
feline.
Tangerine colored with
copper penny eyes, Shira
is a very loving cat with litter box manners.
Shira’s adoption fee is
$75.
All pets adopted from
Helen Woodward Animal
Center have been spayed
or neutered, have up-todate vaccinations and
microchip identification.
Check out Shira’s
video at www.youtube.
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the county,” Manager Pete
Smith said.
In other Association news,
100 copies of the new book
“Rancho Santa Fe: The Town
the Railroad Built” were purchased from the Rancho Santa
Historical Society. The new
book will be given as a gift to
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year, with a multi-ticket
drawingalso planned. To enter,
individuals must be 18 years of
age or older and be a U.S. resident. For complete rules and
regulations, go to www.sd
raffle.com.
The home is 4,292 square
feet, with six bedrooms, sixand-a-half-baths, panoramic
ocean views, a gourmet
kitchen, a lush tropical backyard with a pool, swim-up bar
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were determined to move away
from the usual stuffy gala and
make it comfortable.
The dress code is casual so
you can throw on some jeans
and drop in to enjoy great food
and music by local band
Atomic Groove. Ticket prices
are $75 or $150 for VIP
reserved seating. Ticket holders may designate a portion of
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helps your game to play top
people like her.”
All 10 final-table players
earned cash prizes. Kyle Perez
from Pala finished third and
earned $3,500; fourth was
Robert Butler of Escondido,
$2,000; fifth was Robert
Muehlberg of Wildomar,
$1,700; sixth was Glen Connolly
of Temecula, $1,500; seventh
was Chris Ciremele of Valley
Center, $1,200; eighth was
Joseph Simms of Fallbrook,
$1,000; ninth was Gary Benton
of Fallbrook, $700; and 10th
was Peggy Diaz of Vista, $500.
Southern California poker
players can qualify until midnight March 3 to win a $10,000
entry into the 2010 World
Series of Poker in Pala’s WSOP
Free Roll Poker Tournament
that will be played March 6.
The first 120 players who
accumulate a minimum 40
hours of live play will qualify
for a seat and will have the
opportunity to win a $10,000
entry into the 2010 World
Series of Poker that starts July
5 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in
Las Vegas.
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com/watch?v=hqNzzpH2QQ.
Helen
Woodward
Animal Center kennels
are open every day from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Applications accepted
until 5:45 p.m. at 6461 El
Apajo Road in Rancho
Santa Fe.
new homeowners in the
Covenant. Staff plans to develop a program of sending new
members a welcome letter
from the Association president
on behalf of the board and the
book.“It will be a nice addition
to the pile of paperwork that is
handed to them,” Smith said.
The next Association
meeting is scheduled for Feb.
18.
and spa. All proceeds will help
Ronald McDonald House
Charities of San Diego provide
a “home away from home” and
Family Care Center to families
of seriously ill children in all
area hospitals.
The luxurious home features a dramatic living room,
custom tile, cabinetry and finishing work, a movie room and
solar heating. The outside
space is built for entertaining
with a stone fire pit, built in
barbecue, dramatic pool and
tropical landscaping.
each ticket toward the TPHS
sports team or club of their
choice. Many families will
sponsor the ticket for a coach
or teacher.
Auction items and underwriters are still being gathered.
Steve Hamann is set to be
master of ceremonies and auctioneer for the evening,in addition to the silent auction full of
prizes, which will also be available online.
Those who qualify with 40
to 59.99 hours of live play will
receive $3,000 in chips to start
the WSOP
Free
Roll
Tournament. Those who play
60 to 79.99 hours will receive
$5,000 in starting chips and
those who play 80 or more
hours will start with $7,000 in
chips. During the qualification period, players can accumulate double hours if they
play between 3 a.m.and 11 a.m.
daily.
The WSOP Free Roll qualifying tournament will start at
10:30 a.m. March 6. In addition
to their starting chips, players
also will be able to take advantage of a $10 optional staff fee
for $1,000 in additional chips; a
$25 optional re-buy for $2,500
in chips and a $50 single add-on
for $5,000 in additional chips.
Qualification and registration will be on a first-come,
first-served basis. If more than
120 players enter, the tournament could expand to three
days. The tournament would
start at 10:30 a.m. on March 6
and March 7 and play would
end when five players remain
in each event. play would start
at 2:30 p.m. March 8 and would
host the final table.
Savvy and Texas Monthly.
In 1976 she was nominated for an Academy Award for a
short comedy film titled
“Doubletalk” she wrote for a
friend with the American Film
Institute.
“It was unusual because it
made money,” she said. “I
made money.”
Cannon had another success with “Convictions: A
Novel of the Sixties” published
in 1985 by William Morrow.
Afterward she wrote
mainstream novels that didn’t
get published.
She decided to turn to
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resources that were committed to reviewing the 4,500page document may not have
been necessary had the 22nd
DAA met with city officials.
Linda
Zweig,
fairgrounds information and
media relations officer, said
she believes meetings did
take place. “There was communication with Solana
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events and have been working
closely with grocers and other
businesses to gather their
input on the ordinance,” she
said before the meeting.“This
is another way to reach out to
businesses.”
“I was happy to see the
number of community members as well as the business
community participating,”
Barth said. “I think we’ve
taken the right approach to
educate and partner with our
businesses.”
Representatives from
Target, Cardiff Seaside
Market, California Grocers
Association,
American
Chemistry Council, Surfrider,
Coastkeeper and Solana
Center for Recycling joined
residents,
environmental
commission members and
city staff to get up to speed on
the current legal decisions
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furloughs. Gallegos will
receive 10 grand more each
year for five years. He currently receives $240 grand. In L.A.
the pay for the like position is
$229,000 and in San Fran it’s
$210,000. Not to worry,
SANDAG has a $1.1 bil. budget of mostly taxpayers’ dough.
It has been reported he might
go elsewhere. Good idea?
Another recall effort?
Some Vistans will soon
be out collecting in the neighborhood of 9,600 names of
registered voters on petitions
to recall three members of the
school board of trustees. If
they are successful, pro and
con mud slinging will get
underway and an election will
occur in November.
Polytrack stays
Santa Anita now running
through April 17 has
announced it will rip out the
synthetic track after the meet
and return to a dirt surface.
Drainage problems that
caused cancellation of some
racing days is the reason given
writing mysteries.Her first was
“Pocketful of Karma” published in 1993 about the adventures of Los Angeles attorney
and
investigator
Nan
Robinson. She followed that
with two other books that were
so popular that they went into
reprint.
“None of my books have
been enormously successful
but they have all been wellreceived,” she said. “I have
been able to continue publishing.”
Her advice to budding
writers?
“Read everything and
write, write, write,” she said. “I
write because I can’t not write.
The people who feel that way
are the ones who can overcome
the obstacles. Right now it’s
the toughest time to break in
because the publishing industry is in freefall.”
Cannon adds that it also
helps to be independently
wealthy. To underwrite her
writing career she works as a
professional organizer through
her business Blue Skies
Clutter Control.
Currently, Cannon is
working on a nonfiction book,
tentatively titled “He Ain’t
Heavy” which deals with providing care to ailing siblings. It
was inspired by her experience
caring for her brother in
Chicago.
“The baby boomers are
getting old and a lot of us
moved away and didn’t come
back,” she said. “When you are
sick and all alone, it’s your siblings who take care of you.
Distance makes it more complicated. My sister is in Seattle,
my brother is in Chicago and
I’m in San Diego.”
Cannon is upbeat about
her prospects for selling the
book since it would be the first
of its kind, and her agent is
enthusiastic about the project.
“My feeling is that anything that gets published is a
success,” she said. “If you’re
not paying to publish your
book, you are a success.”
visit taffycannon.com.
Beach,” she said. “We did
everything in compliance
with CEQA.”
The 22nd DAA is proposing several improvements
that would be completed in
two phases during the next
15 years.
Major components of
the near-term projects
include new exhibit halls, a
four-story 330-room condominium hotel with associated facilities, new administra-
tion offices and maintenance
facilities, three rooftop
sports fields and a health
club. The east parking lot
would be paved and the
Solana Gate entrance graded
and expanded from two to
three lanes. Long-term plans
call for a seasonal train platform and additional parking.
Attorney Mike Hogan
said one goal of the project is
to make the site more economically self-sustaining,
which means it could actually hurt businesses in the surrounding
communities
because plans call for onsite
restaurants and a hotel.
Like officials in Del Mar,
Solana Beach recommended
that the EIR be rewritten
and redistributed for public
review. The deadline to submit written comments, which
must be responded to, was
Feb. 8, however, residents can
still provide input.
and discuss what efforts outside of enacting an ordinance
can be effective in increasing
reusable bags.
John Najjar, owner of
Cardiff Seaside Market, said
retailers are always interested
in ways to decrease packaging. He addressed three main
topics at the meeting — providing reusable bags, getting
shoppers to use them and
using them correctly. “The
biggest issue that retailers
have is that there are plenty
of reusable bags but people
aren’t using them,” Najjar
said.
Elizabeth Taylor, chair of
the Environmental Advisory
Commission, said the ongoing
outreach efforts have yielded
positive feedback. “I think we
had some great ideas come
out of the meeting.”
Attendees also discussed
the possibility of imposing a
fee for single-use bags. This
year, after Washington, D.C.,
began charging shoppers for
single-use bags, the district
saw a dramatic increase in the
use of reusable bags. “I think
charging for bags is definitely
a way to encourage people to
bring their bags,” Taylor said.
“Everyone’s on board
with the concept (of using
reusable bags),” she said.
“But those who bring their
bags are effectively subsidizing those who don’t. I think
it’s an issue of fairness.”
Najjar said he is opposed
to authorizing any kind of fee
for single-use bags. “I think
we can solve this problem
without a mandate (for fees),”
he said. “We’d like to do as
much as possible to educate
our customers and help promote remembering to use the
bags.”
Larry Seinz, a shopper at
Henry’s, said he has several
reusable bags but doesn’t
always use them. “I get
halfway through with shop-
ping and it hits me that I left
the bags in the car,” he said.“I
guess it’s just not a habit yet, I
still have to make myself
think about bringing the bags
into the store.”
Grocers are using signage at their doors to remind
shoppers to bring reusable
bags and financial incentives
to reward those who do. “Get
your kids to help you remember,” Barth said, recalling one
of the suggestions during the
meeting.
“Besides the positive
impact on the environment,
bringing a bag will save you
some dough in the long run,”
Najjar said.
Taylor said the commission is open to suggestions
from the community. “If anyone wants to give us their
feedback we’d love to hear it.”
Contact
the
Environmental Commission at
greeningourcommunity@cityof
encinitas.org.
for the action. At first, Santa
Anita installed a Cushion
brand surface and when that
didn’t work it put in Pro Ride.
Cost for the effort was in the
neighborhood of $50 mil. give
or take a few mil. At Del Mar,
chief exec Joe Harper says he
is satisfied with a Polytrack
surface, believes it is safer for
horses and jocks, and it stays.
Major tracks in the state were
mandated by the California
Horse Racing Board to switch
to synthetic surface in order to
qualify for dates.They invested
millions of bux (Del Mar $15
mil.) to make the changeover.
its 10,000th second-grader in
its child photo and finger
print ID project that it started
in 1970 on a small scale. Now
it uses a digital database. A
great community public service project now in its 40th
year. Kudos to present and
past members.
exhibition of painting and silk
scarves created by Tina
Christiansen is on display at
Solbeach City Hall gallery
until Feb. 14 ... Community
Gardens Council of San Diego
will have its first meeting Feb.
20 at 5555 Overland Drive,
Bldg. 4, starting at 2 p.m. ...
Lux Art Institute on El
Camino Real in the Flower
Capital will have open house
with music Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. ...
Supe Pam Slater Price chair
of the County Board of Supes
will be dishing out 50 thousand bux in cash to community organizations from her
share of Reinvestment Funds
previously referred to as community grants ... Francine
Busby, 50th Congressional
District candidate, was selected from eight other highly
qualified aspirants seeking a
short-term seat on the Cardiffby-the Sea School District ... Is
the Surfside City satellite
wagering facility exiting?
Tobacco restraints
award
Solbeach has received a
B (best in the area) by the
American Lung Association
for its efforts in tobacco use
supression.The panel that did
the grading was tougher than
a schoolteacher past retireBroke again
ment. Most other cities
According to State received Cs or worse.
Controller John Chiang, the
cash till will be empty by April One-liners
1 and that’s no April Fool’s Day
The half-dozen hotels
joke. The state will be in the and motels in Surfside City
tank by $l97 mil.The probable are inching toward forming a
solution? IOUs like those visitor assessment district
issued last year. However, with funds collected going
some money institutions aren’t to visitor promotion ...
accepting them anymore.
Escondido is looking to slash
$4 mil. in operating costs that
Kiwanis project
will affect all departments ...
hits 10K
Former Surfside City educaO’side Pacific Kiwanis tor popular Gary Wilson is
Club reached a significant now supervisor at San Pasqual
milestone when it registered Union School District ... An
Hasta la Vista
Bill Arballo is an opinionated, retired
journalist in the Flower Capital of the
Universe. E-mail barballo@coastnewsgroup.com.
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funds are still required to
meet their goal of $2 million.
They plan to place ads in local
media to remind the commu-
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a low of $2,590 to a high of
$117,221, with the average at
$23,397. If the project
receives voter approval, property owners will have 50 days
to prepay all or a portion of
their assessment. The remaining balance of the $7.5 million
project will be funded
through bond sales, which
will be paid with property
taxes.The interest rate will be
determined after the prepayment period ends.
The two special benefits
identified are an increase in
fire safety and improved aesthetics. Some speakers questioned the fire safety issue,
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University with a GPA above
3.5.
Clayton Bassford, Class
of 2010 at Skidmore College,
earned honors for the fall
semester. He is the son of
Mellany Hanson of Rancho
Santa Fe.
Katherine Mann, of Del
Mar, was named to the Dean’s
List at Fairfield University for
the fall 2009 semester.
Katherine is a senior studying
in the Charles F. Dolan School
of Business.
Kaplan
University
awarded Tzadda Carpenter of
Oceanside an Associate of
Applied
Science
in
Interdisciplinary Studies and
Elizabeth A. Ferguson, of
Oceanside, a Bachelor of
Science in Criminal Justice.
Stars turn out
CARLSBAD — North
County locals braved the
wind and rain Jan. 18 for
frozen yogurt, music and autographs from professional
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available. Visit www.batiquitos
foundation.org for details.
OFFICERS
MEET The
Pendleton chapter of the
Military Officers Association of
America will meet at 11 a.m.
Feb. 13, Hunters’ Steak House,
1221 Vista Way, Oceanside.
Guest speaker Gordon Crest will
discuss ejection seats and
escape systems used by astronauts. Cost of lunch is $13 per
person.All active duty, retired or
former officers, and their guests
are invited. Call (760) 720-9917
for reservations.
PUPPY LOVE Enjoy baked
goods, face painting, pet photos,
and a doggie kissing booth while
searching for your furry valentine at 11 a.m. Feb. 13, Rancho
Coastal Human Society, 389
Requeza St., Encinitas. The
event is hosted by local teens
from the shelter’s Kid’s
Community Service program.
Visit www.rchumansociety.org
for details.
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nity that money is still needed. “The Youth Symphony of
San Diego is very interested in
working with us and want to
have their opening performance here,” Conner said.
Another fundraiser is
scheduled for next month
titled “Hard Hats for Top
Hats.”
“We keep pushing,” said
Warren, who is determined to
meet the financial goal
required to complete the
Performing Arts Center.
Tim Ireland, project manager for the R. Roger Rowe
School Renovation, prepared
a budget summary for the
board of trustees.The school is
being built on a tight budget
and there are budget concerns
at every turn. “Things are
going well despite these challenges,” Ireland said.
The next school board
meeting is scheduled for
March 4.
noting that downed power
lines haven’t caused any
major fires in the city.
Fire Marshal Bob Scott
said a fire caused by downed
power lines is “not an event
that occurs frequently,” however, it does hinder the ability
to control a blaze because
firefighters won’t drive over a
downed line until the electric
company deems it safe.
During the recent storms
a Torrey pine fell on a power
line, causing a fire in front of
Pete Smith’s house, so Smith
said he does believe there is a
safety benefit. But he said he
thinks the assessments are
unfair and he “has a hard
time supporting the current
proposal.”
Others residents agreed,
sympathizing with their
neighbors and saying they
supported the project initially, but now is not the time to
continue given the poor economy.
“It is unconscionable to
place huge economic burdens
on so many of your residents
during these, the most dismal
of economic times,” resident
Brooke Eisenberg-Pike said.
“How can I vote for
something that’s going to hurt
my neighbors, even if I had
the money?” Charlie Khoury
asked.
Del Mar Community
Connections developed a support fund to help those on
fixed incomes.
Dolores Davis Jamison
agreed now may not be the
best time financially to underground the wires, “but in a
good economy construction
costs would be higher,” she
said. She described the project as “an investment in our
community ... we really need
to make.”
Citing a 2007 computer
analysis by David Ott, the fire
chief at the time, Laura
DeMarco said if a large fire
swept through the area, more
than 60 homes — or one every
15 seconds — could burn in
less than 15 minutes, quicker
than it would take firefighters
to reach the home.
Mayor Richard Earnest
said the city also received 66
letters and e-mails, some from
residents who spoke at the
meeting. Of those, 26 opposed
the project and 35 supported
it.
Ballots will be due by the
end of the April 19 hearing.
Those postmarked before the
meeting, but received after it,
will not be counted. The city
has seven parcels within the
district, however, it could
abstain from voting. Council
members said they will discuss that before April.
Although the project can
continue with 50 percent support, council members can
still halt it after the vote. All
three said they may be
inclined to do so if it passes
with only a slight majority.
Maximum Martial Arts
Fighter Corey Grant and
Bucky Lasek, professional
skateboarding
champion,
hosted by Jim Jones, owner of
Xtreme Frozen Yogurt in
Carlsbad to thank the community for donating 180 toys
to benefit the Marine Toys for
Tots Foundation.
Time in Haiti
administrative officer.
She will be responsible
for management of the bank’s
operations, compliance and
risk
management
for
corporate headquarters and
the bank’s three offices in Del
Mar, Carlsbad and Ramona.
plete the curriculum required
to achieve the designation.
ENCINITAS — A group
of Scripps physicians and
nurses served a one-week
medical mission at Hospital
Saint Francois de Sales in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The 10-person Scripps
Medical Response Team
included trauma surgeons
and trauma nurses, orthopeKids help kids
dic surgeons, anesthesioloOCEANSIDE — Students gists and support personnel –
at Chavez Middle School all with disaster experience.
collected lunch change in just
one day and raised $200 to Named president
help youngsters in an orphanCARMEL VALLEY —
age in Haiti through Carmel Valley resident Gordon
FreeTheKids.org.
L. Gerson, president and chief
executive officer of the Gerson
Top fair
law firm, has been named presDEL MAR — The 2009 ident of the San Diego
San Diego County Fair was Receivers Forum, a nonprofit
the top award winner at both organization formed to address
the
2009
International the needs and concerns of all
Association of Fairs and parties involved in the receiverExpositions Convention and ship practice.
Trade Show 2009 in Las
Vegas, and the Western Fairs Promotion
Association Convention and
DEL MAR — First
Trade Show held in January Business Bank promoted
2010 in Reno.
Pamela Isaacson to executive
vice president and chief
Drive, Cardiff-by-the-Sea. The
winning couple will receive New
Balance shoes and apparel, and
a 90-day training program with
personal trainers. Pre-registration and a $30 fee are required.
Call (760) 635-1200 to register.
LOVE SONGS Spend a romantic day with your loved ones at
Oceanside Museum of Art’s concert “More That’s Amoré!” at 4
p.m. Feb. 14, 704 Pier Way,
Oceanside. Listen to classic love
songs from operatic arias to
Broadway show tunes while sipping on champagne and enjoying chocolate confections.
Reservations are $25 per person. To RSVP, call (760) 4353720.
ROMANTIC
GUITARS
Guitarists Peter Pupping and
Roy Gonzales will provide the
music for a romantic Valentine’s
Day interlude from 4 to 6 p.m.
Feb. 14, Winestyles, 191 N. El
Camino Real, Encinitas. There
will be wine, appetizers and
music for $22. For reservations,
call (760) 633-0057.
FEB. 15
AWARDS
DINNER
COMPETE Reservations are due Feb. 15 for
Complete alongside your sweetheart during a 3-mile run and
12-mile bike ride at 8 a.m. Feb.
14 starting at the EZIA HP fitness facilities, 230 Birminghan
the Carlsbad business owners
and the Carlsbad Chamber of
Commerce annual Business
Awards dinner, to be held at 6
p.m. Feb. 26 at the Four Seasons
Aviara, 7100 Four Season Point,
Carlsbad. Festivities will include
a cocktail reception, dinner and
awards ceremony. Registration
and sponsorship opportunities
for the event end Feb. 15. For
details, call (760) 931-8400 or
visit www.carlsbad.org.
FEB. 17
Race kudos
everyday women is being
offered every Thursday from
7:30 to 9 p.m. starting Feb. 18,
Indigo Energy and Fitness, 1839
S. Coast Highway 101, Suite 100,
Oceanside. The class is taught
by Kelly Jean Dammeyer and
the cost is $85. Call (760) 6967084
or
e-mail
Kelly@
IndigoEnergyandFitness.com to
learn more.
FEB. 19
NIGHT OUT Enjoy a Parents
Night Out from 5 to 9 p.m. Feb.
19 sponsored by Holy Cross
Episcopal Church, 6066 Corte
del Cedro, Carlsbad. Youngsters
can enjoy a pizza dinner, create
cool crafts, play games, and
watch a movie – popcorn included. Cost is $10 for first child, $5
for each additional child. For
details, call (760) 930-1270 or
visit www.holy-cross-church.org.
ONGOING
AFRICAN DANCE MiraCosta
College Community Services
will offer West African dance
classes from 7 to 8:15 p.m. on
Wednesdays, San Elijo Campus,
3333 Manchester Avenue,
Cardiff-by-the-Sea.
Master
dancer Ayo Sharpe-Mouzon will
teach African dance movements. Visit www.miracosta.
SHAKE IT UP A four-part edu/community or call (760)
Erotic Dance Workshop for 795-6820.
FEB. 18
CARLSBAD
—
PropertyADVANTAGE, in
Oceanside and Carlsbad, has
launched a special Military
Discount program, offering
active
military
being
deployed who want to rent
out their property to receive
their first month’s management fee for free, with
PropertyADVANTAGE.
call (760) 585-1751 or visit
www.propadvantage.com.
CARLSBAD — The Surf
City USA Marathon has been
selected by Runner’s World as
its Race of the Month for the
magazine’s 2010 February
issue, race director Kathy
Kinane of Carlsbad-based
Kinane Events announced.
The
Marathon/Half
Marathon was held Feb. 7 in Seminar set
Huntington Beach.
CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA
— A half-day workshop for
Realtor honor
business managers and entreCARLSBAD — Patti preneurs, “An Introduction to
Phillips, a Realtor with the the Change Works System,”
Richard Realty Group in will be held Feb. 24 by
Carlsbad, recently earned the Intelligent Leader Solutions
designation of Short Sale at Belmont Village. The fee is
and Foreclosure Resource $25. To register, contact
through
the
National Belinda Hunter at (760) 436Association of Realtors. 8900 or contact Michael
Phillips is one of the first Jenkins at (888) 846-2897 or
Realtors in the area to com- www.intelligentleader.com.
DRAW THE LINE The Agua
Hedionda Lagoon Foundation
will present “Drawing the Line
— Conservation and Wildlife in
San Diego” from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Feb. 17, Agua Hedionda Lagoon
Discovery Center, 1580 Cannon
Road, Carlsbad. The presentation will offer a sobering look at
the effects of urban development on one of the world’s most
diverse ecosystems and how it
still might be saved. Call (760)
804-1969 or e-mail info@agua
hedionda.org to learn more.
NATIVES ONLY The Buena
Vista Audubon Society will
meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 17, BV
Nature Center, 2202 S. Coast
Highway, Oceanside. Greg
Rubin, owner of California’s
Own Native Landscape Design,
will unravel the mysteries of
native plant gardening. Call
(760) 439-2473 to learn more.
Offer for military
BACK
TO
NORMAL
Recovering Couples Anonymous
will meet at 7 p.m. every
Monday, New Hope Community
Church, 165 Eucalyptus Ave.,
Vista. RCA is a fellowship of
recovering couples who are committed to restoring healthy communication and caring to their
relationships, and is based on
the 12 Steps of AA. For details,
visit www.recovering-couples.
org.
GUESS WHO? The New
Vision Theatre Company will
present the mystery thriller
“Postmortem” through Feb. 14,
Sunshine Brooks Theatre, 217 N.
Coast Highway 101, Oceanside.
Written by Ken Ludwig, the play
is styled after a Sherlock
Holmes “whodunit.” Visit
www.sunshinebrookstheatre.org
for more details.
SWINGTIME
Moonlight
Stage Productions will present
“Swingtime Canteen” through
Feb. 21, AVO Playhouse, Vista
Village, 303 Main Street. The
play travels back in time to 1944
when the glamorous Hollywood
star Marian Ames hears the
patriotic call to help out during
America’s greatest hour of need.
For tickets and show times, call
(760) 724-2110 or visit www.
vistixonline.com.
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then bury them under 20
pages of documents.
Stone has requested
either her client’s case be
dismissed or his strike priors be inadmissible in this
conviction.
Elias — a former prosecutor — now has to rule
on whether the prosecution violated their discovery obligations by not publishing the inconclusive
result in the fingerprint
analysis report, which was
also placed into court’s
evidence.
The veteran judge
said he would take the
attorneys’ motions under
summary judgment and
make a ruling by Feb. 10.
Following the hearing, District Attorney
Bonnie Dumanis, who was
not in attendance, issued a
brief statement saying
that her office holds itself
to “the highest ethical
standard” and takes their
obligation to provide evidence to the defense very
seriously.
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that are very tasty. The
beef ribs are meaty and
full of flavor. Beef brisket
is one of my favorite barbecue dishes and they do
it right. The pulled pork
is unreal and the chicken
is by far the moistest, most
delicious I’ve ever had.
If I had to pick my
favorites it would be the
pulled pork sandwich selfdoctored up with coleslaw
and baked beans. Then the
baby back ribs and the
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this menu.
Sides include cole
slaw, potato salad, BBQ
baked beans, French fries,
sweet potato fries, corn
pudding and hush puppies. The cole slaw, baked
beans and corn pudding
are standouts in a stellar
field. Put a little beef or
pork in your beans and
prepare to bow down and
praise King Brett.
To top it off, Brett’s
offers only one dessert
and it’s so good there really is no need to offer more.
Their homemade, downhome bread pudding
served with a delectable
whiskey sauce should not
be missed. I really need to
remember to make room
for it more often. Brett’s
has beer and wine and
offers catering for your
next event. If you are a fan
of barbecue, or curious
about what real barbecue
is all about, please check
these guys out as they are
passionate about what
they do and it shows.
Brett’s BBQ is located
at 1505 Encinitas Blvd.
Call (760) 436-7427 or visit
www.brettsbbq.com for
more information.
David Boylan is the founder of
Artichoke Creative, an Encinitas
based integrated marketing agency.
He can be reached at
david@artichoke-creative.com.
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Bloom: Best Ideas.”
In addition to the various garden tours, local vendors will be present.
Lunch will be available
for purchase.
The Garden Festival
proceeds benefit the Elfin
Forest/Harmony
Grove
Town Council.
“Each
garden
is
unique,” said Bonnie
Baumgartner, chairwoman
of the 2010 Garden Festival.
“Several feature art incorporated into unique landscape design with many
specimen plants. One has a
French culinary garden and
spacious vistas, while
another has fantastic whimsy, metal sculptures and
topiary seen only in places
like the Wynn Hotel. Our
‘green’ garden celebrates
the beauty of our native
Californian plants and features a planted, green roof;
another features reflective
nooks with water elements
of Zen tranquility, and
entertaining areas.”
Tickets will be available for $20 and may be
purchased
online
at
www.elfinforestgardens.inf
o. Day of event tickets cost
$25 each. To preview the
gardens and learn more,
visit elfinforestgardens.
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Beth Westburg, the parent of a Del Mar Hills student,
said she was “dumbfounded”
to learn the district has so few
options and questioned why
trustees sold the Shores property, where the offices are cur-
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together to one event, at one
place, the local Golf Club.
The event will feature a
network reception, short program, wine and light refreshments and appetizers provided
by the Golf Club. Admission is
$10 for Business Associates or
$20 for General Public. Ticket
prices include appetizers and
rently located.
“You, the board, have created a huge mess,” she said.
In 2005 the district
declared the Shores site, on
Ninth Street and Camino del
Mar, surplus. The city bought
the property in 2008 for $8.5
million. The purchase agreement allows the administrative offices and employee
child care to remain at the site
until May 2011; however, the
board directed McClain to
meet with the city to discuss a
lease extension.
Proceeds from the sale,
now estimated at $8.3 million
after expenses, can be used to
buy or build new facilities,
but the state education code
prohibits them from being
spent on lease payments.That
money must come from the
general fund, which pays
teachers’ salaries.
Wasker said the district
would have more alternatives
if it chose to lease, but
McClain is not recommending
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“This is our fourth opportunity to work together over 30
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“I’m not willing to give
up general funds that go to
students,” McClain said.
Based on a conservative
estimate of $2 per square foot,
Wasker said leasing would
cost the district at least
$20,000 a month, which
trustee Doug Perkins noted
was nearly a quarter of a million dollars annually in teachers’ salaries.
Trustees are also considering co-locating the administrative offices at district campuses, but that option may be
eliminated because of possible legal issues, zoning
requirements and community
opposition.
Wasker said he only
recently began looking for
available properties adjacent
to the district. He and Kagan
will have additional time to
do that as the board voted
unanimously to extend their
contract for another six
months.
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also winners at the district Chung
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HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE For this year’s essay, students were
With Great Deals on all 13 Models,
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When he joined the
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Moreno said if a soldier,
sailor or Marine doesn’t have
the money to repair their car
before driving back to their
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If needed, he loans his
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done.
“Later I’ll work out the
finances, mostly with retired
military who want to help,”
he said. “I’ll discount the
services to cover my costs and
keep the lights on in the business.”
Moreno has helped
about 10 people since buying
his Carlsbad shop. Most are
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A couple of months ago
Moreno extended a hand
to Eddie Gray, a Marine
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Pendleton on his 12,000-mile
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on their own until, as mentioned above, they wilt.
Dealing with lots of
dampness is something
you have to accommodate
way back when you pot
them, with gravel or sand
and whatnot. I’ve been a
little negligent in that
arena and the mold is now
ratting me out.
I am afraid that, like
when the frost hit a few
winters ago, it is just going
to be every plant for itself.
We’re thinning the herd
and letting natural selection run its course. It’s a
bit harsh, but there you
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knife from Flores, it was an
attempt to diffuse the situation.
However Raymond
Reynolds,
a
Camp
Pendleton Marine, testified that after Hernandez
acquired the knife, he
moved toward him with
the blade out. As the victims walked away from the
duo, a fight broke out
between
Flores
and
Raymond
Reynolds.
During their skirmish,
Flores stabbed the Marine
multiple times; however,
the stab wounds were only
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doing so.
Problem: You must
travel with an infant that
you’ll probably have to
hold throughout a flight.
Solution: Reserve a
bulkhead seat. Many airlines can install a little
“bulkhead bunk” that
allows your baby to sit or
sleep, even when you’re
eating — assuming your
flight has a meal. Either
way, you’ll still be able to
use the tray. (If you children are older, you might
want to avoid bulkhead
seats. The arms on the
chairs don’t go down, making it impossible for your
child to lay in your lap.)
Problem: You want to
pack snacks, toys and
activities so your kids
won’t get hungry and will
stay occupied.
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Ziploc bags. Load ‘em up
and slide ‘em into each
child’s backpack. These
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inventions
(how did we ever travel
without them?) keep
snacks, small toys, crayons
etc. together and easily
accessible. Don’t forget
the wet wipes.
Problem: You want to
help
your
children
remember their vacations
and learn something, too.
Solution: Buy picture
postcards as you go and
have the kids write notes
to themselves about what
they did that day or their
favorite sight or activity.
Mail the cards along the
way, and when you arrive
home, there will be a fistful of mail and memories
awaiting. (P.S. Don’t forget
the
28-cent
stamps.
Hunting for post offices is
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are.
I’ll have a look
around in, oh say, April, to
see who has made the cut.
Before I head off to the
nursery to replace the
fatalities, I’m going to
need to consult my
Farmer’s Almanac. If this
inconvenient wet weather
plans to continue for
another year, I expect I
will have to create a Plant
Plan B.
Right now, water
lilies are looking pretty
good.
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superficial and didn’t
require any stitches,
Raymond Reynolds said.
Roberts argued that
his client had the unfortunate luck of being in the
wrong place at the wrong
time with someone who
was intoxicated and being
a “jerk.”
Weber cited Raymond
Reynolds’ testimony about
Hernandez’s actions with
the knife as one of the reasons why she held
him accountable on the
aforementioned criminal
charges.
Both men remain in
custody. Their trial is
scheduled for March 25.
a time-waster.)
Problem: You hate to
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museums, castles and
other historic attractions.
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these tiny works of art
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gifts.
Problem: You have
wrinkled clothes and no
travel iron.
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or a flat iron (for hair)
held to the wrinkles will
do very nice job of dewrinkling.
Problem:
You’re
afraid of losing the ID tag
on your luggage.
Solution: As a backup, place identification
information on the inside
of your luggage. Use an 8
?-by-11-inch piece of
paper in a plastic sleeve.
Include your name, cell
phone number and/or email address, and the
same information of a
family member or friend,
but don’t include your
address or any other information.
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your passport.
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m). If you can prove your
identity (keep your driver’s license separate
from your passport), you
can get a new passport
from a U.S. embassy on
the same day.
Now, sit back, relax
and enjoy your trip!
E’Louise Ondash is a freelance writer
living in North County. Tell her about
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NTC Promenade in the
McMillin Events Center in Pt.
Loma, then from 8 to 10 p.m. a
CRAVE unique wine tasting
experience in a lounge-bar
atmosphere that will surely
turn heads, also at the NTC
Promenade in the McMillin
Events Center.
— Feb. 25: The new Wine
Steals location in East Village
near Petco Park. From 6 to 8
p.m.,award-winning Paso wines
will be poured in a grand tasting. Gourmet food by Wine
Steals new Gastro Pub will
enhance the wines.
Eleven events in all are
planned. Visit
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Island Prime primed
for flavor
It is a rare occasion to witness a family restaurant group
with the singular quality and
wide divergence that the Cohn
Restaurant Group in San Diego
exhibits. During the past 25
years, David and Leslie Cohn
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denied by a council,” Kellejian
said.
Roberts asked the city
attorney to review the procedure. The item was scheduled
for discussion at the Feb. 10
meeting, with recommended
action to rescind, repeal, cancel
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estimates presented were
extremely low. He said he
recently conducted a search
and found about 100 short-term
units in the city with weekly
rents that ranged from $995 to
$18,000.
“All those numbers suggest that this plan is quite conservative,” he said.
Del Mar is currently the
only North County coastal city
that does not have an ordinance regulating and collecting
TOT for short-term rentals.
D’Marie Simon, a Finance
Committee member, said cities
that have implemented such
ordinances report no problems,
however, they feel they aren’t
doing the best job they can to
collect the tax from individual
property owners.
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for some bigger acts.She ended
up opening up for artists like
Bushwalla, Paula Cole, Scott
Russo (of Unwritten Law) and
many others.
It’s not surprising to hear
how successful she’s been in
such a short amount of time
once you realize how determined and professional she
really is. She’s always subscribed to a DIY policy, acting
as her own promoter, publicist,
booking agent and manager.
And once you hear Jacey’s
songs you’re instantly pulled
into them; each one offering
another story and sincere emotion. And even though she has
more than 200 of them, each
one is like a little piece of her,
PRIME TIME Wine Director and
Island Prime Manager Maurice
DiMarino shows his wine cellar
and
his
Italian
favorites.
Photo by Frank Mangio
have brought San Diego
County an amazing array of
prime-flavor dining in their 11
restaurants. Well-deserved
honors have been bestowed
upon the Cohn “obsession with
hospitality,” from the original
Corvette Diner to the upscale
steak and seafood operations
333 Pacific in Oceanside and
Island Prime on Harbor Island
in San Diego.
We have raved over the
menu and wine list at 333
Pacific as being original and
uniquely flavorful, so we
jumped at the opportunity to
meet the staff and sample the
offerings at Island Prime.
Deborah Scott is the executive chef, a top shelf talent
with a sense of the “wow” factor. Her resume is impressive,
but it’s in the food that she sets
the bar high with flavor that
can’t be beat.
I would recommend starting with the crab-stuffed artichoke, then the baby beets
salad with walnuts and goat
cheese. You have to order the
Island Prime Filet Trio if you’re
a beef lover like I am.
Toppings are different on
each and include gorgonzola,
wild mushrooms and blue crab.
Three different culinary experiences in one entrée — brilliant!
Side options include truffled-creamed corn, green
beans, wild mushrooms and
lots more. The wine list and
operations are run by Maurice
DiMarino who is always on the
floor, making certain that the
Cohn’s obsession with hospitality is in full bloom. For more
see
islandprime.com
or
dinecrg.com.
and dinner event starting at
6:30 p.m.Feb.22.Delicious food
will match up with wines like
Riesling, Chardonnay, Red
Blends and Port. Rack of
Australian Lamb is the main
entrée of this four-course dinner. Cost is $75 each. RSVP at
(760) 930-9100.
— La Costa Wine
Company in Carlsbad has a limited-space Justin Tasting from 5
to 8 p.m. Feb. 26. This will sell
out fast, as Justin from Paso
Robles is well-known around
the wine world. New releases
only. The cost is $30 per person. RSVP at (760) 431-8455.
— The 3rd Corner in
Encinitas hosts an Ojai Wine
Dinner at 6 p.m. Feb. 16. A
four-course dinner with four
different wines from Riesling
to a lovely Viognier Dessert
wine. The cost is $65. Reserve
at (760) 942-2104.
— The Argyle Steakhouse
at the Four Seasons in the
Aviara Carlsbad now has a
Happy Hour. It starts at 4 p.m.
with $4 drinks, 5 p.m. has $5
drinks and 6 p.m.has $6 drinks.
Details at (760) 603-3773.
— West Steak, Seafood
and Spirits in Carlsbad and
Executive Chef Eugenio
Martignago showcase Penfolds
Wines of Australia in a wine
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or nullify the Jan. 27 appointments and, if necessary,
appoint four new members.
Council appointed residents to the other four commissions without discussion. Kelly
Harless and incumbents Geri
Retman-Opper and Christine
Antonelli were appointed to
Parks and Recreation, which
had three applicants for three
vacancies.
Kristi Day will join returning members Steven Goetsch
and Deanne Borer on Budget
and Finance, which also had an
equal number of applicants
and vacancies.
Jeff Anderman and Craig
Nelson were reappointed to
Budget and Finance, which had
four applicants for two vacan-
cies. Goetsch and Day, who listed it as their second choice,
were appointed to Parks and
Recreation.
Michael Swanson, Alli
Dixon and Tara Gordon were
reappointed to Public Arts.
Kathryn Schmiedeberg also
reapplied, but Nicolle SelbyThomas was appointed in her
place.
While Mayor Richard
Earnest agreed it may be difficult for most cities to monitor
and enforce the regulations, he
said Del Mar has an advantage
as a small city.“It’s much easier
to count noses,” he said.
No one spoke during the
public comment period, but
four residents sent e-mails —
two supported the plan and two
opposed it.
Because it is a tax, voter
approval is required. A draft
ordinance is expected to be
introduced at the Feb. 8 meeting. A ballot initiative, which
will cost the city about $7,000,
must be ready by mid-March to
be included in the June election. Staff members said they
didn’t anticipate any legal or
timing issues that would prevent them from meeting those
deadlines.
The law, which would go
into effect 60 days after it passes, will require homeowners to
obtain a permit and register
their properties as short-term
rentals. A business license will
also be required. Fees collected
will help defer administrative
costs. The new law will also
specify where in the city shortterm rentals will be allowed.
Mosier wanted to ensure
there was minimal negative
impact on residents who
depend on short-term rental
income. Because the TOT doesn’t apply to stays longer than 30
days, properties rented for the
entire Del Mar race season will
be exempt.
The Finance Committee
originally sought to capture
additional race track rentals
but learned that was not an
option as it is governed at the
state level.
The tax, which will be col-
lected with the rental fee by
the agency or owner, is paid by
the renter, not the property
owner.
In addition to raising additional money to pay for city
services, Councilman Mark
Filanc said implementing the
tax is also a matter of fairness.
“Our hotels are subject to
the transient occupancy tax
and they’re in direct competition with these rentals,” Filanc
said. “When you start talking
about the costs ... it’s driving
people into those rentals and
that’s really kind of unfair to
the hotels because they are
paying the tax.
“I think it’s appropriate
that we keep all of our businesses in town on a level playing field.I think it’d be unfair to
just ignore this, bury our head
in the sand and let it continue
happening.”
each significant in its own way,
yet still very different from
another.
“I try to touch on as many
subjects as I can because I like
to diversify and not be held to
just one genre,” she said. Her
new album, “Here’s to
Change,” is a great example of
her genre-defying sound. Her
major female influences still
shine through clearly (she lists
Colbie
Caillat,
Ingrid
Michaelson,
and
Sarah
McLachlan as her favorites) on
the tracks, although her own
personal twist and style makes
it all her own.
The album’s first single
“Fall Out of Love” is already
getting airplay on local radio
stations although she confesses
her personal favorite off the
album is an emotional song
called “Feel Like This.”
“I wrote that song when I
was up crying one night and
that emotion really comes
through in the song,” she said.
“I still get choked up when I
play it live even now.”
Her top priority right now
is to find a manager, someone
who can use their connections
to take her to the next level she
wants to reach. And with her
fearless and unrelenting attitude combined with her natural ability, she is no doubt
bound for a major breakthrough.
Although she’s had her
share of hard lessons and bad
experiences along the way,
Jacey still insists it’s all worth it.
“It’s not something that’s easier
said that done. You have to
work for it and believe in your-
self and no matter how hard it
gets, you can’t let it stop you.
You have to have a take-no-prisoners attitude but most importantly, don’t listen to anyone
who tells you that you can’t.“
Watch her open with a
solo acoustic set for Shawn
Colvin at the Coachouse Feb.
13 and on March 25 at Lestat’s
(both are all-age sshows).
Tickets, tour info, CDs and
more can be purchased on her
Web site at www.alyssa
jacey.com.You can also find her
on Facebook, MySpace, and
iTunes.
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cart. email:sunufabutch@yahoo.com
or call $29 (760) 439-2996
Fairbanks Ranch
Santaluz
YAMAHA LP TURN TABLE Like
new, never used, $80. Also two complete stereos. (760) 439-6102
Del Mar
Carmel
Valley
Furniture
DISPLAY UNITS wood, shelves, mirror, cabinet beneath, pair, $150. (760)
643-1945.
Miscellaneous
15 GALLON PLANTS fan palm,
loquot, black pine, jade, crown-ofthorns, $35 each. (760) 436-6604
THE COAST NEWS GROUP
ANDIAMO LUGGAGE 27” black
nylon on wheels, meets travel
requirements, good condition, $65.
(760) 944-6460.
BICYCLE PARTS & TOOLS for road
and mountain bikes. (760) 942-5692.
BIRD CAGE Silver cage for small
parrot or cockatiel. 19” sq. X 29”h,
(comp. $160 new model# 125 ), oceanside $25/ best offer, cash only. (760)
529-0862
INDEX
F.Y.I..................................... ..100
HEALTH & WELL BEING ....150
ITEMS FOR SALE................200
BUSINESS SERV.............. ...300
FINANCIAL SERV.................310
HOME SERVICES................325
MISC. SERVICES............. ...350
PERSONAL SERV................375
HELP WANTED....................400
JOBS WANTED....................450
BUSINESS OPPS............ ....475
ROOMMATES................... ...500
RENTALS...................... .......600
REAL ESTATE......................700
LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICE.... 800
AUTOMOTIVE..................... 900
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BLACK PLASTIC POTS Small, medium & large, like new, $10. (760) 9446460
BOOKS 6 full size plans for duck
decoys + 3 hardback wood carving
books; take all. $20. (760) 845-3024
leave message.
BOX SPRING queen size, brand new,
Seely Posturpedic, $50. (760) 7291126
BOYS CLOTHES SIZE 10-12 129
Pieces. Lots of designer and skate
brand clothes. From $1 to $4 per
piece. (760) 634-1420
CAR COVER for Honda Civic or
Toyota Corolla, $25. (760) 942-7430.
GARDENING ITEMS Hose reels, one
wall hung & one mobile, Rainbird
controller, terracotta pots & saucers,
rescalloped stone borders, garden
butterflies, all for $30. (760) 944-6460
HEADSET/HEADPHONES
blue
tooth headset with instructions $10,
Sony stereo headphones $15 call
(760) 270-8288
HEEL SUPPORTS Boxed & new, 3/4”
in length, size for men (6-7), size for
women (7-8), $10. (760) 944-6460
HOT box of fifty hot wheels in original packaging. random models. $40
(760) 726-8491
LEATHER COAT Brown, size 10,
(Great Things) Vancouver, $40. (760)
757-9882.
LEATHER COAT Brown, Size 10,
(Great Things), Vancouver $40 (760)
757-9882
LOBSTER-TAMALE EXTRA LARGE
POT 2-piece steamer with lid, 15” tall
by 13” diameter, $20. (760) 599-9141.
MASSAGER BY HOMEDICS Paid
$29.84, asking $20 & hot pot express,
$5.00. (760) 270-8288.
MICKY MANTLE / ROGER MARIS
on Life Magazine Cover in Color. Aug.
18, 1961 on Posterboard with clear
plastic wrapper $80 (760) 845-3024
NEW DOMINO SET Brown - stored in
unique simulated oak log, $40. (760)
436-9933
OUTDOOR HEATER Umbrella style,
propane, 4 ft. tall, great shape, $50.
(760) 942-7430
PANASONIC 18” Panasonic tv, black
($30) Technics casett player($20)
Sonny fm/am receiver ($20) (760)
721-8250
QUILT Patchwork in nautical theme,
excellent condition, $50. (760) 4968936
RAYBAN SUNGLASSES With case,
Centennial red, white & blue style,
Vagabond, excellent condition, collectible, $50. (760) 944-6460
VAN
GOGH
PRINT
Orange
flowers/copper vase, framed, 25” W X
39” L, $22. (760) 599-9141.
DUVET COVER King size, custom
made, pale rose with extra bolted
material, $100, mint condition, like
new. (760) 944-6460
WHIRLPOOL SPA 6 person, 20 jets,
$150. (619) 301-5263
EXTERIOR DOORMATS With galvanized wire - SHEDLESS, 1/2 moon
shape new, unused, $18 each. (760)
944-6460
2 MOUNTAIN BIKES One woman’s,
24” with rims & tires, one boy’s, 20”,
$40 each, both have front suspension.
(760) 942-7430
FIREWOOD Quality pine, eucalyptus, avocado & oak, high quality
wood, delivered & stacked, any size
load available. (760) 942-7430.
READING STAND for Stationary
work-out bicycle, handlebar mount,
$20. (760) 942-1303
828 N. Hwy 101, Leucadia
FRUIT TREE Mexican Guava,
healthy, 4 ft., $15. Also, free plants.
(760) 643-1945.
Sporting Goods
Room For Rent
MASTER BDRM PRIVATE BATH,
NEAR MAIN GATE $650 MONTHLY
PLUS $200 DEPOSIT 760 978-5122
Items Wanted
JACK DANIELS Collector looking for
old jd or lem motlow bottles and
advertising items. Up to $149 each
(760) 630-2480
Home Services 325
Automotive 900
Cars
1985 NISSAN 300 zx 2dr 5 spd, t-tops,
new clutch, brakes, engine rebuilt.
this classic will sell fast. $2995.00.
Call Ted (760) 805-9247
1996 BUICK Custom Regal 3800
Series IL, runs very, very good.
$1,300. (760) 522-9935
“We
are
the
extra touch
professionals.”
Call now for a thorough and
affordable housecleaning
RMB Cleaning Service
760-822-8965
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Licensed & Bonded
Give a Gift Certificate for the Holidays!
Misc. Services 350
MASSAGE
Open
7 days
9am to
9pm
Oriental massage, table
shower & shampoo, Jacuzzi
2001 CHEVY METRO LT1 4 cyl., 4
dr., auto, air, good gas mileage, new
cv shaft, axle boots, brakes, muffler,
tune up, smogged, registered for the
year, 108k miles, $2,995 (760) 7246689
2002 LEXUS FX300 120k mi, loaded
with air, sunroof, leather, xlnt. cond. 2
owner vehicle. Very clean. $14,400.
(760) 310-2935.
MAZDA SPORT Miata, mx, turbo 2
seater, black soft top with cover, cd
stereo, air, manual, (stick 6 speed),
performance tires with spare, apprx.
38,000 miles. (760) 207-0073 san marcos (760) 207-0073, 15,950.00 0B0
2007 VW RABBIT 4door, automatic,
one owner, 28K, VW certified, VIN
#079483, stock #3511, only $13,500.
(760) 753-6256
2005 VW GOLF GLS 4door, automatic, sunroof, one owner, 67K, VW certified, VIN #037218, only $9,995. (760)
753-6256
2006 VW JETTA SEDAN Automatic,
VW Certified, VIN #645219, Stock
#3510, only $13,500 (760) 753-6256
760-743-1421
2007 VW GTI 2dr, Manual, VW certified, low mileage, one owner, VIN
#143534, stock #27501, only $17,995.
(760) 753-6256.
Custom Services
2009 VW RABBIT S 2dr Hatchback,
automatic, VW Certified, one owner,
VIN #143468, stock #3525, only
$14,895. (760) 753-6256.
255 North Ash #107 Lic. #162163
Troy’s Ornamental
IRON CRAFT
• Grates • Stairs • Railings
Balconies • Fences • Automation
License #871928
Call:
760-617-1710
www.TroysIronCraft.com
2007 VW PASSAT SEDAN Automatic,
VW Certified, VIN #139648, stock
#3536, only $19,995. (760) 753-6256.
2008 VW JETTA SE SEDAN
Automatic, Sunroof, 24K, VW
Certified, VIN#137357, stock #3528,
only $17,995. (760) 753-6256
TABLE TOP AIR CLEANER ORECK,
$50. Ice Cream machine - Sinac,
makes 2 1/2 quarts, good condition,
made in Italy, $50. (760) 944-0198
DESIGNER SUNGLASS CASES
Various collection & sizes, all new, $5
- 10 each. (760) 944-6460
760-436-9737 or fax ad copy
760-943-0850
Rentals 600
TENNIS RACQUET Wilson Vector, L2-4 1/2 unisex, like new, excellent
condition, $15. (760) 599-9141
LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH In
three complete never used sets:
workbook, cassettes & DVD’s., $40.
(760) 436-9933.
COLLECTIBLE
PORCELAIN
TEAPOTS (4) English & Japanese,
$12. each. (760) 599-9141
FIREWOOD FOR SALE For Home or
Camping. Three differant types of
Wood. U-Pick -Up or We”ll Deliver.
No order to small (760) 727-7404
Items For Sale 200
LADIES SNOWBOARDER JACKET
Zero Exposure, size lg. 14-16 with
hood & element protector, blue with
black nearly new, excellent condition, $50. (760) 496-8936
TURKEY/HAM ROASTER New
Ultrex pro 18/10 Stainless Steel 15”
Oval Roaster with dual Server Lid
and lift-out Rack. 55 yr. Excalibur
nonstick surface, dishwasher safe.
$45/ best offer, Cash Only. Oceanside
(760) 529-0862
COKE BOTTLES Over 50 used coke
bottles for free. (760) 521-9140
FRENCH LUGGAGE Black leather
with fabric, 5 pieces on wheels, clean,
nice condition. Quality - a bargain for
$125. (760) 944-6460
To view or place ads online go to: coastnewsgroup.com
Items For Sale 200
Sporting Goods
SHIMANO
ULTEGRA
REAR
DERAILER for 8, 9 OR 10 speed, $45.
(760) 942-5692
SNOW SKI POLES For tall person, 6’
1” - 1’ 3”, good condition, $15. (760)
942-1303.
SNOW SKIS Rossignol 180, Salomon
bindings with bag, $50 OBO. (760)
753-7932.
SNOWBOARDS Two snow boards
w/boots 150.00 each (760)685-8222
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Adoption
Electronics
Miscellaneous For Sale
PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? You choose from families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call
24/7 Abby's One True Gift Adoptions. 866413-6292.
GET DISH - FREE INSTALLATION $19.99/mo. HBO & Showtime FREE Over 50 HD Channels FREE. Lowest
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Automotive
WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES
KAWASAKI,1970-1980, Z1-900, KZ900,
KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250,
S2-350, S3-400. CASH PAID. 1-800-7721142. 1-310-721-0726.
Autos Wanted
DONATE YOUR CAR. FREE TOWING.
"Cars for Kids". Any condition. Tax
deductible Outreach Center. 1-800-5979411
Business Opportunity
WEEKLY PAYCHECK from home possible processing mortgage assistance postcards. No advertising required.All materials provided. No gimmicks. References
available. 1-800-650-2090.
ALL CASH VENDING! Do you earn
$800/day? Local Vending route. 25
machines + candy. $9,995. 1-800-807-6485.
(Void/SD/CT)
Computers
GET A NEW COMPUTER. Brand name
laptops & desktops. BAD or No Credit. No
problem. Smallest weekly payments available. Call Now 1-800-750-8912.
Employment
MYSTERY SHOPPERS! Earn up to $150
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Miscellaneous
LOCAL TYPISTS needed immediately.
$400+PT - $800+FT weekly. Flexible
schedules, work from home training provided. 1-800-757-2304
AIRLINE MECHANIC: Train for high
paying Aviation Career. FAA approved
program. Financial aid if qualified - Job
placement assistance. Call Aviation
Institute of Maintenance. 866-453-6204.
Health & Fitness
Help Wanted
ASSEMBLE MAGNETS & CRAFTS at
home! Year-round work! Great pay! Call
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Education
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HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM
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Electronics
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ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from
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**ALL SATELLITE SYSTEMS ARE NOT
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DONATE A CAR TODAY To Help Children
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Free Towing. Tax Deductible. Children’s
Cancer Fund of America, Inc. www.ccfoa.org
1-800-469-8593
Autos Wanted
AAAA** DONATION Donate Your Car, Boat
or Real Estate, IRS Tax Deductible, Free PickUp/Tow Any Model/Condition Help Under
Privileged Children. Outreach Center. 1-800928-7566
Business Opportunity
EARN
COLLEGE
DEGREE
ONLINE
*Medical, *Business, *Paralegal, *Accounting,
*Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance.
Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified.
Call
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AMERICAN LOG HOMES. Dealerships
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Paid Training. Furnished Leads. BBB A+
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Career Training
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Health/Medical
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the entire family!!! Unlimited usage. Dental,
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Help Wanted
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SALES
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Account
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Training, Bonuses. Call Toll Free 800-7235414 x 7215
Computers
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GET A NEW COMPUTER Brand Name
Laptops & Desktops. BAD or No Credit – No
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CALL NOW 1-800-752-3153
MEMORY FOAM THERAPEUTIC NASA
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Computer Services
GEEKS-IN-ROUTE & On-site Computer &
Computer Networking Services by A+ &
Microsoft or CISCO Certified Technicians. If
We
Can’t
Fix
It,
It’s
Free!
MC/DIS/AMEX/VISA. 1-866-661-GEEK (4335)
Electronics
GET
DISH-FREE
INSTALLATION$19.99/MO. HBO & Showtime FREE-Over 50
HD Channels FREE-Lowest Prices-No
Equipment to Buy! Call Now for full Details
877-524-8173
Employment
EARN UP TO $30 PER HOUR. Experience
not Required. Undercover shoppers needed to
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800-742-6941
DIRECTV FREEBIES! Free Standard
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2008 VW NEW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE Automatic, 20k, VW Certified,
VIN # 408140, stock # 3547, only
$19995. Herman Cook VW (760) 7536256
2007 VW PASSAT WOLFSBURG
SEDAN Automatic, Sunroof, 26k, VW
Certified, VIN # 139648, stock # 3536,
only $19995. Herman Cook VW (760)
753-6256
Trucks/SUVs
1988 FORD F250 DIESEL Manual
transmission, toolbox, hitch, good
condition asking $3,500 (760) 6307060
DIRECTORY
ATTORNEYS
OLD GUITARS WANTED! Fender, Gibson,
Gretsch, Martin, D’Angelico, Stromberg,
Rickenbacker,
and
Mosrite.
Gibson
Mandolins/Banjos. 1930’s thru 1970’s TOP
CASH PAID! These brands only please. 1-800401-0440
AIRLINES ARE HIRING – Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career.
FAA
approved program. Financial aid if qualified –
Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of
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877-883-5726
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Schools & Instruction
GET
DISH-FREE
INSTALLATION$19.99/MO. HBO & Showtime FREE-Over 50
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877-465-8223
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Graduate in 4
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PERSONAL INJURY
NEED HELP?
DAN
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• Car Accidents
• Slips & Falls
• Workers Comp.
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760-436-9737
CALL DAN at 760
271-5285
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Steve Williams
“2nd generation window washer
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760.917.0663
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AIRLINE MECHANIC – Train for high paying
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Financial aid if qualified – Job placement
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Sunroof, 37k, VW Certified, VIN #
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FEB. 12, 2010
SOUP TO NUTS by Rick Stromoski
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves
THE BORN LOSER by Art & Chip Sansom
BIG NATE by Lincoln Peirce
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —
One of your greatest assets will be
improving upon the good ideas and
suggestions of others and making
them even better when something
critical is at stake. Everyone will be
glad you’re involved.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
You are likely to be the recipient of a
little hero worship from those you
helped survive a difficult situation.
Your ingenuity won’t be forgotten.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
An important person — someone usually difficult to reach — will suddenly
become available. Once you make the
breakthrough, make something of it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —
Success is indicated even with some of
the more difficult people in your life.
Something important will come of it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
Mix the right dose of logic with the
correct amount of hard-core dealing,
and you should be a winner regardless
of whom you haggle with. It’ll work
with people from all walks of life.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —
Although a little emotion is usually
needed to successfully present some
hard-core logic, your striving will go
CELEBRITY
CIPHER
by Luis Campos
MONTY by Jim Meddick
Celebrity Cipher
cryptograms are
created from quotations by famous
people, past and
present. Each letter
in the cipher stands
for another.
TODAY'S CLUE:
V equals P
ARLO & JANIS by Jimmy Johnson
THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr
COW & BOY by Mark Leiknes
more smoothly if you don’t use a softening agent.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
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considered stringent.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If
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and tackle some tough work, your
ambitious objectives can be fulfilled.
Nothing will come easy, but the job
will be worth it in the long run.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Try
once again to get in touch with that
important, impossible-to-reach person. Persistency will get you everywhere, and this could be the perfect
day to persist.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) —
You’re capable of combining an artistic touch with harsh practicality when
you’re smart enough to try. The excellent result will be evident in several
things you produce.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
— Grab the baton, and don’t hesitate
to lead the players down some rough
roads. Those who can’t follow will
appreciate all the good you leave in
your wake.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —
Because of your excellent planning
and preparation, it might look as if
you’re exerting little effort to those
who witness your work.Yet this is likely to be an exceptionally productive
day for you.
“ O P N Y W
O P G R AY
I W O O W H
Z P G D P
C H W
C H W
V W H U W D O W X
I M
O P C R
Z P G D P
O P N Y W
U G R GY P W X
I M
R C O L H W
C H O . ”
C H W
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D G D W H N
PREVIOUS SOLUTION: “The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend.” Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Avoid clichés like the plague.” - William Safire
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