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Police say teen killed at TPHS left suicide note BY LYNDSAY WINKLEY AND DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN When a 15-year-old summoned police to Torrey Pines High School early Saturday, May 6, he had a BB gun tucked in his waist band and a suicide note in his pocket, authorities said Monday, May 8. Police said the note was discovered the day after the boy was fatally shot by two officers as he approached them with the gun drawn outside the Carmel Valley campus. “We are confident he did plan for the incident to happen,” said San Diego police Lt. Mike Holden. Investigators haven’t release the name of the teen, but friends said he was Jacob Peterson, a freshman at Torrey Pines. He was fatally shot near the front of the school after someone called 911 shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6, and asked police to check on a boy at the school. Officers later determined the boy made the call himself.
Investigators didn’t release what the note said. Classmates said Jacob didn’t appear depressed, and administrators said there were no reports that he had been bullied. “That subject didn’t come up as we discussed the student and his background and other issues that we should be aware of,” said Eric Dill, superintendent of the San Dieguito Union High School District. “I’m not saying it’s not possible, but that wasn’t something that was at the front of administrators’ minds as we were going through discussions today.” “He just seemed like a good kid who showed up and did his work,” said Robbie Levinson, 17, who was in a law class with Jacob. “I guess he was having issues and keeping it more internal.” On Monday, police identified the officers involved in the shooting as Officer Gilbert Flores, a 28-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department, and Officer Kai Johnson, who has been with the department for four years. SEE TEEN, A16
Student suicides: ‘Is there more we could have done?’
BY GARY WARTH AND PAUL SISSON Teachers look for warning signs, classmates keep an eye on their friends and counselors have meetings with parents, but all the efforts still are not enough at times. “I think the natural reaction for people is to consider, ‘Is there more we could have done, and are there things we should have seen?’” San Diego County Office of Education interim Director Bob Mueller said about the shooting early Saturday morning, May 6, at Torrey Pines High School. “In a general sense, I don’t think any school in the country can say, ‘We are doing everything, we’re doing enough,’ because it’s not something that will ever be finished with,” he said. “The work on school climate is something we’ll always be working to improve.” San Diego police officers fatally shot Torrey Pines freshman Jacob Peterson, 15, outside the school around 3:30 a.m. after responding to a 911 call (see story above left). The shots were fired after Jacob aimed a pistol at the officers and kept advancing despite their demands he drop the weapon, which turned out to be a BB gun. Investigators later discovered that the student had made the call and had a suicide note in his pocket. Mueller said schools generally have counselors, psychologists and social workers who work together as a team that tries to identify psychological issues before they spin out of control and result in students harming themselves or others. SEE SUICIDE, A16
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Del Mar takes first steps toward a new rental regime BY SEBASTIAN MONTES After shutting the door on short-term rentals last month, Del Mar is starting to figure out how much to open it back up. Last month, the council issued a hotly disputed ruling that interpreted residential rentals of less than 30 days — the kind popularized by websites such as AirBnb and VRBO — as a violation in all of Del Mar’s residential zones. The council made that move in order
to establish a baseline from whence to enact further reforms, including potential changes to city code and creation of processes for rentals in certain areas and certain lengths of time. Saturday marked the council’s first substantive discussion of rental varieties, approaches to enforcement and processes needed to enact reform, a continuation of a hearing held five days earlier. The city has not started enforcing the April
“baseline” ruling. The moratorium put in place last year continues to be the law of the land: homeowners who can prove they started renting out their home prior to April 2016 can continue to do so. Saturday’s discussion yielded several key developments: • The council wants to explore allowing rentals for between 21 and 29 days, with a minimum increment SEE RENTALS, A16
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Merge 56 proposes new town center, cinema on Camino Del Sur
BY KAREN BILLING On May 3, the Rancho Penasquitos Community Planning Board approved Merge 56, a new mixed-use residential and retail center off Camino Del Sur and SR-56. Gary Levitt of Seabreeze Properties is seeking a community plan amendment from the city. He hopes to get the project before the San Diego Planning Commission and City Council this year for approval to potentially begin construction next year. The site was originally part of the larger 147-acre Rhodes Crossing project approved by the city in 2004. Levitt purchased the 40-acre commercial portion of the property in 2013 — it was originally approved as a “big box” self-storage and commercial center with a sea of parking; instead Levitt plans for a different type of project utilizing “outstanding” design. “We want to create a town center, a place that people want to live near and go to, meet a friend for coffee or hang out, that’s the essence of the project,” said Levitt, who recently completed construction on the Merge mixed-use project on Carmel Country Road and Carmel SEE MERGE 56, A9
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Solana Beach fitness model arrested in cross-country robbery spree BY PAULINE REPARD A Solana Beach fitness model arrested by the FBI in North Park last week was a fugitive in a cross-country crime spree, including bank robberies, stolen cars and pursuits in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Arizona. David Emery Byers, 34, known for art nude photos revealing tattoos and chiseled muscles, also faces local charges of grand theft. FBI agents in tactical gear cornered him in a parking lot at Upas and 30th streets about 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. They fired a flash-bang round, apparently to distract Byers, as they took him into custody. Byers
was evaluated for injuries before being booked into jail on a fugitive warrant from Connecticut. He appeared in San Diego Superior Court Thursday, May 4, and pleaded not guilty to David Emery Byers the grand theft of a rowing machine from Rancho Peñasquitos apartment complex, Cresta Bella on Via Livorno, in April 2016. Bail was set at $35,000 but he remains jailed pending extradition to Connecticut. Allegations that Byers is suspected of
robbing gas stations and banks in Connecticut and New York surprised Los Angeles-based fine arts photographer Michael Stokes. In an email, Stokes said Byers was one of his most popular models “because of his bad-boy, handsome looks.” Stokes said he and Byers got to be friends in the course of three photo shoots between 2013 and 2015. Byers’ images were used on the covers of four novels and Stokes’ coffee-table book of male nudes, “Exhibition.” “He has always been a hard worker, respectful and kind. He is devoted to his girlfriend and his pet dog,” Stokes said. He SEE ROBBERY, A18
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After tough health care vote, Issa to meet with constituents BY JOSHUA STEWART Weeks after he faced hundreds of constituents and protesters at events in Oceanside, Rep. Darrell Issa says he’s planning another town hall meeting at the end of the month, a forum that’s likely to focus on the Republican health care bill working its way through Congress. Issa’s vote for the disputed legislation has generated protests against him from coast-to-coast. “I’ll head back, and I’ll be doing town hall meetings back in my district,” Issa told an ABC news affiliate outside a weekend fundraiser near Sarasota, Fla., where he addressed a small group of protesters. “We have one scheduled. It’s actually a few days more than the moment I go back. I regularly do it,” the Republican said. Issa’s spokesman said the meeting is tentatively planned for 7 p.m. May 31 in Oceanside, and exact details will be available later this week. In addition to back-to-back town hall meetings in March, Issa has regularly held telephone town hall meetings, where people can dial in and participate. Health care has been a central issue of the weekly Tuesday protests outside Issa’s Vista office. The protests are organized by the group Indivisible. More protests are being planned for later this week outside the Hotel del Coronado, where the Republican National Committee holds its quarterly meeting. Issa faced pressure on the health care vote
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Advocates’ call to keep Obamacare falls on deaf ears BY SEBASTIAN MONTES Kathleen Murray was fortunate enough to have two types of health insurance when doctors put her through extensive and costly treatment after discovering her ovarian cancer in 2009. The chemo sent her cancer into remission but took a heavy toll on her body, leaving her with conditions that
depleted her savings and prompted her to move to Del Mar to be close to Scripps Hospital. Still, she knows that others in her situation face prospects far bleaker than hers. She’s met several of them as a volunteer with the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of San Diego. “If a preexisting condition prevented health
coverage for women like these, I shudder to think where my friends would be today,” she said. “These are smart, strong women who lost their jobs and their insurance due to circumstances beyond their control. We must not deny them the possibility of long, productive life.” Murray was one of a half SEE ADVOCATES, A17
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Two cross-country journeys, two epic missions BY SEBASTIAN MONTES ne man’s goal is to run more than 20 miles every day for 1,172 days straight. For the other, 13,000 miles is the target, walking the country’s four corners — from Florida to San Diego to Seattle to Maine and then Florida again. After crossing paths twice in Texas, Jim Plunkett-Cole and Eli Smith barely missed each other last week in Del Mar, only one day and a few miles apart on their far-flung odysseys across the country. But while their paths and paces will diverge even more in the three years they both still face ahead, neither seem likely to waver in the devotion they bring to their causes — the first to beat back childhood obesity, the second to raise awareness for the struggle faced by veterans with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Plunkett-Cole is spreading a gospel of nature-loving fitness as he runs from school to school across America, channeling Forrest Gump’s iconic run in order to get kids active and outside. Since embarking from Mobile, Ala. in October, he has zigzagged across the country to inspire and enable elementary students. His stop on May 11 at Carthay Center Elementary School in Los Angeles
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will be his 30th school in the U.S. That’s 6,000 students, not counting the 5,000 he talked to at 20 schools in England. He enthralls them with tales of the wild pigs that chased him across the Louisiana outback, and the pair of otters he spotted playing in a storm drain in Galveston, and the bobcat he met face-to-face at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado. “I explain to the children that the more you get outdoors, the greater the chances are that you’ll see cool things and experience things that are far cooler than anything you will ever see in a cartoon, or in a film, or on a screen, or in a computer game,” he said. One of the schools he visited in Texas was so smitten that they flew him to their sister schools in Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Orlando and back to Houston. From Texas he ran to Colorado, where he was taken in by several schools in and around Denver, running a 1,200-mile circuit there and getting his visa extended, he said, thanks to Sen. Michael Bennet. While his course has varied from its cinematic inspiration, his mandate of daily mileage has not:
nearly a marathon every single day. For three years straight, nary an inkling of a day off. “No no no no no, I’m not allowed to,” he said during a brief pit stop in Encinitas last week. “My rules are that I’m not allowed to miss a single day for 1,172 days.” Eli Smith is taking a decidedly slower pace as he traverses 13,000 miles along the country’s periphery — to his knowledge, a feat that has never before been accomplished. A former tank gunner stationed in South Korea, he grows terse on what’s driving him in his epic endeavor, saying only that he “lost a few friends” to suicide and PTSD. So the 37-year-old from Columbus, Ohio sold everything he had last year and packed up the barest of essentials — a tent, a sleeping bag, a portable stove, a few tools — and stuffed it all into a small cart. He departed from Pensacola, Fla. on Nov. 22, bee-lining his way west until he meet the Pacific Ocean last week at the U.S.-Mexico border before turning north for Seattle. Once there, he’ll trudge east across the Great White North until he reaches the coast of Maine, then will turn south to Key West, Fla. and finish back in Pensacola. “I wanted to do something about SEE JOURNEYS, A18
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Three years remain in the roads ahead for Jim Plunkett-Cole (left) and Eli Smith (right) as they make their separate pilgrimages across the country. Both men are funding their journeys with donations; Plunkett-Cole’s cause is to target childhood obesity while Smith’s is to raise awareness for veterans with PTSD. Follow Jim at www.jimgump.com. Follow Eli atwww.4cornershike.org.
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Local families step up to help Syrian refugees BY JOE TASH Against the backdrop of a national debate on immigration and attempts by the Trump Administration to block the arrival of new refugees from Syria and other countries, dozens of North County families are helping the 200 or so Syrian refugee families already living in San Diego County. Coordinating those efforts is Heart 4 Refugees, a nonprofit group formed last fall by several Syrian-American friends in San Diego County. “We have two choices: we can turn our backs or we can show them love. When you show them love, you get love back. They’re human beings, they need help like anybody else,” said Kinda Arzon, vice president of Heart 4 Refugees and a resident of San Elijo Hills in San Marcos. Among those who answered the call for help was Deanne Rudman of Solana Beach. She and her family have adopted a Syrian refugee family of six people - two parents and four children - who live in an apartment in City Heights. Rudman recently co-hosted a fundraiser at the home of Michelle Alsari, another Solana Beach resident whose family has also adopted a Syrian refugee family. The adoptive families have helped the newcomers in a variety of ways over the past few months, from gathering furniture and other needed household items, to helping their children get vaccinations and register for school, to assisting them with library cards and memberships to a YMCA near their home.
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Deanne Rudman, second from left, rear, is shown with the Ibrahims, the Syrian refugee family that she and her family have adopted. “There’s a lot of things they need help with,” said Rudman. Her adoptive family consists of the parents, Laila and Hanifi, who are both 40, and their four children, two boys and two girls. The children are now attending school, while the parents take English classes five nights a week. “They’ve definitely made a lot of progress in the short time they’ve been here,” Rudman said, noting that the parents can communicate in rudimentary fashion in
their new language. “They seem motivated to learn, that’s critical.” The family came from an area near Aleppo in Syria, and moved several years ago to Turkey. They came to the United States last year, with a wave of refugees who ended up in San Diego County. “They left because of the violence and the war,” she said, referring to the civil war that has ravaged Syria since 2011. After helping them get basic furnishings for their apartment - when she first met
them in January they had a table but no chairs - Rudman turned to other necessities, including trying to help the father, a trained welder, get a job. According to Arzon, most of the Syrian families have been paired with American adoptive families, but a few local families are still needed. Now that the refugees’ basic household needs have been met, the priorities are helping them get such things as a driver’s license, a car and work. “We’re trying to get them jobs. That’s the only way a refugee is not a refugee any more, then they won’t be dependent on welfare or cash aid to survive,” Arzon said. Both Arzon and Rudman dismissed the concern expressed by some that allowing Syrian refugees into the United States poses a danger to local residents. “What scares me more is an American citizen with a gun than a Syrian refugee who has gone through 18 months of vetting,” said Rudman. “They don’t just open the floodgates and let a bunch of people come in.” “There’s no easy answer, but closing the door to Syrian refugees isn’t going to be the answer to our terrorism problem,” she said. The extensive security clearance process for refugees involves numerous interviews, biometric scans, and other research into the applicants’ past, said Arzon. “I feel those refugees are more vetted than you and I are,” said Arson. “The United States (government) knows a lot about who is coming here, they chose those families.” SEE REFUGEES, A18
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The Greatest Generation again takes to the air BY SEBASTIAN MONTES he details can be slow to take shape, unfurling in a halting flow, faded by the steady drain of the seven decades since he last took flight. Capt. Alan Carlton faced a visage familiar but a lifetime removed as he stared down the B-24 bomber parked last week at Ramona airfield, a meticulously restored facsimile of the planes he piloted time and again into the heart of Nazi Germany. Carlton, 98, swapped stories with two other veterans as they sat in the shadow of the Second World War’s other great American bomber, the B-17, waiting to take flight as the Wings of Freedom tour moved its fleet of four restored WWII planes to Carlsbad. Stories of the fateful flight in 1944 — the 15th and final bombing run he’d get credit for — shot out of the sky by German fighter planes. Of his tail-gunner and a waist-gunner wiped out by the barrage of bullets. Of the men sniped from the sky as they parachuted down. Of the depravity he endured in a German prison camp, food so scarce that captive and captor alike had wasted away by the time Russian troops liberated them more than a year later. And of the horrors the Red Army savaged upon the villagers there.
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unaware for half a century of how heavy a burden he bore, silently, for the men in his crew who didn’t make it. Those details only started coming out during a trip back in Germany in 1995, a reunion with what remained of his brothers in arms.
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“It took him 50 years to start downloading what happened,” said his daughter Jan. He bore that burden in peace last week, for a few fleeting moments replaced by the simple joy of taking to the air again. “I just love to fly,” he said after
landing, embraced by the hero’s welcome that awaited in Carlsbad. His children and grandchildren met him on landing, along with a vanload of fellow residents at Brookdale Senior Living in Carmel Valley, proudly waving Old Glory, the older among them awash in their memories of triumphant returns home after the defeat of the greatest evil the modern world has ever known. The May 4 event was one of 100 stops that the Wings of Freedom tour will make this year as it hops from airport to the delight of aviation aficionados. The Collings Foundation funds their tour by selling rides to the public at each stop. Their four-plane fleet also includes a B-25 Mitchell and the P-51 Mustang, revered in aviation lore as “the Cadillac of the sky.” The Collings Foundation’s B-24 — found in India years after the war and rechristened as “Witchcraft” — is said to be the only fully restored B-24 in existence. After a stop in Riverside on May 10, Wings of Freedom heads to Santa Ana until May 14. Learn more about the tour at www.collingsfoundation.org. And visit the Del Mar Times Facebook page to see more photos from the May 4 flight.
WIT showcase on May 18 Eagle Scout Court of Honor held highlights teen entrepreneurs for two Scouts from Troop 713 BY KAREN BILLING Whatever It Takes (WIT), a local nonprofit with a mission to foster social entrepreneurship and leadership in teens, will host its annual WIT Showcase Event on Thursday, May 18 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the San Diego Central Library. WIT is the only college credit social entrepreneur and leadership course in the country for high school teens. Upon completion of the nine-month course, teens earn six units of transferable college credit from UC San Diego. Teens accepted into WIT learn how to design and launch, manage and measure, a social enterprise or project. Over the years teens have launched enterprises that have made a local and national impact. At the showcase, entrepreneurial teens from 15 local high schools across San Diego will present the impact of their businesses and how they scaled their business ideas. “WIT was designed to teach teens the entrepreneurial mindset and spirit that is lacking in educational programs today,” said WIT Founder Sarah Hernholm. “Through WIT, teens learn how to be solution-oriented instead of problem-focused, helping them become leaders with the know-how to solve real community problems.” Logan Schwarz, a freshman from Rancho Santa Fe at The Bishop’s School in in his first year of WIT, created an enterprise called
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WIT student Logan Schwarz with his computers for his Prototype Coding enterprise. Prototype Coding. Prototype Coding seeks to bridge the gap between technology and those who don’t have access to it. He spent most of the year building a coding curriculum to teach to students in Title 1 schools in San Diego, schools that have high numbers of low-income students. He hopes his curriculum will inspire students to explore computer programming, which can lead to great career opportunities in the world’s fastest growing industries of tech. “My major problem was getting the SEE WIT, A18
Robert Hou and Jacob Pace-Zhang from Del Mar’s Boy Scout Troop 713 were honored on April 29 at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Del Mar. Eagle Scout is the highest rank awarded in the Boy Scouts of America. To achieve the Eagle Scout rank, a scout must earn a minimum of 21 merit badges including 14 required Eagle merit badges, climb up 5 rank ladders, and complete an Eagle Scout Project which is a service- and leadership-oriented project that benefits the local community. Robert’s outdoor experience through scouting influenced his Eagle Scout project. After spending a lot of time trekking through the outdoors, he wanted to share his love for nature with other people. Therefore, he contacted and worked with Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. He ultimately led a group of
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Eagle Scouts Robert Hou and Jacob Pace-Zhang scouts, friends and parents to build four benches, and painted those along with 20 existing benches in the Children’s Program area to teach younger children about the park’s wildlife and greenery. Hopefully this helps the elementary school kids develop a love for nature. For Jacob’s Eagle Scout project, he worked with the San Dieguito River park staff, rangers, and a group of scouts and friends to tear
down and re-deck a horse bridge on the trail with stronger, more durable wood. He also ordered in a section of decomposed granite to help level the trail out on both sides of the bridge. The new Eagle Scouts took the opportunity to thank those who had helped and guided them throughout their scouting journey. A reception was held afterwards for scouts, friends and family.
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Local pediatric neurogeneticist wins national award The Director of Neurodevelopmental Genetics and endowed chair at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine Joseph Gleeson, MD, a Carmel Valley resident, is the first recipient of the Constance Lieber Prize for Innovation in Developmental Neuroscience. The award recognizes transformative contributions in developmental neuroscience leading to new treatments by an investigator under 55 years of age. It was established by the Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD), an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The award includes a $100,000 cash prize and will be presented to Gleeson in June at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “Dr. Gleeson is a highly regarded and accomplished developmental neuroscientist,” said LIBD Director and CEO Daniel R. Weinberger, MD. “His latest work to uncover the molecular origins of developmental behavior disorders made him a unanimous choice for the inaugural recipient of this prize.” At the Rady Children’s Institute of Genomic Medicine, Gleeson is building a program in neurogenetics that seeks to understand the genetic basis of diseases such as epilepsy, autism and mental disability to develop new treatments. His pioneering work is supported by a $2.5 million endowment for neuroscience provided by Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary.
“I am absolutely thrilled and humbled to receive the Constance Lieber Prize for Innovation in Developmental Neuroscience,” said Gleeson. “My hope is that someday children and families with Joseph Gleeson, MD brain disorders can benefit from the work we’re doing in what I call ‘assembly neuroscience’, that is, how the human brain is assembled, and to which I feel honored to have contributed.” In addition to his leadership role at Rady Children’s, Gleeson is also a professor of Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor with The Rockefeller University, and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institution. The Lieber Institute for Brain Development established the new prize to honor Connie Lieber, one of the Institute’s founders, for her leadership in the area of mental health research and her prescient insights about the central role of brain development in psychiatric illness. More information about the prize can be found at www.clprize.libd.org
Mobile blood drive to be held in SB May 21
Saint James Catholic Church will host a mobile blood drive in partnership with San Diego Blood Bank Sunday, May 21, from 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the upper parking lot at 625 South Nardo Ave., Solana Beach, 92075. About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood. One pint of blood, which is the amount volunteers give when they donate blood, can save up to three lives. Approximately, 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood but less than 10 percent do annually. Since blood is always needed, volunteers are asked to give blood for patients, such as those
going through cancer or trauma. Donors must meet the following eligibility requirements: 17 and older (age 16 requires a parental consent); 114 pounds and in good health. It is recommended that donors consume an adequate meal and plenty of fluids prior to giving. A photo identification must be presented upon signing up to donate. Donors are encouraged to schedule an appointment for their convenience but walk-ins are also welcome. To schedule an appointment, please call 619 – 469 – 7322 or visit www.SanDiegoBloodBank.org.
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Road, providing much improved connections for area residents. While some residents wanted to see the roads expanded to four-lane roads, the developers believe the two-lane roads are the right size with less impact on the surrounding environment. Merge 56 will also provide a missing trail link with a formal trail connection between the Del Mar Mesa Preserve and Darkwood Canyon. The developers will also replace low-quality vernal pools in the area with high-quality, sustainable vernal pools and contribute $30 million of Facilities Benefit Assessment fees to be used by the community. The remaining acreage of the Rhodes Crossing property surrounding Merge 56 is planned to be developed as residential homes. Residents have expressed concerns about the density of the new residential element and the impacts on traffic and public safety.
Mountain Road and is also the owner of the Torrey Hills Shopping Center. Merge 56 features anchor retail buildings around a walkable central green plaza. The project’s 525,000 square feet of commercial and office space call for uses such as a movie theater, grocery store, fitness center and other retail. Instead of the large surface parking lot, there will be a parking structure hidden behind the buildings. “(The plaza) is what thrills me about this project, the landscaping and the dynamics going on within the spaces,” said Thom Clark, the planning board’s land use subcommittee chair. The residential component of 242 dwellings includes a mix of two- to three-story townhomes, single-family units and affordable housing units. The project includes an extension of Camino Del Sur and Carmel Mountain
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Casting event to be held May 27 Sheriff Gore to speak at Del Mar Seacoast GOP event for horse racing TV show in DM The new horse racing TV Show, “WIN PLACE SHOW,” produced by Penns Lane Entertainment, LLC, will hold a casting event May, 27 at 10 a.m. at the Surf Side Race Place, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Penns Lane Entertainment, LLC is seeking real-world contestants of various backgrounds to participate in the new TV series “WIN PLACE SHOW.” They are looking for contestants with a love for the thrill of on-track betting. All applicants should be comfortable in front of a camera as filming will take place in public at the Del Mar Racetrack during racing season, July 19-Sept. 4. The principle contestants will
be chosen for participation in the TV series and additional contestants may be selected as alternates or may be used as background extras. The contestant who is most successful with his wagers will be awarded a cash prize at the conclusion of the series. All contestant applicants: Must be 21 years old, have a legal identification, complete the application form and commit to the entire “WIN PLACE SHOW” shooting schedule: July 22, 23, Aug. 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, Sept. 2-3, 2017 for a a 10-episode season. For a contestant application, visit www.pennslaneent.com and catch a sneak peek at www.vimeo.com/214692738
Del Mar Seacoast Republican Women Federated will host an evening of “Politics and Wine.” Thursday, May 18, at the Del Mar Country Club. The event is about politics, issues and ideas. William D. Gore, sheriff of San Diego County, will be the speaker. Sheriff Gore is William expected to discuss current events D. Gore affecting the community and the Sheriff’s Department, including immigration and
cooperation with ICE, current County crime statistics, the use of body worn cameras and use of drones by the Department. The event starts at 6 p.m. (wine and hors’d’oeuvres), with the speaker and Q&A session 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Del Mar Country Club is located at 6001 Club House Drive, Rancho Santa Fe. Reservation required, names submitted to gate at Del Mar County Club. Donation $25. Contact: Terry Minasian at 858-481-8904, tminasian@sbcglobal.net
Lomas Santa Fe Corridor Study Workshop May 15 The City of Solana Beach is conducting a study to identify transportation issues and proposals along Lomas Santa Fe from Highway 101 to Highland Drive. The community is invited to participate in a community workshop on Monday, May 15 at the City of Solana Beach City Council Chambers, 635 South Highway 101, Solana Beach. Join the event to review the draft solutions and discuss your ideas for improving
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Del Mar - Solana Beach Rotary President Liam Murphy (right) and Community Service Chair Susan Hennenfent (left), along with other Rotarians and family, presenting Solutions for Change founder Chris Megison, with a grant for $10,000. The grant will be used to fund a refrigerator truck to ship produce grown at their aquaponics farm to local schools.
Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club delivers $10,000 grant The Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club recently provided a $10,000 grant to Solutions for Change, a San Diego nonprofit dedicated to solving family homelessness in San Diego. The grant is part of the Rotary club’s commitment to local children in need and their families. The grant will help fund a refrigerator truck to ensure proper delivery of lettuce grown at Solutions for Change’s aquaponics farm. The farm is a two-acre, non-traditional farm that produces over 120,000 pounds annually of organically-certified lettuce that is sold to local schools in San Diego County. The farm provides both work-related training and employment, as well as additional funding, for Solutions for Change’s education and housing programs. “By investing $10,000 into
a refrigerated truck, Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary not only equips us to deliver the freshest organic food to thousands of local school kids and be more sustainable, they’re now part of delivering permanent solutions for homeless families in world class innovation right here in their backyard,” said Chris Megison, CEO of Solutions for Change. “What Solutions for Change is doing is remarkable! Not only are they helping to solve homelessness for families, but they are doing it in a way that is sustainable and brings value to the community,” said Kevin Ehlinger Wilde, member of Del Mar - Solana Beach Rotary. “While Rotary provides funds that make a difference, Solutions for Change turns it into action that makes a difference. We are proud to support them.”
Solutions for Change has been solving family homelessness in San Diego since 1999, leading more than 800 families and 2,000 children to more successful and productive lives. Its mission is organized around three initiatives: Solutions University, Solutions Enterprises, and Solutions in the Community. These three initiatives work in unison to give the community the fastest and best chance of permanently solving family homelessness. For additional information on Solutions for Change, see solutionsforchange.org. To get involved or for a tour, contact Chelsea Semiklose at csemiklose@solutions forchange.org or (760) 941-6545 ext 322. For Information about the Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club, see www.DMSBRotary or contact Ken Barrett via Ken@dmsbrotary.com or (858) 774-4028.
Local residents among 28 new Bishop’s School members in the Cum Laude Society At a convocation at St. James by-the-Sea Church in La Jolla on April 27, Head of School Aimeclaire Roche and Cum Laude Chapter Secretary and member of the mathematics department Noble Kime recognized 28 members of the Class of 2017 as having received membership in the Cum Laude Society. The students are Sophia Acker, Hamilton Allport, Diana Ardjmand (Carmel Valley), Thomas Bao, Kevin Chen, Aidan Chodorow, Jamie Dyvig, Ryan Feng, Samuel Fu, Christina Gaffney, Owen Gallahue, William Griffith, Rachel Hong, Samuel In, Julienne Jeong (Carmel Valley), Bettina King-Smith, Eliza Lafferty, Nicolas Langlois, Kathryn Maysent (Solana Beach), Nicholas Midler,
Kira Nolan, Linette Pan (Carmel Valley), Samantha Schwimmer, Finnegan Sinclair, Candace Suh, Anna Szymanski, Alexandra Tsai and Justin Wang (Carmel Valley). The Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 for the purpose of recognizing superior scholarship in independent school students. The founding model was very much like Phi Beta Kappa at the collegiate level, which recognizes and encourages true academic scholarship. Today, Cum Laude has grown to 382 chapters mostly in the United States; over 350 chapters are in the independent school arena. Bishop’s chapter was founded in 1956. Approximately 4,000 students nationwide will be inducted into the society this year.
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Blue Mass to be held May 11 at St. Therese of Carmel to honor public safety officials A Blue Mass will be held Thursday, May 11, at 6 p.m. at St. Therese of Carmel in Carmel Valley to honor public safety officials that serve their community each day. Even though it it a Catholic mass, all denominations are welcome to attend. Father Nicholas Dempsey, of St. Therese Of Carmel Catholic Parish in Carmel Valley, will be offering a very special “Blue Mass,” the first of its kind, (to his knowledge), in the San Diego Diocese for police, first responders, and firefighters to pray a blessing for their safety, and “Blessing of their Badges.” “Unfortunately, we live in a very divisive world and a very dangerous world. We would like to ask and pray God’s blessing over these community servants,” says Father Nick. In a brief interview outside his 3,000-plus
parish, before he left for his one his largest pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Father Nick shared some thoughts, according to a press release. “Whatever calling we choose in life, it comes from God. God should always be in our vocation in what we have chosen to do. The police and first responders are in a very difficult situation. It’s a tough job they have to try to reflect justice and love and caring. They’re called like us to serve the community, and hopefully, somewhere we put in ‘Service of God.’ That would help all of us ... to bring us together as a unit for God’s blessings in peace.” Father Nick will retire in July 2017 after 46 years of service. St. Therese of Carmel is located at 4355 Del Mar Trails Road, San Diego, 92130.
SB Historical Society to hold State of the City general meeting May 12 Community members are invited to attend the Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society on Friday, May 12, at 5 p.m. at the Fletcher Cove Community Center for its annual State of the City general meeting. As usual, the meeting will begin with a social time so that attendees will be able to meet
and visit with friends in the community. Solana Beach City Manager Greg Wade will give an update on the state of the city and will address questions and concerns that attendees have pertaining to Solana Beach. Dan King will also be speaking about city committees and commissioners.
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A “Congratulations TPHS Grad” yard sign. TPHS Scholarship Fund is selling “Congratulations TPHS Grad” yard signs. There are two options available: 1) delivered to your lawn with balloons and a personal
message or 2) personalized and picked up by you at TPHS on June 13 between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. TPHSSF is a volunteer, community-based scholarship organization whose mission is to recognize Torrey Pines High School seniors for their achievements and future promise. TPHSSF awards TPHS students $500 - $2,000 depending on the type of scholarship and the amount of money available to give. This organization has awarded over $1 million to deserving students over the last 30 years. To order a yard sign, please visit www.tphssf.org/graduation_yard_signs ?TPHS Scholarship Fund is 501(c)(3) organization.
Hospice to host volunteer training The Elizabeth Hospice will host its next patient care volunteer training on May 22 and 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Elizabeth Hospice Carlsbad office located at 5938 Priestly Drive, Carlsbad 92008. Volunteer training is free and open to the public and participants must attend both days. Volunteer opportunities exist throughout San Diego County and the Inland Empire and volunteers can choose to serve in
the surrounding area where they reside. Support this nonprofit’s mission in caring for adults and children impacted by serious illness as an Elizabeth Hospice volunteer. To ensure a place in the May volunteer training, please contact the Volunteer Department at (800) 797-2050 or send an email to volunteer@ehospice.org by May 17. Another volunteer training will be offered in summer 2017.
Solana Beach skate park fundraiser May 11 A fundraiser for the City of Solana Beach's future skate park will be held Thursday, May 11 at The Belly Up. Grammy Award-winning
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Friends of Jaclyn Cup brings awareness to pediatric cancers
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he Torrey Pines High School boys lacrosse team hosted The Bishop’s School for the first annual Friends of Jaclyn Cup on May 2. The teams vied for the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Trophy to shed light on the nonprofit that pairs children battling pediatric brain tumors and other childhood cancers with high school and college sports teams. Both teams have adopted a child and hope to foster awareness about Friends of Jaclyn (FOJ) programs and promote more adoptions and
involvement. Denis Murphy, founder of FOJ, presented the trophy to the Falcons, who won the game 17-3. Murphy was inspired to start the organization when his daughter, Jaclyn, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor at age 9 and found friends in the Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse team. Jaclyn is now 22 and works as a high school lacrosse coach at her alma mater in New York. To learn more, visit friendsofjaclyn.org.
Alderik van der Heyde, Ronan Gilliland, Irving Goodman, Caden Wolfson, Asher Bernstein, Micah Bernstein and Denis Murphy.
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Torrey Pines’ adoptee Irving Goodman (middle) with Robert and Asher Goodman
Jono Zissi, head coach of TPHS boys lacrosse; Denis Murphy, founder of Friends of Jaclyn Foundation; Steve Sepeta, head coach of The Bishop's School boys lacrosse. Bottom row, from left: Irving Goodman, adoptee of TPHS; Micah Bernstein, adoptee of Bishop's.
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Me-too clause “Me-too” clauses rarely appear in superintendent contracts, and it did not in Schmitt’s. But it’s typical standard operating procedure that superintendents, who are charged with leading negotiations with their unions on behalf of taxpayers, receive the same pay raises granted to teachers and other staff – whether the language is specified in the superintendent’s contract or not. For example, the recent scandal at the San Diego County Office of Education concerned, among other issues, a clause in former Superintendent Randy Ward’s contract that stated: “The superintendent shall receive a salary increase each year equal to the increase rate given to SDCOE certificated teachers.” This contract was signed June 11, 2014 by Ward and Sue Hartley, who at the time was president of the county board of education and this area’s District 5 representative. Even though he received a big raise, Schmitt left the district June 30, 2016, to head the San Ramon Valley Unified School District in northern Calif. At the time, his SDUHSD salary was $238,329, which was set to go up to $248,347 on July 1. At San Ramon, where he started his employment on July 1, his contracted starting salary was $309,664. Besides the superintendent, Schmitt’s four associate superintendents also received raises identical to the terms of the union contract. Before the school board approved the raises for management in early 2016, the annual salary was $162,265 for all four associate superintendents: Eric Dill (Business Services), Mike Grove (Instructional Services), Torrie SEE SUTTON, A15
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everyone, including then Superintendent Rick Schmitt. I asked Schmitt when this issue came up why he was taking this raise himself, when as superintendent he was charged with negotiating with the union on behalf of taxpayers. In other words, who negotiates for the public when the district and the union are on the same side of the bargaining table? “The school district negotiates for the taxpayer and the community, period,” he said. “That’s what we do. I/we represent the taxpayers in every negotiation we do, whatever the category.” “We’re always looking to get the best value for the community at the right price,” he added. Every salary increase in the teachers union contract is “by custom” awarded to every other employee in the district, Schmitt said, including those who negotiated the terms of the raise on behalf of taxpayers. I heard two responses most often: “Everyone does this” and “It’s the way we’ve always done it.” There is no clearer example of a conflict of interest than to have a superintendent negotiate on behalf of taxpayers and then take the same salary increase for himself, “by custom.”
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Cannabis festival should not be held at Del Mar Fairgrounds
Police department advocacy op-ed ignores or misstates salient facts
Your article on May 2 regarding the cannabis festival coming to Del Mar Fairgrounds was upsetting to say the least. Not only are festivals like this rare, because cities around the state are understandably hesitant, but it's as if the Del Mar Fairgrounds are hoping to be the pioneers. It is especially troubling that it is reported that attendees will be able to bring your own marijuana to consume. Recreational use is still unregulated and prohibited. They say no THC products will be allowed, but attendees can bring their own, uncontrolled substance? One organizer's quote was especially concerning, where the organizer said "After this it's going to be so mainstream it's not even funny." This attitude is indicative of stereotypical marijuana use: In your face and challenging the current laws. While proposition 64 has been passed, and certain regulations will be in place eventually, it should not be Del Mar who is hosting this controversial festival. Damien Rapp Del Mar
In his op-ed piece in the April 13 issue of the Del Mar Times, Mayor Terry Sinnott attempts to make the case for the establishment by Del Mar of an independent police department (hereinafter DMPD). Regretfully his advocacy article either ignores or misstates salient facts including the following: (1) Mayor Sinnott claims that the city would save circa $300,000 per year by establishing a DMPD instead of contracting with SD County’s Sheriff office. Mr.Sinnott fails to acknowledge that the consultant’s cost estimates submitted to the City Council on April 18, 2016 are by now out of date. The cost projections of the report are based on 2015 data. These projections ignore the significant increases of police salaries, pension contributions and the inflation of building costs in the two years since the report was drafted. For instance, pension contributions alone from 2016 to 2017 are projected to increase by 20 percent. Thus, to compare DMPD 2015 cost estimates with current
contract costs with the S.D. County Sheriff results in a highly distorted conclusion. (see, S.D. Police Officer Shortage Gets Worse, S.D. Union Tribune, April 28, 2017). Further, neither the consultants report or the analysis prepared by the City Staff addresses the added administrative costs associated with the city manager and staff supervision of the DMPD that is implied by both the consultants report and the City Staff Report of April 18, 2016. Such supervision and back office operations for payroll and such would be for a department of 30 personnel or circa 40 percent additional personal from the city’s current roster of 55 FTEs. (2) The Mayor’s op-ed article states: “The staffing increase (associated with a DMPD) would be from 15.8 FTE to 19.0 FTE, an addition of 4 people.” This statement is highly misleading. Moreover, the factual basis for this assertion is unclear since it is puzzling how the addition of 30 FTEs - 29 officers and one non-officer administrative assistant - would lead to a net gain of only 4 FTEs to the city payroll. (3) The estimated annual savings claimed by Mayor Sinnott’s for the establishment of a DMPD totally ignores two major cost factors. The 2015 consultant’s report projects that a SEE LETTERS, A15
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BikeWalkSolana sponsoring several Animal center vows to change life of dog deformed by mistreatment activities during May National Bike Month The Helen Woodward Animal Center of Rancho Santa Fe announced recently that a special fund will support veterinary care for a 2-year-old Pointer-blend that was severely abused by his owner and neighbors, and survived a pit bull attack. Named Dwayne “The Rock’’ for his steadfast strength and sweet disposition, the dog was rescued in Tijuana and brought to the center. According to the rescuer, Dwayne’s owner bound the canine with a crude wire muzzle, kicked him and beat him with sticks. After the owner was jailed on an unrelated offense, the dog wandered the streets, where residents disgusted by his deformities threw stones and scalding water at him, the rescuer said. Dwayne was also attacked by a pair of pit bulls. He was left with a deformed muzzle
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Dwayne has nothing but love to offer. that made his breathing labored, and injuries to his front right leg and elbow, skin and coat. The dog remains good-natured despite his his ordeal, according to center President and CEO Mike Arms. “This beautiful dog took all the despicable abuse and neglect man can show to an animal, and still he wouldn’t
FROM SUTTON, A14 Norton (Human Resources), and Jason Viloria (Administrative Services). After the approval, their salaries increased retroactively back to July 1, 2015 to $175,000. On January 1, 2016 the salaries increased again to $185,276, and then increased once again on July 1, 2016 to $195,466. All figures are according to Norton. [Update: Dill is now SDUHSD superintendent, Viloria resigned last year to become supt. of the Laguna Beach Unified School District and was replaced by Mark Miller, and Norton has submitted her resignation effective June 30, 2017.] The money To recap, the total cost of the salary increases for 2015-2016 was $6,494,354, Dill said. Certificated (teachers) employees accounted for $4,096,522, classified was $1,952,920, and management and other employees cost $444,912. For 2016-2017, the total cost of the salary increases is $6,542,402, Dill estimated. Certificated employees account for $4,848,296, classified is $1,286,655, and management and other employees cost $407,451. This $6.5 million expense for salaries and benefits across the board will continue each subsequent year. (These figures, however, do not take into account the number of highly
FROM LETTERS, A14 functional D.M. police department would need to be housed in a physical structure of circa 4,300 sq.ft. — roughly 50 percent of the space devoted to administrative services in the city hall currently under construction. The $2.2—$3.2 million 2015 consultant’s estimate would appear to be in need of updating and revision notwithstanding the City Manager’s 2017 report that more or less adopts the consultants 2115 low-end assessment of $2.4 million — without any
turn on mankind,’’ Arms said. “Helping animals like this is at the heart of Helen Woodward Animal Center. This is what we stand for and we’ll do everything we can to care for him and protect him.’’ People can make donations for the canine’s care via AnimalCenter.org/ RescueDwayne. Money raised will be used to enlist specialists who can provide Dwayne with reconstructive surgery, according to center officials. They said Dwayne’s injuries were so extensive, and projected veterinary costs so high, that none of the rescuers’ usual shelter contacts would accept him. Dwayne is currently living with a foster family, and will be made available for adoption after he is fully recovered, according to the center. For updates, visit animalcenter.org
GO By BIKE Solana Beach is a campaign to encourage Solana Beach residents to use their bicycles as a healthy, environmentally-friendly transportation alternative. Join in on one of the following activities during May National Bike Month and learn how you can use a bike to commute to work, do your local shopping, get to school, recreational events, or just enjoy the ride. These are activities that BikeWalkSolana is sponsoring through a $2,000 SANDAG grant received for Bike Month education and encouragement activities. Upcoming events include: •May 13 - Commuter Warm Up Ride,
10 a.m. at La Colonia Park. Learn commuting tips, get maps to plan your route, and visit local Solana Beach bike shops to learn simple maintenance and see the latest in commuting bikes and gear. •May 18 - Bike to Work Day •May 21 - Community Joy Ride 10 a.m. at La Colonia Park. Solana Beach is a great place to ride a bike. The Joy Ride is an opportunity for families to ride together and enjoy a sweet treat at the end. For more event information, visit BikeWalkSolana at www.bikewalksolana.org and www.facebook.com/BikeWalkSolana/
Del Mar Foundation to feature UCSD Bioengineer Todd Coleman at next DMF Talks The Del Mar Foundation (DMF) presents Dr. Todd Coleman, UCSD Bioengineering researcher and professor, speaking about “Wearables” or skin-motivated devices. Coleman’s main research goal is to use tools from information theory, neuroscience, machine learning and bioelectronics to understand and control interacting systems with biological and computer parts. His
research in developing multi-functional, flexible bio-electronics are enabling wireless health applications that are minimally observable to the user. The event is free and will be held at the Powerhouse Community Center on Monday, May 22 at 6 p.m. Online reservations are required and may be made at www.delmarfoundation.org. Seating is limited.
paid veteran employees who are retiring.) No one would have objected to a reasonable contracted salary increase. But the size of the raise, coupled with applying the same raise to management, is what’s problematic. As one reader wrote to me, “When taxpayers learn of the details of teacher contracts and compare them to their own job benefits and protections, they have no sympathy.” Last June, at the 21st annual Golden Watchdog and Fleece Awards dinner, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association named SDUHSD as the winner of its infamous Grand Golden Fleece award, for the outrageous raises given to all employees. This dubious distinction is not something you’ll see boasted about on the district’s website. “To make matters worse,” the SDCTA said, “a month later the superintendent negotiated the exact same raise and terms for himself.” Highest paid in county Then there’s the language in the contract that San Dieguito teachers must be the highest paid in the county. The SD County Taxpayers Assn. blasted the district, saying this guarantee is “irrespective of teacher performance, student success or the district’s financial stability.” Bob Croft, president of the San Dieguito
Faculty Association (teachers union), wrote in an email at the time, “In the view of the SDFA Executive Board, our educators more than deserve to be the best paid here in San Diego County!” I asked Schmitt last year about this clause and the implications should other school districts also incorporate the same clause in their teacher contracts. “You make a good point,” he said. But he justified it anyway, saying, “There’s an expectation in our community that we’re Number 1 in academics, Number 1 in athletics, Number 1 in the arts. So Number 1 in everything. “To me it doesn’t seem odd that our employees are the highest paid in the county. It is an expectation in our community that we’re the best at everything. I’ll stand behind that point.” He also said the top pay is appropriate because the San Dieguito district “is the most expensive community in San Diego County to live” – overlooking the fact that most teachers commute and don’t live in the district. At the time, I referred to the latest salary comparison charts produced by the San Diego County Office of Education for teachers from all 42 school districts county-wide. Those documents showed that San Dieguito teachers with Masters degrees were
ranked number 1 and 2 in the county – not ninth, 10th and 11th as Schmitt claimed. Schmitt told me he was using charts produced by other sources to show that his teachers were not the highest paid. He said he would send those to me, but never did. “I was looking at news items, updates from superintendent meetings, etc.,” he wrote in an email. Schmitt said the district has a history of being fiscally conservative, and that there is money to pay for these raises well into the future, based on healthy reserves, conservative assumptions and realistically rosy projections. Even if all that is true, which is suspect, did the raises need to be so high, at 12.5 percent? Assuming scads of cash were just lying around, as Schmitt claimed, could at least some of it have been spent on hiring more teachers to reduce class sizes? More security? The arts? Relieving parents of the pressure to donate to foundations to fund classroom essentials? Given the tragedy at Torrey Pines High School last week, how about additional counselors? More background next time, and a look at the present financial condition of the district. Opinion columnist and Senior Education Writer Marsha Sutton can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.
backup data. Aside from the Mayor’s failure to address the construction costs of a DMPD facility, his analysis does not deal with another major cost factor — namely, the land acquisition costs that a structure of 4,300 sq.ft. plus parking would require. While estimates of land costs at this point may be a futile exercise, it is certain that land acquisition in Del Mar would be a major hurdle both financially and even in terms of availability. Many Del Mar residents, such as ourselves, would welcome a more forthright and
accurate presentation of facts from our elected officials and less advocacy based on made-up or ignored facts. Ralph Reisner Del Mar
people = more traffic. Widening and “improving” roads means that more vehicles will travel the roads. You cannot “build your way out of it.” Widen Via de la Valle and you will have more traffic into Rancho Santa Fe, hence a lower quality of life. When is enough, enough? Do we really want to be like L.A. and Orange Counties or do we want to put a stop to increased traffic ? Rob Peterson Twin Oaks Valley
‘Widening Via de la Valle’ Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result? More development = more traffic. More
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FROM TEEN, A1 The officers spotted the teen soon after arriving at the campus and as they got out of their patrol cars, he pulled what appeared to be a black handgun from his waistband, police said. It was later determined to be a black, semi-automatic BB air pistol. Police said he ignored repeated commands to drop the gun and continued aiming at one officer while walking toward him. Fearing for their safety, both officers fired. The shooting occurred within a minute of police arriving. Holden said dispatchers did not realize the person who called police was the same teen officers found at the school, and that the caller never disclosed thoughts of suicide. Both officers had body cameras that they turned on during the incident, and the footage will be submitted to the District Attorney’s Office, Holden said. Investigators are expected to brief the office in the next coming days, but the full investigation won’t be submitted for months. Police said officers involved in shootings are visited by fellow officers specially trained in peer support, department chaplains and psychologists. Officers are debriefed 24 to 48 hours after an incident occurs and spend at least three days out of the field. Officers have been in daily contact with the boy’s family, the lieutenant said. On Sunday, Jacob’s mother said the family “is mourning the loss of a loving and wonderful young man” and asked for privacy. Students at the Carmel Valley campus were in mourning as well, and the mood was somber Monday, students said. “There was an air of melancholy,” said senior, J.C. Birkfeld, 18. “People (are) very upset and frightened at this tragedy.” During classes, teachers started discussions about the incident and encouraged students to talk with grief counselors who were available if needed. Students who knew Jacob said during interviews off campus that he was quiet, exceptionally smart and liked to talk about politics. He also had a lighter side, and would make jokes and laugh, said Lindsey Hart, 15, who shared four classes with the teen. Jacqueline Fisher, 18, was in a law class with Jacob and said he was intrigued by the mafia, loved the “Godfather”
FROM SUICIDE, A1 More efforts are being made to spot warning signs that students have serious emotional or mental issues, and the County Office of Education has a new grant to train school employees throughout the county on identifying students with problems, Mueller said. Bullying, academic performance, poor attendance, outbursts and things written in essays can be warning signs of emotional problems, he said. Dr. Jill Harkavy-Friedman, vice president of research for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, said other factors include long-standing substance abuse, physical ailments, depression and stressful life events. A state law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires the California Department of Education to create a model suicide prevention plan and calls for school districts to adopt the plan or create one of their own. Eric Dill, superintendent of the San Dieguito Union High School District, which includes Torrey Pines High, said his district has had such a plan in place for about 20 years. “Staff is learning to recognize the warning signs of crisis, and curriculum is taught for kids to understand how feelings of
movies, and did a class presentation on the mob. “He was a very special student,” Fisher said. “He was always sweet in class.” At a memorial outside the campus, flowers, candles, rosaries and other items piled up, and students left notes and poems expressing their sorrow over the boy’s death. “I’m sorry I never reached out to you or asked how your day was going when I saw how sad you looked,” wrote one student, who signed the name Annabelle. “My friend was shot in the parking lot, but they forgot what his name was,” one poem read. “He was lost so he called the cops to read his thoughts and make it stop.” One parent said the school had made several efforts over the years to raise awareness about mental health problems and to emphasize suicide prevention. Sharon Rosen Lieb, whose daughter attends the high school, said the school offers a program called PALS that trains students to reach out to classmates who may be feeling depressed or isolated. She said the campus also hosts an annual event where students can speak about family or social issues. “Torrey Pines is a very aware place in terms of mental health issues,” she said. “That’s what makes this all the more tragic.” Why we named the teen The Union-Tribune does not typically publish the names of suicide victims, although exceptions are made in certain circumstances. This is one of those cases. The public nature of the act and the involvement of police officers make this a more complex story and one that is centered on the search for reasons behind the tragedy. While some mental health experts advise media organizations not to publish the method used in a suicide – out of a concern that vulnerable individuals might be spurred to repeat the act – that information is unavoidable in this case. Experts encourage media to act responsibly and to include information about suicide as a public health issue, which the Union-Tribune seeks to do with a separate story by reporters Paul Sisson and Gary Warth. (See sidebar on page 1.) --Lyndsay Winkley and Deborah Sullivan Brennan are reporters for The San Diego Union-Tribune --Staff writer Gary Warth contributed to this report.
depression can lead to suicide,” he said, adding that students also are taught to develop coping skills and recognize warning signs in their friends. “We were all shocked by these events and did not anticipate this,” he said about the shooting, but declined to discuss details about the incident or Jacob. In March, Torrey Pines High held Yellow Ribbon Week to raise awareness of mental health issues and suicide prevention, and many Torrey Pines students wore yellow in solidarity Monday, May 8. The role of school counselors in helping students cope with serious issues became a topic at San Diego Unified School District board meetings in recent weeks when trustees considered cutting some positions to help balance the budget. Several counselors appealed to the board and said their work can help prevent student suicides. Katherine Cowan, communications director for the national Association of School Psychologists, said it’s not uncommon for districts to cut counseling positions when budgets are tight, and most districts in the country do not meet the association’s recommendation of one counselor for every 250 students. Dill said San Dieguito’s ratio is
one counselor for every 419 students, but that doesn’t account for other steps the district has taken, including peer counselors who help fellow students. Dr. Jeffrey Rowe, supervising psychiatrist for San Diego County’s Juvenile Forensics Division, said there are about 10 suicides among children per year throughout the region. In assessing whether an adolescent or young adult is suicidal, Rowe said he focuses on four main factors that can lead to despondency: Are they experiencing extreme pain and suffering either physical or emotional? Are they struggling with extreme embarrassment or shame? Are they overwhelmed from demands placed upon them? Are they exhibiting extreme anger or hurt? In recent years, bullying has received outsize attention from the public, especially at schools where it most often occurs. But Harkavy-Friedman said bullying alone has not been shown to cause suicide. It is often present in those who take their lives, but there are always a host of other factors present. Rowe and Harkavy-Friedman said the key is to watch for the warning signs and take them seriously when they do pop up.
FROM RENTALS, A1 of seven days •Home exchanges — in which two families swap homes — have been met with favor • So far, any mention of enacting a Transient Occupancy Tax — as has been done in Solana Beach — has been promptly dismissed • The city will analyze the economic impact of short-term rentals • Specifics on a “soft landing” for homeowners who have come to depend on STR income have not yet taken shape Councilwoman Ellie Haviland stressed the need to protect a homeowner’s ability to engage in small amounts of rental, but “in a way that’s consistent with a neighborhood.” “As a resident I want to go away on vacation and make some income off my home when I’m gone,” she said. “That’s the type of thing that would only happen once or twice a year, and that seems to me like something we should be pursuing.” The council is also asking city staff to provide research on seasonal rentals, and to look into the possibility that medium-density residential zones vary enough in their language that different approaches might apply from neighborhood to neighborhood. Mayor Terry Sinnott, who has been the sole dissenter, asked for projections on how much it might cost to enforce the forthcoming rental regime and what metrics will be used to measure its success. “How are we going to look back on a year’s worth of this, two years’ worth of this and say ‘Did this really do the job or not?’” he said. One sticking point on Saturday was how or whether to require homeowners to notify the city of rental activity. City staff are expected to present the package to the city council in the next two months. From there, the city will take public input, the issue will then go through the city planning commission, then state environmental review, then back to the city council, and — depending on the extent of reform — to the California Coastal Commission for changes to Del Mar’s Local Coastal Program (LCP). “Depending upon how dramatically we open doors, this may take anywhere from now to the end of the year if it’s fairly narrow,” said Councilman Dwight Worden. “Or it may take considerably longer if we’re talking about doing an Environmental Impact Report or an LCP amendment or some major changes.”
Rowe said that most don’t realize that suicide attempts are successful one out of every two times, but those odds are changed dramatically when someone notices the warning signs and reaches out. “If somebody intervenes at all, even if it’s just to get them to a nurse practitioner or family doctor, that rate of success goes down to 2 percent,” Rowe said. The act of simply asking what’s going on when warning signs such as slipping grades, uncharacteristic mood swings, social withdrawal or depression and irritability keep cropping up can significantly lessen the chances of suicide. “You don’t have to start out with ‘are you thinking of killing yourself?’ Just let the person know that you care enough to notice that they’re struggling,” Harkavy-Friedman said. Suicide prevention resources In San Diego County the It’s Up to Us program provides an array of resources at up2sd.org. Anyone who is in immediate need of help can call the San Diego County Crisis Line: (888) 724-7240 The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is also available at (800) 273-8255 or by texting TALK to 741-741. Signs and symptoms that someone may be thinking about suicide include:
•Talking about wanting to die or wanting to kill themselves •Talking about feeling empty, hopeless or having no reason to live •Making a plan or looking for a way to kill themselves •Talking about guilt or shame •Talking about feeling trapped or feeling there are no solutions •Feeling unbearable emotional or physical pain •Talking about being a burden to others •Using alcohol or drugs more often •Acting anxious or agitated •Withdrawing from family and friends •Changing eating and/or sleeping habits •Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge •Taking great risks that could lead to death •Talking or thinking about death often •Displaying extreme mood swings •Giving away important possessions •Saying goodbye to friends and family •Putting affairs in order, making a will Source: National Institute of Mental Health --Gary Warth and Paul Sisson are writers for The San Diego Union-Tribune
www.delmartimes.net FROM ADVOCATES, A4 dozen Californians who spoke at a May 3 press event in Solana Beach put on by a coalition of patient advocacy groups. That included Katrina Young from Carlsbad, whose son has outlived his prognosis of cystic fibrosis thanks to treatment she said they couldn’t afford if not for Obamacare. And Andrew Johnson, who described how his sister might have lost her battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma if not for Obamacare’s provision that allows patients to stay on their parents’ coverage until age 26. The coalition — which includes the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network, the state chapter of the American Lung Association, the American Heart Association and San Diegans for Health Care Coverage — depicted the cases as a fate that could befall millions of Californians if Obamacare were to be dismantled in the way Republicans have been vowing for years. The advocates put particular focus on the 342,000 people on MediCal in the 49th Congressional District, which spans the North County and parts of Orange County. Buoyed by the success of having beaten back Republican-led reform a month earlier, the advocates hoped to hold Rep. Darrell Issa, the Vista Republican, accountable to statements he had made last year that he wanted to push for reform that would guarantee coverage for pre-existing conditions.
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As the advocates gathered at Unitarian Universalist Church of San Dieguito, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. were jockeying on a new package of reforms. Only days earlier, Issa had drawn national attention by telling a reporter that his position on health care reform was “none of your business.” “We want to make sure he hears us loud and clear and votes to protect all of us with pre-existing conditions and make sure that nothing passes that takes away our coverage, that would make it unaffordable and inaccessible,” said the Cancer Action Network’s Kay Coleman, also a Del Mar resident. The following day, Issa went from headline-grabbing reticence to casting one of the final affirmative votes on Republican-led health care reform. The bill needed 216 votes to pass the House. Some journalists watching the tally in Washington believe he cast that 216th vote. The bill got 217 affirmatives in all, sending it to the Senate, where it is expected to see significant changes before going to a vote. “Let’s stop pretending Obamacare is going to fix itself or that somehow, someday, it’s going to get better,” Issa said in a statement. “Today’s vote gives a voice to the victims of Obamacare, the millions of Americans who are paying higher premiums, receiving less coverage and for whom the status quo offered no end in sight. Obamacare is doing real harm to California’s families and struggling businesses,
and constituents are counting on me to deliver real relief.” It’s a move that Democrats — with their “Hey hey hey, goodbye” incantations — believe puts Issa squarely in their crosshairs for the 2018 election, especially given his unexpectedly close victory last year.
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FROM ROBBERY, A2 said he didn’t think Byers is violent, but has to re-evaluate what he thought he knew about the man. Byers texted Stokes in the middle of his alleged East Coast robberies two weeks ago. “He did not indicate that anything was wrong, in fact quite the opposite,” Stokes said. “Letting me know he had moved to New York, sent me some photos of his new digs.” According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, May 2, by Greenwich, Conn. police, Byers stole a black Range Rover in San Diego on March 28. That SUV was used as a getaway car in an April 26 robbery of a Chase bank branch in Greenwich. The complaint says the same robber held up the same branch the day before, and a Greenwich gas station on April 24. The three robberies netted $12,346. The SUV’s license plate had been stolen in Suffolk County, N.Y. on April 20. Authorities there were investigating a string of gas station and bank robberies similar to the ones in Greenwich. The complaint alleges Byers eluded Greenwich police in an April 28 pursuit by ditching the SUV and his white pit bull and running away. He is suspected of stealing
another Range Rover in Port Chester, N.Y. that night. Detectives “pinged” his cellphone on Sunday, April 30, when he was in Gallup, N.M. The next morning, an officer with the Arizona Department of Public Safety got into a pursuit with the driver of a stolen black Chevrolet pickup. They headed west on Interstate 8 for about three miles, reaching Yuma, until the driver stopped, got out of the truck and ran into a motel parking lot, DPS Detective Chuck Ordonez said Thursday, May 4. Ordonez said officers, with Yuma police, searched extensively for the driver but didn’t find him. The pickup had been stolen in Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 29, its license plate was stolen in Maryland, and another plate in the truck bed was stolen in Indiana. Fingerprints in the truck revealed Byers had been driving it, Ordonez said. Byers called a friend to get a ride from Yuma, said Special Agent Davene Butler of the San Diego FBI office. She said Byers then borrowed a car from a friend, and he was in that vehicle when he was arrested. “He had evaded other law enforcement before. We wanted to get him off the streets,” Butler said. --Pauline Repard is a writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune
FROM JOURNEYS, A6 it that no one’s ever done before,” he explained last week as he enjoyed a rare hotel room reprieve in San Clemente. The nonprofit he created, 4 Corners Charities, has built up with help from people he’s met along the way; Gold Star moms and fellow veterans and everyday Americans inspired by his journey. He is asking people to donate $22, echoing the statistic that 22 veterans kill themselves every year. Eight months in, he’s raised around $6,000, has worn through four pairs of shoes and has shed some 50 pounds. “I think I’m slowly gaining it back,” he joked. “People have been feeding me very well.” Sometimes he sleeps on the ground, or in the bushes. Sometimes in his tent. Sometimes, he finds shelter thanks to a military family he encounters along the way. In Encinitas, he was put up in a lavish vacation home after the homeowner learned about his saga on Facebook. “One of the things I’m trying to convey is everyone is good. I’m living proof, I’m walking across the country, meeting strangers, staying in their homes,” he said. “It’s all different backgrounds. This is not political. It’s been phenomenal just to see Americans come together. People do want to help.”
FROM WIT, A8 computers,” Logan said. At first, he started out building his own mini computers for the students to use. He could design and build the computers for about $50 a piece, but as he heard feedback from investors at the WIT Pitch night, the idea wasn’t practical because he would need around 10 laptops per class and he would have to come up with the money to build all the computers. So he reached out to a government liquidation group to see if they could help donate old laptops but he was told that he wasn’t an existing, established organization so they could not help him. “How am I supposed to exist if I can’t get the computers I need to exist?” wondered a frustrated Logan. Logan was able to secure a potential investor who donated 10 laptops for his first class. He plans to test the beta curriculum, which teaches coding using a fun programming game, to Bishop’s sixth graders next week. As Logan plans to continue on in WIT as a sophomore, he will spend his second year getting his curriculum into Title 1 schools, possibly in San Marcos or Barrio Logan.
“It’s been super fun,” Logan said. “Next year I want to expand and really see what I can do.” He said as all of the students working on enterprises encounter some kind of road block, it’s been great having the WIT team there not to solve their business problems for them but to point them in the right direction. As Hernholm has said, WIT gives students the space to fail — like any entrepreneur, they need to build resilience and grit, take a risk, fall and learn to get back up again. They can learn to see failure as feedback and keep moving forward. The WIT Showcase Event is taking place in four cities throughout the U.S. — in addition to San Diego, showcases will be held in St. Louis, New York and Austin. The San Diego showcase expects to draw a crowd of over 350 attendees and has sold out every year. All proceeds through ticket sales and donations will go toward benefiting WIT’s mission and scholarship programs to empower, educate and inspire young entrepreneurs to build value and make a difference. To learn more visit doingwit.org. To learn more about Logan’s project, visit prototype-coding.com
FROM ISSA, A4 organization funded by labor and allied organizations, ran television ads that encouraged viewers to tell Issa to vote against the bill, and, on Sunday, uploaded a new spot to YouTube. “Issa voted to raise your costs and cut coverage for millions, to let insurance companies deny affordable coverage for cancer treatment and maternity care and charge five-times more for people over 50,” the new ad says. “Issa voted yes even though the bill makes coverage completely unaffordable to people with pre-existing conditions. Congressman Issa, how could you do this to us?” Issa’s spokesman, Calvin Moore, said that commercials like this are the reason why people do not like politics. “What the Democrats and their advertising agencies won’t tell you is they broke our health care system, refused to fix it and now want to blame Republicans for cleaning up their mess. It won’t work, and the voters will see through it,” he said. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is planning a drive-time radio advertisement targeting Southern California House members for their support on the bill. The legislation he backed doesn’t include some provisions he has previously said a bill would need before it would get his support, including a prohibition against discrimination on coverage based on gender and pre-existing conditions, as well as portability to allow people to take their same health insurance plan with them when they change jobs or retire. After the vote, Issa headed to Florida for the fundraiser, where he was met with another gaggle of protesters who were coordinated with the San Diego and Florida chapters of Indivisible. — Joshua Stewart is a writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune
FROM REFUGEES, A7 Currently, there are about 1,000 Syrian refugees in San Diego County, representing about 200 families, said Arzon. Many of them arrived last year, through the auspices of nonprofit resettlement agencies such as Catholic Charities and Jewish Family Services. Another 1,000 were expected, but the additional refugees have not shown up, she said, perhaps due to changes instituted by the new administration in Washington. Rudman is gratified that so many of her friends have stepped up to help the refugees, whether through donations of money, household goods or their time. “I’m here to help them get on their feet, give them the tools they need to be contributing members of our society,” Rudman said. “That will make me feel like I was success, if they are successful and have a job and a car and are a functioning family in our society.” Arzon said, “Let’s show them how beautiful America is and how beautiful the American people are. That’s been our mission. It’s been incredible.” Those who want more information or to help the Syrian families can visit heart4refugees.org or facebook.com/heart4refugees.
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Marjorie May ‘Marje’ Halterman March 1, 1923 - April 1, 2017
SOLANA BEACH — “It’s not what kind of life one has, it’s how it’s lived.” Marjorie was born in Quincy, IL, on March 1, 1923, daughter to James Franklin “Frank” and Nellie Gray Anderson. The third of seven children growing up in the depression, Marjorie learned early the rhythm of life, constantly gaining experience that was interwoven throughout with joys, sorrows, adaptations, giving, and taking. Marjorie developed a love of art very early. As a second grader, a chalk snow scene of hers was displayed in the city library in Quincy. In high school, the Quincy art school awarded her an art scholarship. Marjorie left Illinois in 1946 for Long Beach,
CA. Here she found employment at the Long Beach Naval Station in bookkeeping and in film retouching. Her classes in early childhood education led to a job as a Head Start teacher. It was in Long Beach that she met and married Jacob Henry Halterman and started a family. Marje spent many summers in the Sierras
with her family, inspiring her love for nature and the outdoors. Marje valued her time as a member of the San Diego Sierra Club. She loved hiking in the mountains and working in the kitchen at the Nature Knowledge Workshop at Foster Point. Marjorie loved gardening and was quite active at Quail Botanical Gardens, now the San Diego Botanic Garden. She took great pride in her own gardens, was an excellent seamstress, and enjoyed corresponding with her family and friends. She lived independently into her 90s. Her many passions played an important role in her volunteer work with the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach. It was here that she did most of the painting, producing scores of sceneries in
a relationship with the theatre that lasted nearly 35 years. Marjorie is survived by a brother, Carl Anderson; three children, Leslie Klusmire, James Halterman, Lisa Halterman Blackburn; three stepdaughters; and three grandchildren. For those who knew Marjorie, join us for a celebration of her life at the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach in the Cafe, Saturday June 10, 2017, at 10:30 am. Memorial donations in honor of her passion for the theatre may be made online at northcoastrep. org or Mail: North Coast Repertory Theatre c/o Marjorie Halterman Memorial Fund, 987 Lomas Santa Fe, Suite D, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Please sign the guest book online at legacy.com/ obituaries/delmartimes.
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‘The Old Man and The Old Moon’ has West Coast premiere at The Old Globe
BY DIANA SAENGER Like to laugh and leave the theater in a delightful mood? Then you won’t want to miss PigPen Theatre Co.’s “The Old Man and The Old Moon,” already attaining great reviews at The Old Globe Theatre. It’s sort of a fable, a myth, or as the Broadway World dubbed it, “A glorious fusion of music and theatrics.” Arya Shahi, who received a B.F.A. in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University was part of the actors and writers who co-created every iteration and appeared in every production of PigPen’s “The Hunter and The Bear,” “The Old Man and The Old Moon,” “The Mountain Song” and “The Nightmare Story.” He said PigPen Theatre Co. liked working with The Globe on this play. “It’s very exciting to be in California and introduce a brand-new community to this show that we’ve been doing for five years,” Shahi said. “PigPen has been the same seven guys for 10 years now. We were freshman in an acting program at Carnegie Mellon University when we met in 2007. “We began writing short stories and fairytales together, and also music to accompany them. It was mostly just for our friends and teachers, but then we took our show on the road and went to the New York Fringe Festival where we earned some awards. That kicked off our career in professional theater. “This production, in the style of an odyssey, is inspired by a lot of Celtic folklore, and also from Ryan Melia, who plays the old man. He came to us when we were in college and told us a little story he made up when he
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view from a story you created, which now is thousands of people, it’s hard to process that. A lot of our work is inspired by the Disney cartoons we grew up with. We have a central protagonist who meets characters, and we get to play them all. We just do our work and hope people get something out of it.” ■ IF YOU GO: “The Old Man and The Old Moon,” plays May 13-June 18 on the Shiley Stage at The Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, San Diego. Tickets from $29. (619) 234-5623. theoldglobe.org
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Tete a Tete with literary agent Jill Marr grand raffle prize at Blazing Laptops event
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BY SEBASTIAN MONTES It’ll take more than a nifty turn of phrase to impress Jill Marr. Her 16 years as a literary agent with Del Mar’s Sandra Dijkstra Agency has paired her with best-selling authors from all over the country. So aspiring authors need more than a way with words to convince her to add to her roster of two dozen writers she’s shepherding toward publication. At a minimum, it’ll take a keen sense of audience and at least some grasp of the ins and outs of publishing. “I’m always much more impressed with people who are able to approach me with knowledge of the industry,” Marr said. “If they know what they’re doing, it really puts them up a notch in my book and makes me want to work with them.” That rare chance to confab with a seasoned pro — to sit where so many accomplished authors have sat before — will be up for grabs on May 21 when several dozen wordsmiths hunker down for the 10th annual Blazing Laptops in Point Loma. The all-day fundraiser is the product of San Diego Writers Ink, a non-profit housed in Liberty Station. To mark the event’s anniversary, SDWI will raffle off a power lunch with Marr, offering up the chance to pick her brain and
Wordsmiths of every ilk will take part in the 10th annual Blazing Laptops write-a-thon on May 21. Learn more at sandiegowriters.org
Jill Marr has been a literary agent with Del Mar’s world-renowned Sandra Dijkstra Agency since 2001.
maybe — just maybe — make the pitch that lands a spot on Marr’s roster of authors. It might be easy to be intimidated by Marr’s cohorts. That roster includes journalists Gregg Zorroya and Kristina Rizga, Washington state senator Pramila Jayapal and TV personalities Nick Groff (Travel Channel) and Fred Stoller (Everybody Loves Raymond). But fear not, a San Diegan that breaks through isn’t as far-fetched as you
Mysteries, thrillers and “high-end” horror in the vein of Thomas Harris — the dark genius who dreamed up Hannibal Lecter — top her wish list. She’s also known to sink her teeth into a good piece of historical fiction, and always has an appetite for screenplay-friendly women’s fiction. And another word to the wise: don’t skimp on the word count. “People will come to me and say, ‘I have a novel I’m excited to show you!’
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and it’s 50,000 words and I have to tell them, ‘Actually, no, that’s not a full-length adult novel.’” The writers at Blazing Laptops won’t accumulate such an audacious amount, but it’s just the sort of exercise that’s perfect for bringing aspiring authors out into wider audiences, attention and acclaim. “I love that it pushes people, because sometimes people can get into such a rut. I see how people get writer’s block,” Marr said. “So being surrounded by others, and all that creativity, it’s a great idea.” Blazing Laptops runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 21 at the Ink Spot, Liberty Station, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Suite 202. Also this year, SDWI is compiling the 10th anniversary edition of A Year in Ink, its anthology of local poetry, non-fiction, short stories and book excerpts. This year’s commemorative edition features 40 works picked from an all-time high of 450 submissions. “Every year we are the first publication for somebody, and give them their first big break,” said Kim Keeline, SDWI’s marketing and communications director. Learn more about Blazing Laptops and SDWI at www.sandiegowriters.org.
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Where the Sunset Always Rocks! May 17: JOHNNYSWIM
Don’t miss the 12th annual Green Flash Concert Series! These unique monthly concerts – presented in partnership with Subaru, 101.5 KGB, STAR 94.1, and Belly Up Entertainment – take place every third Wednesday of the month from May through September. Don’t miss a season of rocking concerts and breathtaking sunset views.
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After 40 years, MCASD’s annual benefit takes on new life within the Jacobs Building at MCASD Downtown. Join fellow art supporters, artists, and MCASD Members for a night of dining, dancing, and philanthropy as the Monte Carlo gala moves downtown. All funds raised provide vital support for MCASD’s exhibitions and education programs.
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Cory Wilkins Friday, May 26, 7:30PM Trails and Rails, Mohavisoul, Jefferson Jay The Acoustic Evenings series showcases local musicians. Three performers are featured in each program and are available at the intermission reception and post-concert meet-and-greet.
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inBloom brings butterflies, nature-themed fun to Flower Hill BY KAREN BILLING Flower Hill Promenade has been transformed for inBloom, a month-long series of events and activities to bring the community together at the Del Mar lifestyle center. Through May 28, inBloom celebrates flowers and nature with unique offerings such as a butterfly exhibit, floral fashion shows, movie nights on Fridays, craft workshops, and kids activities like butterfly yoga, make and take crafts and imaginative playhouses to explore. “Our vision for inBloom is to provide new and memorable ways to eat, shop, learn and connect with one another while supporting some of our city’s most remarkable businesses and entrepreneurs,” said Flower Hill owner Jeffrey Essakow. Essakow’s company Protea Properties has placed a focus on purchasing real estate properties in high profile areas and transforming them from “lemons to lemonade” — in addition to the transformation of Flower Hill, his company was recently selected to redevelop Seaport Village. Essakow purchased Flower Hill 15 years ago with the sole purpose of renovating the somewhat tired center built in the 1970s and giving it new life. The first step was demolishing the UltraStar movie theater and replacing it with Whole Foods. The second step was renovating the rest of the center, reinvigorating the landscaping and bringing actual flowers back to Flower Hill. “Up until a couple years ago you could walk around the center and not see too many flowers,” Essakow said.
A floral umbrella canopy over the lower plaza at Flower Hill. The transformation of Flower Hill is a necessity, Essakow said, as the entire retail and shopping industry is changing due to the increase in online shopping. “The trend is creating experiences at shopping centers — it’s no longer customer service, it’s about customer experience,” Essakow said. “We can’t as a shopping center and retailers compete with the Amazons of the world, we’ve got to create things that they can’t do. Our goal is to figure out ways to get customers to come here because they want to come here not because they have to come here…It’s all about capturing the
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Butterflies mark the wall of the center. hearts of our customers, bringing people here because it’s just cool to hang out at Flower Hill.” inBloom has been in the works for the last two years through the planning efforts of Essakow, R&R Enterprises’ Siena and Leslie Randell, longtime manager Rose Jabin and marketing director Irina Rachow, who has been a 25-year tenant at Flower Hill with Fairen Del. Sienna Randell said the idea of inBloom was to stretch the event out over the entire month so everyone has a chance to get to see or experience some part of it. The free Butterfly Encounter featuring hundreds of butterflies flying in a custom-built butterfly house will be open at the center through July. The exhibit will also serve as a great educational component from the community as an estimated 1,000 children will walk through the butterfly
house as part of school field trips. In addition to the butterflies, a bird sanctuary was also brought in and placed near the expanded playground by Gepetto’s Toys. Flower Hill has brought in top landscaping and gardening experts to help adorn the center, including Pat Hammer, former director of operations at the San Diego Botanic Garden and local designers from BrightView Landscape. Charles Meier, a creative director for Paradiso Parade Floats whose work has rolled in the Rose Parade has brought in whimsical butterflies and flowers that give parts of the center a fantasyland-type feel. One-hundred-year-old olive trees hand-sculpted in the Bonzai method have been planted in the plaza by Starbucks and Yogurtland, and flower vignettes fill every empty corner and wall in the center, from SEE INBLOOM, B19
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Cinépolis will celebrate its grand reopening on Saturday, May 13.
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Cinépolis debuts new look, expansion with May 13 celebration BY KAREN BILLING Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Del Mar will celebrate its recent refresh with a grand re-opening event on Saturday, May 13, complete with games, giveaways, music and complimentary popcorn for movie goers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. As part of its expansion and renovation, the cinema has brought in all new reclining, plush leather seats in all of its theaters, not just the new ones, and now all theaters will be able to serve alcohol for adults, not just the limited selection in the past. “We’re really excited about the grand re-opening, it’s going to be a lot of fun,” said Mike Reed, Cinépolis USA’s regional manager who opened the theaters at Del Mar Highlands five and a half years ago. “We want everyone to know that we’re open and we’re bigger and better than ever. We want everyone to come back and see us and enjoy the luxury movie experience they have become accustomed to.” The theater was closed for renovations and expansion from September 2016 through mid-December 2016. The theater partially opened on Dec. 15 and is now ready for a close-up on its new look. The refresh includes three new auditoriums that added nearly 200 seats, an expanded
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The newly expanded lobby of Cinépolis Del Mar.
concessions and lobby area and a complete remodel of the kitchen that allows them to keep up with the volume of serving food and drinks for a now 11-plex cinema. The expansion brought Cinépolis Del Mar up to 713 seats, making it the brand’s largest luxury theater in the country. All theaters feature Cinépolis’ push-button at-your-seat service where waiters can bring menu items such as gourmet sliders and skinny fries, salads, flatbread pizzas, tacos and paninis, The always-changing menu includes desserts like milkshakes, chocolate lava cake and cinnamon and sugar churro bites, as well as classic movie snacks such as popcorn (gourmet versions include truffle popcorn and zebra popcorn drizzled in white and milk chocolate), candy, pretzels and nachos. The full bar serves up wine, beer and cocktails. “With the renovation I think we have addressed a lot of guests’ concerns,” said Manager Brandon Carson, noting that comments they most heard from visitors was that there wasn’t enough parking and that the theater needed more bathrooms. Cinépolis has benefited from Del Mar Highlands Town Center’s new three-level parking garage, located directly adjacent to the theater. Reed said there is almost always a space open, and elevators and stairs from the garage bring moviegoers right to the plaza in front of the theater. As far as the restrooms, they added additional restrooms close to the new theaters in addition to the ones upstairs in the lobby and on the other side of the cinema. Reed said the summer is shaping up to a big one for movies and their bartenders have come up with a new slate of movie-themed cocktails to go along with them. On part one of the summer movie cocktail menu is “Why is the Rum Always Gone?”, inspired by “The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” which comes out on May 26. The tropical buried treasure is a mix of Bacardi rum, peach Schnapps, lemon simple syrup and Sprite topped with a Ron Zacapa rum float. Also SEE CINEMAS, B19
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La Jolla Vein Care offers minimally invasive treatment start to dilate and the blood starts going in both directions. It builds up pressure in the veins, and it’s just a cascade of problems.” Vein problems are not confined to an older demographic. “We see patients in their 20s, even their teens,” said Cardinell, who has a surgical background that ended up taking her into interventional radiology. Treatments at La Jolla Vein Care are covered by insurance if they are done for medical and not strictly cosmetic reasons. “Insurance wants to know that they (patients) have tried and failed conservative management, which consists of primarily wearing medical-grade compression hose for three months. That can help temporarily control the symptoms, but it’s not going to change the disease’s progression.” Those symptoms, by the way, can include in addition to visibly bulging or spider veins, heavy or tired legs, cramping, throbbing, swelling, even restless legs. Not having any symptoms at all, however, can be deceiving. Cardinell recommends a visit “if you have a family history as well as if you start to experience symptoms.” La Jolla Vein Care, founded in 2010, boasts a workforce of seven in addition to Cardinell: a physician, two medical assistants, two ultrasonographers and two administrative staff members. Patients come from as far away as Northern California and even from Mexico. La Jolla Vein Care is in the Scripps Ximed Medical Building, 9850 Genesee Ave., Suite 410, La Jolla. (858) 550-0330. lajollaveincare.com
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May Is Brain Tumor Awareness Month At the Laurel Amtower Cancer Institute and Neuro-Oncology Center, we’re here to provide highly specialized care for patients with brain tumors. As part of the Cancer Centers of Sharp, the Laurel Amtower Cancer Institute uses the latest cancer-fighting technology and national clinical trials to create custom treatment plans for each patient. This month, we honor all those who have been impacted by brain tumors. You can help make a difference by joining us on June 24 at the National Brain Tumor Society’s annual Brain Tumor Walk in San Diego. Learn more at sharp.com/brain or call 858-939-5205.
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BY DAVID L. CODDON Being a nurse practitioner is a gratifying profession, and especially so for Anna Cardinell at La Jolla Vein Care, which is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of vein disorders. “There’s a lot of patient teaching involved, which I really enjoy,” said Cardinell. “You have a chance to make patients feel better and look better, and they don’t always realize the benefits they can obtain by having the treatment.” “The treatment” for bulging, or vericose veins has come a long way from the traditional practice of vein stripping, a surgical procedure. La Jolla Vein Care specializes in minimally invasive treatment procedures. Among them is radiofrequency ablation (RFA), which delivers radiofrequency energy to the vein wall, causing the vessel on the inside to become inflamed and then close. This allows the remaining healthy veins to predominate. Another commonly employed treatment at La Jolla Vein Care is sclerotherapy, which consists of injections with a pharmaceutical solution. RFA is intended to be a one-time procedure, and Cardinell says, “The recurrence rate is very, very low.” Sclerotherapy may involve repeat injections to get the vein to close, but she says, “The majority is all done in the first month of the therapy.” While there may be multiple reasons for vein disease, such as pressure on the lower body from pregnancy, increased weight or being on one’s feet a lot, genetics is the No. 1 factor, according to Cardinell. It is also seen more commonly in women than in men. Ultimately, she says, “We don’t really understand” why it happens. “The vein walls just become weak, and when they become weak they
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YOU’RE UNIQUE.
Your health care should be as unique as you are.
That’s why Congressman Scott Peters is making sure your health care FITS YOU. Some in Washington want to give unelected bureaucrats the power to limit your access to the doctor you need, medicines and treatments. Congressman Peters said no. And he’s fighting to strengthen Medicare. Congressman Peters knows the right way to address our health care challenges. He’s making sure you and your doctor – and nobody else – are making the right choices that work for you. Doctors, hospitals, patients and senior groups have all come together to stand up for making sure your voice is heard, and so has Congressman Peters.
Call Representative Scott Peters
at 858-455-5550 or contact him at scottpeters.house.gov and tell him thank you for making sure your health care fits you. Thank him for co-sponsoring HR 849.
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Solana Beach Foundation Bash
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he Solana Beach Schools Foundation held its Solana Beach Foundation Bash fundraiser May 6 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds’ Mission Tower. Live bidding on children’s art once again was a highlight of the event. The event also included entertainment by Keen Sake (opening band), The Funk Junkies (headliner), and Pseudo (late night band). All three bands included parents from Solana Beach schools. All of the proceeds from the annual Solana Beach Bash are contributed to the Solana
Beach Schools Foundation which raises funds to bridge the gap between school needs and state funding to enrich the education of students in the district by funding Discovery Labs, science, technology, research, engineering, arts, STREAM and supplemental physical education at both Skyline and Solana Vista elementary schools in Solana Beach. Visit www.solanabeachkids.org and www.solanabeachbash.com Online: www.delmartimes.net
Kirsten Limmer, Amy Kakimoto, Raha Shaw, Kerily McEvoy (event chair)
Tara Kuehnert, Todd Kern
Victoria and Paul Kudirka
Diego and Kristy Macedo
Amy Tawfilis, Heather Adams, Matt Hage, Windus and Kurt Brinkkord
Kent and Teri Sharp, Jennifer MacDougall
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Ryan Ballantyne, Tara Santora, Lawrence Gallego
Cat and Doug Gilbert
Sandra Brook, Kate Franklin
Lisa Denham, Lauren Adams, Katie Zimmer
The Funk Junkies led by lead singer April Mosebrook was the headline band at the Solana Beach Foundation Bash.
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Tesla Motors donates ‘Tesla Model S for Kids’ to Touch a Truck event
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The Tesla Model S for Kids is a scale model of Tesla’s popular electric sedan. It’s made for children ages 3 to 8 and has a weight capacity of 81 pounds, and tops out at 6 miles per hour. Every Tesla Model S for Kids is a battery-powered ride that comes equipped with high-end features to recreate the ultimate Tesla experience: working headlights, a front trunk, a sound system with auxiliary input, and are outfitted in authentic Tesla Model S colors. A raffle will be held at the Touch A Truck event on May 13 at Pacific Trails Middle School in Carmel Valley. While you do not need to be present to win, you do need to buy your raffle tickets at the event. Visit www.TouchATruckSD.com for more details. The annual Touch A Truck fundraiser will
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Teen Volunteers in Action to hold Senior Send Off event May 21
Teen Volunteers in Action San Diego 2 Chapter will hold its Senior Send Off event on Sunday, May 21, at the AMN Healthcare Building. The event will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Teen Volunteers in Action is an organization of young men in grades 7-12 who, together with their families, participate in structured programs of volunteerism, philanthropy, and personal development. These programs support personal growth of young men to become strong community leaders.
The keynote speaker for the event is Lex Gillette who is recognized as the best totally blind long and triple jumper in the history of U.S. Paralympics. Gillette works as a motivational speaker and loves to challenge others to see something more than what is in front of their eyes. He exemplifies the phrase, “No Need for Sight When You Have a Vision.” The event will honor 22 graduating seniors who have been actively involved in giving back to their community through community service in San Diego County.
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POTTERY - NOW 50% OFF
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ARE ARRIVING DAILY FROM OUR FARMS!
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NOW! NEW!
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Moon Valley Nurseries is committed in providing to our customers the highest quality and the largest selection of trees and plants available. Moon Valley Nurseries is the largest box tree grower in America.
Moon Valley Nurseries guarantees the absolute best value. Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, La Jolla, La Costa, Del Mar, & nearby
Kraig Harrison at 619-320-6012
San Diego, El Cajon, Pacific Beach, Chula Vista, South County & nearby
Timothy Burger at 760-990-1079
San Diego, Rancho Bernardo, Poway, Carmel, East County & nearby
Fallbrook, Escondido, San Marcos, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista & nearby
Murrieta, Temecula, Hemet, Wine Country & nearby
Paradise Palms Expert - County Wide
John Allen at 760-301-5960
Dave Schneider at 951-331-7279
Zack Heiland at 619-312-4691 Naia Armstrong at 760-444-4630
Plant Now! Pay Later!
12 MONTH NO INTEREST FINANCING!
2 GIANT NURSERIES OVER 100 ACRES! OPEN DAILY Mon - Sat 7:30 - 6:00 Sundays 9-5 Just $99 delivers any order within 20 miles radius of nursery. Other areas higher.
Orders of $499 and up, based on approved credit. See store for details.
WHOLESALE TO THE TRADE
LARGE QUANTITY ORDERS
PALM PARADISE Vista
Carlsbad
78 San Marcos
La Costa Encinitas La Jolla
Rancho Santa Fe
Rancho Bernardo
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Amir Segam, Savannah Keith, Merav Federber, Alina Maor
Representatives of the Korea booth
Carly Cooper, Sydney Danon
Aysegul, Kayra and Kerem Kufluoglu at the Turkey booth
International Fair at Torrey Hills School
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irl Scout Troop 3045 members earned their Bronze Award by starting the First Annual International Fair held May 2 at Torrey Hills Elementary School. Girl Scout Juniors earn their Bronze Award by creating a sustainable change in their community. They have to find a need, reach out to the community to make sure the need is not being addressed already and make a lasting change. The Girl Scouts at Torrey Hills noticed that in their diverse community an International Fair did not exist. They reached out to the school principal to see if they could start one. They also reached out to the school’s PTA to make sure the event could be an annual occurrence even when the Girls Scouts were no longer at the school. Online: www.delmartimes.net
Girl Scout Troop 3045 from Torrey Hills
Representatives of the Taiwan booth
Amina and Dalia Bisevac at the Bosnia & Herzegovina booth
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Laura Ulyett, Abby Doan, Ashley Farrell
Nanae Hamada at the Japan booth
Taylor Pallia, Angela Liu, Savannah Keith
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Del Mar Art Gallery reception
T
he Del Mar Art Gallery held a reception May 6 for its new “Summer Sizzle” exhibition. The gallery offers original art, jewelry, ceramics, fused glasswork, sculpture and more. The gallery is located in the Del Mar Plaza, top level (suite 314) on the corner of Camino del Mar and 15th Street. Visit www.dmacgallery.com. Online: www.delmartimes.net
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Tom O'Mary, Karen Aschenbrenner
Don Pallia, Annika Pallia, Bryn Pallia, Taylor Pallia, Angela Liu, Pamela Harper, Elea Nussbaum, Julia Pallia
Darlene Katz, Sara Isgur, David Lincoln, Wendy Eichenbaum
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Sclerotherapy is Not Vein Stripping (Not Even Close) People have various reasons for putting off treating their varicose veins—the bulgy, purple ropes that show up under the skin. For some, they don’t think that varicose veins are a medical condition worth treating (they are). Others may not want to take the time to treat varicose veins because it could take too long (it doesn’t: in many cases, a simple office visit can take between thirty and sixty minutes). Yet many people hold off varicose vein treatment for the simple reason that they’ve grown up with stories from their mothers and grandmothers of the painful vein stripping. The simple truth is that vein stripping has become a less practiced procedure, in favor of the non-
invasive and nearly painless sclerotherapy. What is vein stripping and why is it so bad? For varicose veins with nonworking valves, doctors will do a scan (ultrasound or duplex scan) to uncover the source of the varicose veins and how much blood is flowing into them, which will help doctors rule out blood clots or deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Also, vein stripping is performed using general anesthesia in most cases (occasionally spinal anesthesia). You won’t feel the 60 to 90 minute procedure, but you will have some recovery time coming out of anesthesia. Additional recovery can take up to two or three weeks. For the actual procedure, a surgeon makes an incision in your groin and another farther down the leg (usually in the calf or ankle), as well as small incisions near the top and bottom of the varicose vein to be “stripped.” Then, through the groin incision, the surgeon will thread a thin wire made of flexible plastic, which will be tied to the vein and then pulled out, with the vein, through the lower leg incision. Once
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the procedure is completed, the incisions will be stitched, and the leg (or legs) bandaged and wrapped in compression stockings to stimulate blood flow and reduce swelling. What makes sclerotherapy different? First off, sclerotherapy has been around since the 1930s but has only recently become commonplace in treating varicose veins. A type of saline solution is injected directly into the damaged vein, which damages the interior lining of the vein and causes it to close. An early version of the process was attempted in Switzerland in the 1600s, using acid. In the 1800s, a different injectable was used, though there were significant side effects. Because of the side effects, vein stripping became the method of choice for treating varicose veins. Fortunately, doctors now use a chemical liquid called “sclerosant,” which has rare, if any, side effects. Occasionally, there may be an allergic reaction, or slight tissue necrosis if the injection is administered outside the vein, which may cause some slight skin discoloration. However,
this too is rare, and now many doctors even administer the injections using ultrasound guidance. Foam sclerosant is becoming increasingly popular for treating varicose veins, as it doesn’t dilute with the blood in the vein, improving the effectiveness and quickness of the procedure. Sclerotherapy is now considered the most effective and efficient way to treat most varicose veins, and the best part is that no incisions (or anesthesia) are required. While compression stockings are recommended for post treatment, patients receiving sclerotherapy can go about the rest of their day directly after their in-office procedure. It’s best not to put off varicose vein treatment, as the problem veins will only get worse and may lead to a more serious condition. If you have more questions about the sclerotherapy procedure or are ready to consider sclerotherapy to remove your varicose veins, visit us at www.sdveininstitute. com or contact us at 760-944-926
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Del Mar Hills Dads Club Pancake Breakfast
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el Mar Hills Academy families enjoyed a delicious Dads Club Pancake Breakfast April 25. Online: www.delmartimes.net
The Hellmann family
The Battenfield family
The Fieberg family
Del Mar Hills Academy Pancake Breakfast
The Hemerick family
Peter Belding serves sausages
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National Charity League, Inc. San Dieguito Philanthropy Fair
N
ational Charity League, Inc. San Dieguito Chapter (NCL, Inc. San Dieguito) recently celebrated its first meeting of the new NCL year with mothers and daughters exploring the three pillars of the organization – leadership, culture and philanthropy. The meeting, attended by over 200 mother and daughter members, was themed “Putting the Pieces Together.” After a few fun activities highlighting the six-year program, new members
were introduced. Members were then able to participate in the annual Philanthropy Fair. “It gives our Chapter members an opportunity to come together and not only celebrate the successes of our mother-daughter community outreach in the current year, but to assist our members in making their plans for service in the coming year,” explained Pam Regnery, vice president of philanthropy. The fair allows the philanthropy volunteer coordinators
an opportunity to inform our members of ongoing and new opportunities for service. Members also had the option to complete a few off-site projects such as creating bubble wands for the New Children’s Museum, creating hygiene kits for the San Diego Rescue Mission, Friends & Family Community Connection and Mi Escuelita pre-school or decorating puzzles for Women’s Resource Center. Visit sandieguito.nationalcharityleague.org
Skylar Blake and Natalie Chapman
Vidya Werry - liaison for the New Children's Museum
Ticktockers completing a group activity.
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Del Mar author Jonathan Maberry to speak at Partners in Crime meeting
Del Mar resident Jonathan Maberry, a five-time Bram Stoker Award winner and NYT bestselling author of horror and suspense novels, will speak at the May 13 Partners in Crime meeting. His subject will be Building Suspense into Your Writing. “Jonathan Maberry is well-known in the writing world for sharing his knowledge of the craft of writing and the publishing industry in general,” says Kathy Krevat, president of the board for Partners in Crime. Maberry’s books include the Joe Ledger thrillers, “The Nightsiders,” “Dead of Night,” “X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate,” as well as standalone novels in multiple genres.
His YA space travel novel, “Mars One,” is in development for film; and his Monk Addison short stories and V-Wars shared world vampire apocalypse series are being developed for TV. His Rot & Ruin novels were included in the Ten Best Horror Novels for Young Adults. At the beginning of every meeting, a local Jonathan author reads from their published or soon to Maberry be published novel. The May reader will be Kim Keeline who will read from her first mystery novel, “Deadman’s Switch,” book one of the railroad museum
mysteries with Liz McKenzie, currently in final stages of revision. The chapter will meet from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.at San Diego Writers Ink, 2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Suite 202 (located above the Women’s Museum) in Liberty Station, Point Loma. Partners in Crime is the San Diego chapter of Sisters in Crime, a national organization which supports mystery and crime writers and promotes reading the genre. Attendance is free for members and $5 for non-members, which may be applied to membership. Dues are $25 per year, plus membership in the national organization. Members may join at the meeting or at www.sistersincrimesd.org.
Teenage rock band to open the Fiesta del Sol
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Ruby Presnell and her quartet performing at the recent Del Mar Foundation First Thursdays event.
Del Mar Foundation hosts Ruby Blue Quartet
It was a magical evening of acoustic jazz and blues at First Thursdays in the Powerhouse as Ruby Presnell and her quartet performed songs by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart, and George Gershwin, as well as original compositions. The members of Ruby Blue are all full-time musicians and have extensive experience throughout North America, Europe and Australia. First Thursdays is a production of the Cultural Arts Committee of the Del Mar Foundation. For more information, go to www.delmarfoundation.org
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The Elements, a teenage rock band, will be the first band to take the stage at the Fiesta del Sol Unplugged Stage on Saturday, May 20 at noon. They will be debuting two of their new original songs during their 45-minute set. The Elements will also entertain the crowd with cover songs from bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fitz and the Tantrums, Cage the Elephant, and Talking Heads. This year marks the 38th annual Fiesta del Sol and the second annual Unplugged Stage. “Our unplugged stage is an opportunity for up and coming bands to get some exposure in an arena that is more scaled to solid vocals and toned down or acoustic music,” said Mac Williamson of the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce Marketing Team. Collaboration is key among The Elements. Meeting twice a week for band practice, these young musicians adjusted their set to make it more aligned with the toned down environment of the Unplugged Stage. During the performance, singer Julian Boyer will switch between the keyboards and bass guitar; guitarist Evan Butler will change out his electric guitar to his acoustic guitar; and drummer Dylan Herrera will transition from drums to bass guitar. Hardworking and committed, these talented teens are prepared to wow the crowd. The Unplugged Stage is located in the Fine Art Area of Fiesta del Sol. The Elements are sophomores at San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas. They have performed at SDA,
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100 - LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-009240 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. San Diego Property Sisters b. SD Property Sisters c. Charkool Located at: 101 N. Acacia Avenue # 102, Solana Beach, CA 92075, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Brian Hall, 101 N. Acacia Avenue # 102 Solana Beach, CA 92075. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/05/2017. Brian Hall. DM 4903262 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-008329 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Make Create with Savonia Located at: 6550 Foyle Way, San Diego, CA 92117, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 6550 Foyle Way, San Diego, CA 92117 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Savonia Guy, 6550 Foyle Way, San Diego, CA 92117. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business was 03/09/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/27/2017. Savonia Guy, C.E.O.. SB4867823 4/20, 4/27, 5/4 & 5/11/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-007621 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Gratitude Located at: 346 South Cedros Ave, Suite A, Solana Beach, CA 92075, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Elizabeth Tapper Interiors, 4264 Via Ravello, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091, California. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 03/20/2017. Elizabeth Tapper, President. SB4897225 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-010124 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Freezey’s Located at: 13881 Campo Rd, Jamul, CA 91935, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 14787 Presilla Dr., Jamul, CA 91935 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Jason Palmer, 14787 Presilla Dr., Jamul, CA 91935. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/13/2017. Jason Palmer. DM4906149 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-010636 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Cedar Processing Located at: 3217 San Tomas Dr. , Oceanside, CA 92056, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Amir Khodor, 3217 San Tomas Dr. Oceanside CA 92056. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/19/2017. Amir Khodor. DM4915262 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-009663 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. TMI Located at: 11184 Vista Sorrento Pkwy G306, San Diego, CA 92130, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 11184 Vista Sorrento Pkwy G306, San Diego, CA 92130 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Yongho Kang, 11184 Vista Sorrento Pkwy G306, San Diego, CA 92130. b.Helen Kang, 11184 Vista Sorrento Pkwy G306, San Diego, CA 92130. This business is conducted by: a Married Couple. The first day of business was 08/01/2006. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/10/2017. Helen Kang. CV4900324 4/20, 4/27, 5/4 & 5/11/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-009358 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Wolf Real Estate Group b. North County Realty Specialists Locatedat: 1049CaminoDelMarSt#10, Del Mar, CA 92014, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 5504 Valerio Trail, San Diego, CA 92130 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Dracalson Corporation, 5504 Valerio Trail, San Diego, CA 92130, California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business was 05/01/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/06/2017. Robert Wolf , President. DM 4906071 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-010956 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Mission Ridge Apartments Located at: 1320 Via Terrassa, Encinitas, CA 92024, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 1320 Via Terrassa Encinitas, CA 92024 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Urschel Holdings, LP, 1320 Via Terrassa Encinitas, CA 92024. This business is conducted by: a Limited Partnership. The first day of business was 05/31/2011. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/21/2017. Amanda Williams, Business Manager. DM 4921408 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-011816 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Dr. V Integrative b. Viggianelli Integrative Health Located at: 2836 Via Conquistador, Carlsbad, CA 92009, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 2836 Via Conquistador Carlsbad, CA 92009 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Joseph Viggianelli, 2836 Via Conquistador Carlsbad, CA 92009. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business was 4/1/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 05/01/2017. Joseph Viggianelli. DM4944653 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-009499 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Newhio Partners Inc DBA Oggis Pizza & Brewing Co Located at: 12840 Carmel Country Rd, San Diego, CA 92130, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Newhio Partners Inc, 6166 Via Regla, San Diego, CA 92122, California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business was 06/01/2005. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/07/2017. Janis Deady, VP of Sales. DM4901618 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11/2017
CLASSIFIEDS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-010427 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Walter Redondo Fine Art Located at: 3001 Kennester Dr, Lemon Grove, CA 91945, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 3001 Kennester Dr, Lemon Grove, CA, 91945 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Walter P. Redondo, 3001 Kennester Dr, Lemon Grove, CA, 91945. b.Maureen T. Redondo, 3001 Kennester Dr, Lemon Grove, CA, 91945. This business is conducted by: a General Partnership. The first day of business was 04/17/17. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on . Walter P. Redondo. DM 4947806 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/7 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-009151 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. All Lashed Up Located at: 3593 Newland Rd, Oceanside, CA 92056, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 3593 Newland Rd, Oceanside, CA 92056 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Austin Cohn, 3593 Newland Rd, Oceanside, CA 92056. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business was 04/04/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/04/2017. Austin Cohn. DM 4913891 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-010349 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Balanced Psychological Services Located at: 2777 Jefferson St., Ste #203, Carlsbad, CA 92008, San Diego County. Mailing Address: 560 Moonlight Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Kelsey Bradshaw, Ph D., 560 Moonlight Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/14/2017. Kelsey Bradshaw, Ph D.. SB 4938155 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/17 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-011838 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. The Griffin Group Located at: 4452 Park Blvd, Suite 201, SanDiego,CA92116,SanDiegoCounty. Mailing Address: 4452 Park Blvd, Suite 201, San Diego, CA 92116 Registered Owners Name(s): a. Griffincorp, 4452 Park Blvd, Suite 201, San Diego, CA 92116, California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. The first day of business was 05/01/2017.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-012163 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Designer Nails Located at: 689 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Ste. C, Solana Beach, CA 92075, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Tang & Vo Investment Group LLC, 689 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Ste. C. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. The first day of business has not yet started . This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 05/04/2017. Trizzie Tang, Managing Member. SB4948057 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 2017-019914 Fictitious Business Name(s): a. Ink It Notary Located at: 124 Lamas Santa Fe Dr., Suite 201, Solana Beach, California 92075, San Diego County. Registered Owners Name(s): a. Atoosa Khasravijou, 734 Sabre Hill Dr. Apt 160, San Diego, CA 92128, California. This business is conducted by: an Individual. The first day of business was 04/12/2017. This statement was filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder / County Clerk of San Diego County on 04/12/2017. Atoosa Khasravijou. SB4922982 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017 City of Del Mar Design Review Board Agenda Del Mar (Temporary) Council Chambers 2010 Jimmy Durante Boulevard Suite #100 Start Time: 6:00PM, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 ROLL CALL, APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1) APPROVAL OF APRIL 2017 MINUTES; UPDATE; HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD/ STAFF DISCUSSION (Non-Application Items); DISCUSSION AND BRIEFING (Application Items); CONSENT CALENDAR, ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION(S): ITEM 1 ADR17-009 APN: 300-143-46 Location: 1205 Cuchara Drive Owner: William Ruh Applicant: John O’Brian Flagg, Inc Zone: R1-10 Environmental Status: Exempt Contact Person: Breann Guzman, Assistant Planner Description: A request for an Administrative Design Review Permit (ADR) to construct a 36-inch tall picket fence and two new 18-inch tall planters at the northern portion of the lot, and to install four low-voltage speakers along the south western roof eaves of an existing single family residence. NEW APPLICATION(S):
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NEW APPLICATION(S): ITEM 2 DRB16-045 APN: 300-262-05 Location: 999 Crest Road Owners: Eric and Zary Ostertag Applicant: Domus Studio Architecture Zone: R1-10 Overlay Zone: Coastal and Wildland Urban Interface Environmental Status: Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15301 (e) (Class 1 – Existing Facilities). Contact Person: Evan Langan, AICP, Associate Planner Description: A request for a Design Review Permit to remodel the exterior of an existing, nonconforming singlefamily residence, to include new roof elements, decking, windows and doors, and building materials ITEM 3 DRB17-001 CDP17-001 LC17-001 APN: 299-136-03 Location: 2048 Ocean Front Owner: Marie Hasnain Zone: R1-5B Overlay Zone: Beach Environmental Status: Categorically Exempt pursuant to
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Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15303 (a) (Class 3 – New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). Contact Person: Jean Crutchfield, Associate Planner Description: A request for Design Review Permit, Coastal Development Permit, and Land Conservation Permits to allow the demolition of an existing singlefamily residence and the construction of a two-story, single-family residence with associated grading, landscaping and yard improvements. Note: This property is located within the appeals jurisdiction of the California Coastal Commission. ITEM 4 DRB17-002 APN: 299-062-13 Location: 228 26th Street Applicant/Owner: Lynn Prescott Applicant Agent: BGI Architecture Zone: RM-East Environmental Status: Exempt Contact Person: Breann Guzman, Assistant Planner Description: A request for a Design Review Board
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- LEGAL NOTICES A100 request for a Design Review Board Permit to modify the roof pitch on the northern portion of the residence from an existing flat roof, to a sloped roof design. ITEM 5 DRB17-007 CDP17-003 LC17-002 APN: 299-072-12 Location: 2115 Balboa Avenue Owner: Edward and Ruth Evans Applicant: Bokal and Sneed Architects Zone: R1-10 Environmental Status: Categorically Exempt per Section 15301 (e) (Class 1 – Existing Facilities). Contact Person: Evan Langan, AICP, Associate Planner Description: A request for Design Review, Coastal Development and Land Conservation Permits to allow the demolition of an existing single-family residence and the construction of a new, two-story, single-family residence over a basement, a detached accessory structure (carport), and associated grading, site, and landscaping improvements. Note: This property is located within the appeals jurisdiction of the California Coastal Commission ADJOURNMENT DM 4952172 5/11/2017 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 PETITION OF: Evangeline Julia Sanchez for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR A CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2017-00015805-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner(S): Evangeline Julia Sanchez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Present Name : Evangeline Julia Sanchez to Proposed Name: Evangeline Julia Purser THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 16, 2017 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: 46 The address of the court is: 220 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Del Mar Times Date: 05/02/2017 Jeffrey B. Barton Judge of the Superior Court 5/11. 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2017
EVENT BRIEFS Del Mar Foundation Spring Meet & Greet The Del Mar Foundation is holding its next spring no-host Meet & Greet at Seasalt Del Mar on Thursday, May 25, from 6 – 9 p.m. Jointly organized by the Foundation’s Special Events and Young Del Mar committees, this event offers extended Happy Hour pricing to attendees. Meet & Greet events provide neighbors the opportunity to connect with one another in a casual setting. Seasalt Del Mar is located at 2282 Carmel Valley Road (seasaltdelmar.com). Reservations are requested at delmarfoundation.org or by calling 858-635-1363. For more information about the Del Mar Foundation, visit delmarfoundation.org.
2017 Fiesta del Sol The 2017 Fiesta del Sol will be held Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21 adjacent to Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach within the area bordered by South Sierra Avenue and Acacia Avenue. The Fiesta del Sol is presented by the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Belly Up and the City of Solana Beach. There is no admission charge to the Fiesta del Sol. The Fiesta del Sol opens each morning at 9 a.m. with the arts and crafts fair and closes each evening at 9 p.m. after the conclusion of the last musical performance. The Fiesta del Sol rocks Solana Beach with a diverse musical showcase providing continuous live music. The event also features a variety of food offerings and showcases an eclectic array of arts and crafts exhibits, as well as a special area just for kids with rides, games and hands-on activities. For more information, visit fiestadelsol.net
Comedy Night benefit May 19 “Comedy Night” comedians will be featured the night of Friday, May 19, at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. The event will feature headliner Russ T. Nailz, Terrell Wright (from T-Money on Storage Hunters) and Emcee Zach Miller. Time: 5:30 p.m. silent auction and raffle; 6 p.m. buffet, and 7 p.m. show time. Fairbanks Ranch Country Club is located at 15150 San Dieguito Rd., RSF. Reservations: 858-605-3232. Proceeds to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego County (UCP).
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Can’t always make it to the library to get that book you want? Downloading ebooks may be the way to go! On Wednesday, May 17, 6 p.m., the Solana Beach library is offering a one-time program to guide you through the process of downloading materials from the library collection. Books, audiobooks, movies, and magazines are available for your computer, smart phone, or tablet. All are free and accessible from the comfort of your home. There is no fee or registration necessary for this program, just come with your library card and device. The library location is 157 Stevens Ave, and the phone is 858-755-1404.
Kids can make Mother’s Day Bouquets at Del Mar Farmers Market On Saturday, May 13, the Del Mar Farmers Market, invites children to come make a beautiful flower bouquet and card for their mothers. The event is free and starts at 1p.m. and will end when supplies run out. Treats will be served. Come shop for fresh, seasonal produce, eat lunch and make a beautiful floral arrangement for Mom. The market is located at 225 9th Street, Shores Park. Lots of free parking available.
Wine Women & Shoes benefit May 20 Voices for Children’s sixth annual Wine Women & Shoes event will be held on May 20, from 2-5 p.m. at the historic Canfield-Wright Estate in Del Mar. The afternoon garden party featuring fashion, fine wine, and philanthropy will benefit Voices for Children (VFC) and its Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. Organized by VFC and event co-chairs Patricia Brutten and Marina Marrelli, the fundraiser includes a fashion show, premium wine tasting, delicious food from Waters Catering, a fashion marketplace for guests to roam and shop, and an exciting live auction. In addition, the popular “Key to the Closet” and “Wall of Wine” opportunities are back for the 2017 event. Last year’s Wine Women & Shoes benefiting Voices for Children grossed a record $305,000 which will further VFC’s mission to transform the lives of abused children by providing them with volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). For more information, including ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities, visit speakupnow.org/WWS or contact Sheila Owens at (858) 598-2261 or SheilaO@speakupnow.org. To learn more about the Wine Women & Shoes event series, visit winewomenandshoes.com.
Pirate Days at Maritime Museum
Chapter members. $10 for others. Information: 760-704-6436.
Woodward Puppy Prom rescheduled to May 21 Helen Woodward Animal Center’s 5th Annual Puppy Prom was postponed due to recent rainy weather. The 5th Annual Puppy Prom will now take place on Sunday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to noon at Casa Sol y Mar (Del Mar Highlands Town Center) at 12865 El Camino Real, San Diego, 92130. Visit animalcenter.org
Depression/bipolar group meets May 16 The Del Mar branch of Depression Bipolar Support Alliance will meet from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, at Pacifica Del Mar restaurant in the Del Mar Plaza. For information about the group, contact Roger Alsabrook at 858-525-1509 or rogeralsabrook@yahoo.com.
Del Mar Friends of Jung free film May 19 Free film - Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames, May 19, 7:30 p.m., The Winston School, 215 9th St, Del Mar, CA 92014. This is a powerful, insightful documentary, which provides a close up look at the life of renowned Jungian Analyst and author Marion Woodman. She shares the mysteries of her own soul’s journey and reveals a series of psychological “deaths” and “rebirths” that made her one of the wisest and most authentic women of the 20th century. Post film discussion led by Clinical Psychologist, MFT and author Sally Nelson, PhD.
Del Mar San Dieguito Lagoon Day
Maritime Museum of San Diego will host a two-day Pirate Days celebration Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for children and adults. The event includes kids costume contests, cannon firings, weapon demonstrations, sword fights, live parrots, mermaid grotto, live music, and scavenger hunt for pirate treasures. Visit sdmaritime.org. or call 619-234-9153, ext. 101.
Come for a day of family-friendly events. On Saturday, May 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Del Mar Lagoon Committee is planning a day of fun for all ages at the Birdwing located east of San Andreas and just below Via de la Valle. At 8:30 a.m., a San Dieguito River Park Ranger will lead interested participants on a birdwalk. At 10 a.m. Wild Wonders will present live native birds, reptiles and mammals. This will be followed by three hours of events including art projects, hands-on science and animal identification games. Admission is free and participants may drop in at any time.
Next SDMA art lecture May 15 in Del Mar
‘Beethoven and Beyond’ concert May 21
On Monday, May 15 in Del Mar, Speaker Ariel Plotek, Ph.D., curator of Modern Art and Contemporary Art at the San Diego Museum of Art, will highlight the modern work in abstract forms that has established sculptor Richard Deacon at the forefront of British sculpture since the 1980s and whose work is now exhibited through July 25, at SDMA. The lecture will be held in St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, Del Mar, 15th and Maiden Lane (across from the Del Mar Plaza). Registration and refreshments at 9:30 a.m. and meeting from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free for San Diego Museum of Art, North County
The North Coast Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Swem will perform its next concert, “Beethoven and Beyond,” on Sunday, May 21, at 2:30 p.m. at Seaside Community Church, 1050 Regal Road, Encinitas, 92024. The program features Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 8”, Enesco’s “Rumanian Rhapsody No.1”, Verdi’s “Force of Destiny”, and Kodály’s “Intermezzo from ‘Háry János’”. More information is available from the orchestra website, northcoastsymphony.com. The orchestra is funded in part by the City of Encinitas and the SEE EVENTS, B19
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• For more tender spears, trim stringy, wood-like ends and peel two inches from the bottom with a potato peeler. • Wine pairing is tricky with asparagus as it contains a sulphur compound that imparts a metallic taste to the drink. Best to serve grassy, aromatic white wines like Italian Prosecco or cool climate ones with herbal notes. Steer clear of astringent wines like reds with high levels of tannins.
Spring’s best stalk options “Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries.” — Barbara Kingslover
Boys of Summer
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hh, the seductive asparagus spear, considered the caviar of the vegetable world, heralds the arrival of spring as bright green bunches line produce aisles and farmers market stands. Close to botanical perfection, this member of the lily family has but one quirky trait — it perfumes urine with an odiferous pungency as a result of the chemical breakdown of amino acids, specifically asparagusic acid. Get the best out of these seasonal treasures while they’re good and plenty during their peak season from April to June.
On the Stalk Market
While the most popular variety of asparagus is the green-hued, this delicacy comes in shades of purple and white. The latter version is grown beneath mounds of sandy soil to stave off photosynthesis and the formation of the plant’s green-pigmented chlorophyll, while purple and pink plants are naturally occurring Italian varieties thanks to the presence of an antioxidant-rich pigment called anthocyanins, and 40 genes (compared to half that in green varieties).
Being dioecious asparagus has both male and female plants. The female species produces fruit as the flower morphs into little red berries. This energy intense process results in puny, slender female stalks compared to thick, brawny male ones, making the boys the preferred choice of growers.
Stalk Up
Asparagus is a potent package of phytonutrients, containing a rich store of vitamins (A, B’s including folate, C, E and K) to boost the immune system, calm the nerves, promote healthy blood COURTESY clotting and pregnancies, and enhance eye, skin and heart health. Packed with For a milder, less grassy flavor, choose assorted minerals from copper, iron, and selenium to potassium, calcium white ones; for a zippier, more bitter and manganese asparagus balances taste, go for the purple stalks. fluids and stabilizes other metabolic functions, while boosting bone health. Asparagus Tips There’s more. Its source of inulin • When picking asparagus, look for makes this mighty spear a digestive aid, firm stalks with smooth unblemished while high fiber content keeps the skin, and uniform color. constitution humming. Asparagus also • Tips should be dry and tightly contains a detoxifying substance called packed. glutathione, which clobbers free • Store for several days in the radicals and lowers cancer risks, while refrigerator either wrapped in a its anti-inflammatory properties keep dampened paper towel, or standing joints well lubricated, and the brain on upright in a shallow cup of water.
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■ Ingredients: 24 asparagus, trimmed; 6 slices thick-cut bacon; 3 tablespoons virgin olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika; chopped scallions ■ Method: Preheat oven to 400 F. Whisk together oil and seasonings. Set aside. Divide asparagus into 6 bunches. Wrap bacon around each bunch. Place on parchment-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with oil mixture. Bake 15 minutes or until bacon is cooked. Drain. Garnish with chopped scallions. — kitchenshrink@san.rr.com
its toes. Finally, this jolly green giant has been known to elevate mood, promote a restful sleep, and even alleviate hangover symptoms.
Grilling to Chilling
Asparagus is just as delightful cold as warm, raw as cooked, enlivening breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks. It pairs well with creamy Hollandaise, a balsamic glaze, sweet cream butter, Parmesan shavings, bacon or pancetta. Blend in frittatas, risottos, pasta dishes, crepe fillings, stir-fries or salads for an added crunch and antioxidant oomph. Juice spears with carrots, lemons, cucumbers or tart apples. Or serve solo either raw as crudités with a Greek yoghurt dip, or grilled, steamed, barbecued, sautéed, broiled or wrapped in pancetta or bacon as an impressive appetizer.
Architectural/design walking tour to be held in RSF The Palomar Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the WIA|P Palomar Chapter of Women in Architecture present the Rancho Santa Fe Tour Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., starting at the Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society. “A Walk through The Village of Rancho Santa Fe” will feature nine points of interest — seven historic buildings, including two interiors. The tour will focus on the urban design and architectural contributions of architect Lilian J.
Rice, master architect for the plan of the Rancho Santa Fe Village and downtown, identifying several of the architectural design elements, influences, details and material choices. The tour is immediately followed by a post tour social and a recount of the history of the Hunts Club and the Santa Fe Hunt. The tour is guided by the Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society and is a fundraiser for WIA|P programs and events. Tickets: www.AIAPalomar/WIASpringTour
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North County Pi Beta Phi meeting North County Pi Beta Phi meeting, luncheon and Cookie Shine will be held on Saturday, May 20, at 11 a.m. For more information and location, contact Martha at 858-755-7564.
New exhibit at Herbert B. Turner Gallery Herbert B. Turner Gallery in Del Mar will feature the photography of Terry Scott Allen. Scott Allen’s “Lonely California” is a collection of photographic images depicting California’s remote back country and quiet places. His selections are large in scale and deep in detail as well as being thought
FROM CINEMAS, B5 on the menu is the bright blue “The Lasso of Truth” inspired by “Wonder Woman” which comes out June 2, featuring Grey Goose, St. Germaine, grenadine and blue Curacao garnished with a sword of raspberries. “We update the menu all the time throughout the year to do movie tie-ins,” Reed said. “They’re a big hit, they’re delicious and we’re proud because our bartenders here create them.” As part of the re-opening festivities on May 13, complimentary popcorn will be served along with a special wine and cheese plate combo that will be available for $10. All proceeds from each combo purchased will go to The Vision of Children Foundation, a national nonprofit
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provoking. A Grand Reception is scheduled for May 20, 2-5 p.m. Exhibition dates are May 13 to July 1, 2017. Refreshments served, free parking, free admission. 2010 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. Visit hbtgallery.com
Foreign Film: The Waking of Ned Devine Friday, May 12, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. San Elijo Campus of MiraCosta College, 3333 Manchester Ave, Cardiff, CA 92007, room 204. Free. Foreign Film: The Waking of Ned Devine, Ireland, English. 1998, 1h 31 min; rated PG Set in Ireland, this British comedy weaves a tale about a reclusive Irish villager, who dies of shock upon learning that he has won the lottery. The comedy unravels as his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money. Information: lifesanelijo@gmail.com
organization based in San Diego whose mission is to cure hereditary childhood blindness and other vision disorders, and to improve the lives of visually-impaired individuals and their families. The opening will also mark the official debut of a partnership between the theater and the Del Mar Art Center, a local nonprofit art gallery. Works of art from the Del Mar Art Center fill the walls of the expanded lobby and the hallways — local artists’ work will be rotated in throughout the year and will be available for purchase. Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Del Mar is located at Del Mar Highlands Town Center, 12905 El Camino Real, San Diego (Carmel Valley) 92130. For more information or movie times, visit www.cinepolisusa.com/del-mar.aspx
FROM INBLOOM, B4 plantings stuffed into jeans near clothing stores Van de Vort and Lone Flag, and an antique bathtub full of flowers near Between the Sheets. Succulents have been meticulously placed in flower boxes and beds and a centerpiece is the stunning rainbow of flower umbrellas that float above the center courtyard, where people can gather on artificial turf below. Under the umbrellas is also where the fashion shows and movie nights will be held. A fun element of inBloom is the Playhouse Palooza. Local builders and architects were tapped to design unique playhouses for children to explore at the center---the playhouses will be auctioned off to the builders’ charity of choice in July. Charities that will benefit Warrior to Soulmate, Merlin’s Magic Wand children’s foundation, Rady Children’s Hospital, Girl Scouts of America and the Challenged Athletes Foundation. “Transformation,” the playhouse by McCarthy Building Companies and Safdie Rabines Architects positioned near Starbucks, resembles a cocoon inspired by a butterfly’s metamorphosis. PCL Construction, and Merlin Entertainments created a Legoland-inspired Lego playhouse for kids to check out close to Gepetto’s Toys. A workshop space has been set aside like a Pinterest board come to life where people will take advantage of a month-long calendar of hands-on workshops such as
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Jeans stuffed with plants at inBloom at Flower Hill. driftwood succulents with Infinite Succulents, gardening with TV personality Shirley Bovshow, herb and edible gardening with Urban Plantations, plant-infused mixology and herb-infused tea brewing. A full calendar of events can be found at experienceinbloom.com.
FROM HATS, B1 Jackson Wagner, former patient at Rady Children’s Hospital, engaged the audience by sharing how he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2012 at the age of 17. The doctors had found a tumor in his stomach that was growing rapidly, and he spent six months at Rady Children’s Hospital enduring intense chemotherapy. Jackson shared his experiences of his journey and how Child Life Services helped him cope through this very difficult time in his life. Jackson is now in remission, supporting Rady Children’s Hospital by speaking at charity events and attending college. Taylor and Kelsey, specialists from Child Life Services explained how they prepare children
psychologically for surgery and offer emotional support and coping techniques, such as relaxation, diversion and deep breathing. They demonstrated with medical equipment showing how they help familiarize young patients with the equipment and procedures. These vital programs of Child Life services are proven to be an invaluable aspect of treating the whole child, however these services are not covered by insurance. With philanthropic support, Rady Children’s offers exceptional care to patients in a holistic environment. The Del Mar Unit of the auxiliary is thankful to all its supporters and donors. Donations help ensure that care matters over cost, and that children are not turned away because their parents cannot pay. Rady Children’s
Hospital Auxiliary is an all-volunteer organization whose mission is to support children through advocacy, community awareness, and fundraising. Visit www.rchadelmar.org or Facebook @RadyChildrensHospital AuxiliaryDelMar Online: www.delmartimes.net
Rady Child Life Specialists Taylor Brenner and Kelsey Grover
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7072 Via Agave Dan Conway, Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty 13773 Rosecroft Way Charles & Farryl Moore, Coldwell Banker 5280 White Emerald Dr. Charles & Farryl Moore, Coldwell Banker 11180 Corte Pleno Verano Karen Matsukevich, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 5747 Meadows Del Mar Julie Split-Keyes, Berkshire Hathaway
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