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By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE —

Fashion trends, friends andmore took center stage tohelp support The CountryFriends at their 57th annualArt of Fashion fundraiser atThe Inn at Rancho Santa Fe.

The event, expected toraise $150,000 for the manycauses it supports, was againa top-drawer event with aluncheon and runway fashionshow.

“The event is very impor-

At the check-in table are Country Friends: Back row MarthaHarris-Pankaw and Jolene Davidson Front row: Betty Jo Billlick,Molly Santistevan and Amber Persia-Hodges. Below, MicheleBrown and Claudine Van Gonka represent the San Diego BloodBank at the event. Photos by Patty McCormac

Above, Connie McNally receivedhonors for her years of hard workon behalf of the Country Friends.Below, Marci Cavanaugh, presi-dent of The Country Friends,which supports nearly 30 charita-ble organizations in the area.

By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE

— The Association gave aunanimous thumbs down toa proposed developmentjust outside the Covenant,calling it inconsistent withthe rest of the developmentalong the scenic Del Dioscorridor.

Although the proposeddevelopment is out of theAssociation’s area ofauthority, the board votedto send a letter to SanDiego County in oppositionto the development, whichwould require an amend-ment of the Santa Fe ValleySpecific Plan.

“It is important for usto weigh in,” said IvanHoller, planning director.

The development siteproposed by CaliforniaWest Communities is at theintersection of Del DiosHighway and Bing CrosbyBoulevard, Chris Livoni,assistant planner forRancho Santa Fe, told theboard.

“This site is outside ofthe main gate of the Crosbydevelopment,” he said.

The proposed develop-ment would consist of 13two-story, single-familydetached homes on 7,000-and 8,000-square-foot lots.“This type of subdivision isnearly identical to thosefound in portions of 4SRanch or Carmel Valley,”Livoni said.

He said the typical sideyard setback would be 5feet.

“Although the pad ele-vation ranges for 13 to 35feet below Del DiosHighway, the rooftops ofmost of the homes would bevisible from Del Dios,” hesaid.

Livoni told the boardthis type of subdivision lay-out has small lots, all two-story and only two varia-tions of floor plan, which isinappropriate for this sec-tion of the Del Dios corri-dor.

“With its small lotsizes, similarity of housingtypes, visibility of rooftopsfrom Del Dios Highway andthe resulting additionalvehicle trips, as proposed,the project is inconsistentwith the large lot develop-ment patterns along thescenic Del Dios corridor,”Livoni said.

He said that along withthe added visual and com-munity character impacts,the proposed development,the transfer of 10 additionaldwelling units would resultin an increase in traffic on

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By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE —

Mark Rababy, the owner ofthe gas station and adjoiningproperty at 16951 Via deSanta Fe, came before theAssociation to plead his caseabout the code violationissued to him for storing vehi-cles and horse trailers on hisproperty.

“I am a gas station,”Rababy told the board. “Wefix cars. We fix horse trailers.We fix everything. They arethere for repair.”

Rababy said he does notunderstand the concern.

“All of a sudden it’s aproblem,” he said. “I feel likeI’m being harassed by thisgroup of people. The gas sta-tion has been there since the1920s. I am upset about this.”

These issues are usuallyhandled in a private sessionbefore the board but Rababyopted to go public with it.

Arnold Keene, field oper-ations manger for theAssociation, told Rababy thatit is not just the Associationthat is concerned about thetrailers and vehicles on hisproperty.

“We have a lot of resi-

dents asking why these trail-ers are there constantly,”Keene said.

Keene said Rababy hasbeen warned many timesabout the clutter.

A year ago in September,the Association sent an initialnotice of Covenant Violationto Rababy. In November ofthat year it was noted thatseveral of the violations hadbeen resolved, but the horsetrailer subject of the originalviolation was still on the prop-erty. He was sent a notice ofviolation advising him to cor-rect the violation by removingthe horse trailer. In January ofthis year, Association staffsaw the horse trailer was stillon the property, Keene said.

“A notice of board actionfor non-compliance was sentto Rababy advising him of aboard hearing to discussactions on the CovenantViolation,” Keene said.

The trailer was removedprior to the hearing date andthe date was cancelled,Keene said.

Still residents complainabout the clutter of cars,trucks and trailers.

“To me, this is a goodneighbor issue,” directorAnne Feighner said.

The Rancho Santa FeRegulatory Code states that:“No vehicles such as horsetrailers … or other such trail-ers shall be stored when inview from the street or otherresidences.”

Rababy said he does notagree with the Association’sdefinition of the word “stor-age.”

Those vehicles are therefor repair, he said. He said oneof the vehicles there had wait-ed seven months for a part.

Director RochellePutnam asked if there weresome way to work together tocome up some kind of screen-ing.

“That lot has been aneyesore since I’ve been here,”said Association DirectorEamon Callahan. He addedthat he does not feel rightabout dictating to Rababyabout keeping vehicles therefor repair on the property.

“Somehow we shouldwork together to try to comeup with a resolution,” he said.

Callahan said he wouldmake himself available tohelp Rababy come up with asolution.

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RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSOCT. 5, 2012 A3

By Patty McCormacRANCHO SANTA FE

— The Association gave itsfull support to the RanchoRiding Club, which is plan-ning some renovation andaesthetic improvement forthe property.

The changes in the club-house will include repaint-ing the exterior, replace-ment of the windows anddoors, re-roofing the build-ing and alterations to theentry terrace.

“Several wooden trellis-es are proposed throughoutthe property to provideshade,” said Robert Green,building commissioner.

The wooden siding onthe barn is to be replacedand repainted. Some doorand window alterations willbe done as well as an addi-tion of cupolas.

“They are going withwhite with green trim,” hesaid.

Green said the projecthas been run by the art jury,which has given it supportsubject to one condition.

“Landscaping isrequired to screen the proj-ect off-site,” he said. “If forany reason the final,approved landscape installa-tion does not meet thisobjective, the Associationmay require additional

plantings.”The cost of the project

will not be shared by theAssociation,

“The cost is borne bythe riding club,” saidRochelle Putnam, anAssociation director.

In other Associationnews, Kathy Malick, anAssociation, member spoketo the board at the Sept. 20meeting about the possibili-ty of adding the opportunityfor people to retire locally.

“You can do everythingin Rancho Santa Fe, exceptgrow old,” she said.

She said when peoplegrow older and wish todownsize, it is difficult to dobecause there are few small-er homes that are conducivefor retirees.

“How can we downsizeand still stay in thecovenant?” she asked. “Thiscommunity is so dear tomany of us and we love ithere, but when you leave thecommunity, you leavebehind the lifestyle.”

She proposed creatinglots for smaller customhomes for retirees to beplaced somewhere off thebeaten path like near theOsuna Ranch.

“We hear this as aboard constantly,” said LarrySpitcaufsky, director. “I

agree with everything yousaid.”

He said he understandsthat people might grow tiredof the upkeep of a largehome and multiple acres.

“I do think there is areal need for that,” he said.

Also at the meeting,businessman Tim Cusac,owner of Caffe Positano andRancho Sandwich, spoke tothe board about the demandfrom the Association that heremove all signs from hissandwich shop.

“The signs have beenup for six years and no onehas said boo,” he said.

Cusac said he wishedthe board had come to himpersonally instead of notify-ing his landlord.

“I’ve always been aresponsible and respectfulneighbor,” he said.

Cusac said that whenJack Queen was on theboard, he made an effort toget to know the issues busi-ness people face who havetheir shops in the villageand he wishes the currentboard would pick up whereQueen left off.

Director EamonCallahan said he under-stands.

“We don’t want to drivebusiness out of here,” hesaid.

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Ahead of lobster season, fishermen concerned about sand replenishmentBy Jared Whitlock

COAST CITIES — Thissummer, a long-planned sanddredge designed to widenbeaches for tourists and resi-dents was postponed by near-ly two months from its origi-nal completion date.

Many lobstermen areworried about the delay, tosay the least.

“I was never in favor, butif they had to do this project,spring or summer wouldhave been a much bettertime,” said Wayne Campbell,a lobsterman who docks hisboat at Oceanside Harbor.

SANDAG (San DiegoAssociation of Government)kicked off the $22.5 millionsand project about fourweeks ago at Imperial Beach.

Once the project is com-plete in two months, 1.4 mil-lion cubic yards of sand willhave been placed on beachesfrom Imperial Beach toOceanside.

Originally the projectwas slated for late summer,but was then delayed untilOctober through earlyNovember for North Countybeaches.

That means the sandinflux will overlap with thepeak of lobster season, whichstarts Sept. 27 and ends inMarch.

According to a SANDAGmonitoring report, lobster isthe most valuable species forthe local fishing industry.

In the fall and winter,larger and more frequentwaves move sand offshore.Campbell said the newlydeposited sand from thereplenishment project willwash off the beach and burynearshore reefs and kelpbeds where lobsters live, dis-placing them and endanger-ing larva.

“Without the reefs,

there are less lobster to catchand they aren’t as pre-dictable,” Campbell said.

While difficult to esti-mate, Campbell expects hisincome to drop 15 or 20 per-cent this season due to thesand-replenishment project.

It wouldn’t be the firsttime a beach-replenishmentproject has decreased catch-es, Campbell said.

He blames a particularlypoor 2001-02 season on thelast SANDAG beach-replen-ishment project in 2001 thatplaced 2.1 million cubicyards of sand on local beach-es.

According to a SANDAGenvironmental impactreport, lobster catchesreported by the Oceansideport, one data point, fell fromabout 57,000 in 2001 to40,000 the next year. Thereport states the sand dumpmay have played a role in thedecline, but notes it’s diffi-cult to isolate because of anarray of variables influenc-ing lobster season.

Because catchesrebounded in 2003, thereport concluded the 2001beach-replenishment projectlikely didn’t have a longtermeffect.

The report also explainsthe 2001 project may haveadversely affected lobsterlarva, though not significant-ly and only for a brief period.

In response, Campbellsaid it’s commonly acceptedamong fishermen that largedredge projects hurt fishing,especially ones as large asSANDAG’s. He added, “Evenhurting one season is toomuch.”

And Campbell believesthis year’s SANDAG projectwill have a greater impactthan it had in 2001.

The 2001 sand project

took place from April toSeptember, avoiding thepeak of lobster season.

But with the currentproject in North County, thesand is scheduled to bepumped from early Octoberto early December at CardiffState Beach, MoonlightBeach, Batiquitos Lagoon, aswell as at heavily fishedareas at north and southCarlsbad beaches and thesouthern end of Oceanside’sbeachfront.

“The first few months oflobster fishing are the best,”Campbell said. “Even threeor four weeks of delay makea big difference.”

SANDAG awarded thebid for the project to GreatLakes Dredge & Dockbecause they have a largerdredge and could completethe project in half the time.

The company was due tostart the sand project inAugust, but had equipmentproblems at a Virginia site,postponing the San Diegoproject until September.

The large dredge andother equipment will be ateach North County site for aweek or two. As such, lobster-men worry dredging opera-tions, including pipes andboats, could temporarilylimit where lobstermen canfish and potentially damagetraps that are already set.

An estimated 10,000 to12,000 lobster traps are setduring peak lobster season,according to SANDAG’s envi-ronmental draft report fromlast year.

In another section, thereport advises: “In an effortto reduce the impact on com-mercial fishing, sand place-

ment would occur betweenMarch 25 and September 15,to the extent feasible, so as tonot adversely affect lobsterseason.”

Shelby Tucker,SANDAG’s project managerof the beach replenishmentsaid they have conductedconsiderable outreach to letlobstermen know about theproject.

Based on feedback fromthem, she said SANDAG hasasked Great Lakes Dredge &Dock to revise transit routesat some beaches in order tominimize the impact on lob-ster fishing.

“We tried to accommo-date the lobstermen as muchas we can,” Tucker said. “Theother thing to remember isthat there are lot of movingparts to this. Lobstermenaren’t the only group we had

to accommodate.“We had to work with

city governments and orches-trate things around environ-mental groups who are con-cerned about variouswildlife, like grunion sea-son,” she added.

Grunions peak spawningseason is from March to earlyJune.

Tucker touted the bene-fits of the sand replenish-ment, including savinghomes threatened by coastalerosion and giving peoplemore sand area at beaches, afactor that’s important fortourism.

The current beach-replenishment project wasoriginally scheduled to takeplace from April to October,according to Tucker. Somehave suggested pushing backthe project to next spring.But that would cost millionsat this point, Tucker said.

Ted Pendleton, a lobster-man who fishes from SanClemente to La Jolla, said hewishes the sand dump wasn’tapproved in the first place.

Although it’s difficult todetermine, his businesscould experience a 20 per-cent decline this year as aresult of the beach replenish-ment.

He questioned why sandis being placed on beaches inthe fall and early winter.

“The big waves willwash it away before it set-tles,” Pendleton said.

In addition to lobster,other marine life stand to beimpacted, he said.

“Almost all underwaterlife relatively close to theshore will be affected — anentire ecosystem,” Pendeltonsaid. “Everyone should bemore concerned with what’sunderneath the water, notjust what’s next to it.”

Adam, a lobsterman who did not wish to give his last name and declined to comment, preps for lobster sea-son by stacking traps on a boat docked at Oceanside Harbor. Many Lobstermen are concerned about abeach-replenishment project that could adversely affect the peak of lobster season. Photo by Jared Whitlock

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RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSA4 OCT. 5, 2012

By Gene LyonsBack in my college days, a fel-

low from my hometown wentaround telling people he’d been anall-state high school football play-er. In reality, he’d been a bench-warmer. He was a big, strong kid,but you could watch him walkdown the stairs and see he was noelite athlete.

People asked me about it, andI never knew what to say. We had-n’t particularly been friends inhigh school, but I had no wish tohumiliate him. He was doing thatall by himself.

Oddly, most of our mutualfriends were college football jockswho never believed his story for aminute.

Was it more funny or sad? Inever decided. Other improbabletales followed. He eventually leftschool under a cloud, and I neverlearned how things turned out forhim. All right, I hope. We were 19,for heaven’s sake.

Maybe you can guess whereI’m going here. Is it more laugh-able or embarrassing that theRepublican nominee for vice pres-ident of the United States is a 42-year-old guy who made inflatedclaims about his athletic prowessin the seeming belief that nobodywould know the difference?

Rep. Paul Ryan’s boast was noidle slip of the tongue. It came dur-ing an extended interview withconservative radio host HughHewitt, who asked about his dis-tance running. Here’s the tran-script:

HEWITT: But you did runmarathons at some point?

RYAN: Yeah, but I can’t do itanymore, because my back is justnot that great.

HEWITT: I’ve just gotta ask,what’s your personal best?

RYAN: Under three, hightwos. I had a two hour and fifty-something.

HEWITT: Holy smokes!...RYAN: I was fast when I was

younger, yeah.Faced with an interlocutor

who knew that he’d claimed anelite time, Ryan should havebacked off immediately. Instead,he doubled-down. It wasn’t untilRunner’s World documented thathis actual recorded time was fourhours and change that the candi-date had to admit he wasn’t so fast,but distinctly average.

It was, of course, an accidental“misstatement.” His brother wassaid to be teasing him about it.

I’ll bet he was.I wonder if they also talked

about their hometown GeneralMotors factory whose closing wasannounced before PresidentObama’s election?

Also, did you know that Rep.Ryan has this genius plan to bal-ance the federal budget by sharplycutting Mitt Romney’s taxes? It’scalled “Two Hours and Fifty-Something to Prosperity,” or some-thing like that.

All the Irish-American cutieswith the big eyes on the TV newsnetworks call Ryan a “deficithawk” because they haven’t donethe arithmetic. The people whohave charitably describe hisscheme as a fantasy.

Even CNN’s Erin Burnett

sensed there might be somethingvaguely amiss with Ryan’s bigGOP convention speech. “Therewill be issues with some of thefacts,” she conceded. “But it moti-vated people. He’s a man who saysI care deeply about every singleword ... And he delivered on that.Precise, clear and passionate.”

For example, Ryan passion-ately decried President Obama’shandling of the federal budgetdeficit. “He created a new biparti-san debt commission,” Ryansneered. “They came back with anurgent report. He thanked them,sent them on their way, and thendid exactly nothing.”

Precisely speaking, thatwould be the Simpson-Bowles com-mission, which never formallyissued a report, urgent or other-wise. That’s because the MarathonMan himself led fellow GOP com-missioners in voting against it. Atthe time Ryan explained — get aload of this — that Simpson-Bowles failed to include bigenough Medicaid and Medicarecuts.

Remember that when he andRomney go around accusingPresident Obama of “looting”$716billion from the Medicare trustfund. They promise to restore it,which should be easy, as thecharge is false. Obamacare actual-ly extends the trust fund’s life byreducing payments to insurancecompanies and hospitals (whichagreed to the changes). Not cuts,savings.

Also remember that Ryan’slatest fantasy budget,which HouseRepublicans supported unani-mously, includes the selfsameMedicare spending reductions hedenounces.

(Meanwhile, Romney goesaround saying that Medicare sav-ings will “depress innovation —and jobs — in medicine.” What?Government spending createsjobs? This is heresy. Anyway, nosweat, as the savings are being putto work supporting Obamacare.)

But back to Rep. Ryan’s bigspeech. In it, he also passionatelydenounced Obama for last sum-mer’s (meaningless) Standard &Poor’s credit downgrade.

And guess why that hap-pened? On CBS News, Scott Pelleyread S&P’s explanation of its deci-sion to Ryan’s face. It specificallystated that House Republicans’absolute refusal to compromise onPresident Obama’s “GrandBargain” had brought about fiscalparalysis.

The GOP leader, of course,was House Budget Chairman Rep.Paul Ryan, who just kept on talk-ing as if the CBS anchorman had-n’t spoken.

It’s well known that Ryan’shigh school classmates elected him“Biggest Brown-Noser.” Too badthey had no “Biggest Bulls****er”contest.

Marathon Man would haveretired the trophy.

(Arkansas Times columnistGene Lyons is a National Magazine

Award winner and co-author of“The Hunting of the President” (St.

Martin’s Press, 2000).You can emailLyons at

eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.)

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By Bianca KaplanekDEL MAR — City

Council adopted a resolutionurging the NuclearRegulatory Commission torequire a public licenseamendment hearing beforeSONGS (San Onofre NuclearGenerating Station) is allowedto restart.

The unanimous vote fol-lowed presentations fromexperts on both sides of theissue regarding the troubledgenerators at San Onofreplant.

Before making the deci-sion at the Sept. 24 meeting,Mayor Carl Hilliard askedMark Nelson, director of gen-eration, planning and strategyfor primary plant ownerSouthern California Edison, ifhis company would opposesuch a resolution by Del Marand other cities for a morecomplete and transparenthearing related to safetyissues.

“I certainly don’t thinkit’s necessary,” Nelson said.“The NRC has laid out a pathand we think that that path,along with our regulator, isappropriate.”

Hilliard said any govern-mental agency should take asmuch public input as is avail-able to it and embrace theconcept of public hearings.

“I’m not sure I under-stand the reluctance of Edisonto endorse that suggestion,”he said.

“I think it’s really anissue of the NRC’s experienceand what the regulator sees asreasonable,” Nelson said. “Atthis point we’ll follow the pathof our regulator.”

Unit 2 at SONGS wastaken offline Jan. 9 for ascheduled inspection. Unit 3was shut down Jan. 31 after asmall leak was discovered inone of its 19,454 steam gener-ator tubes. The plant has yetto be restarted but Edisonmay soon submit a request tobring Unit 2 back online.

Daniel Hirsch, a lectureron nuclear policy at theUniversity of California SantaCruz, explained that steamgenerator tubes are importantto nuclear power plantsbecause they provide the cool-ing necessary to avoid a melt-down, which can result inradioactivity being releasedinto the environment.

To transfer heat efficient-ly, the tubes must be thin. Toprevent radioactivity frombeing released, they also needto be strong, Hirsch said.

The original steam gener-ators at SONGS began to failafter about 20 years, he said.Edison bought new ones fromMitsubishi Heavy Industriesthat had substantial designchanges compared to the orig-inals, Hirsch said.

Because of the differ-ences, Edison should havebeen required to submit alicense amendment request tothe NRC, Hirsch said. But thatwould trigger a higher level ofreview and a possible requestfrom the public for an eviden-tiary hearing.

So Edison told the NRCthis was like a replacement,Hirsch said.

The SONGS tubes haveanti-vibration bars and aseries of support plates. Eachprovides a place where therecan be rubbing, which canresult in thinning, which can

cause the tube to burst,Hirschsaid.

Hirsch said there are fourpossible types of rubbing andall occurred at SONGS.

According to an Edisonpress release read by Hirsch,“The nature of wear is notunusual in new steam genera-tors and is part of equipmentsettling in.”

Because the NRC didn’thave data to confirm that,Hirsch said he and his stu-dents went through every in-service inspection report forevery new steam generator inthe country that had run fortwo years, roughly the sameperiod the new SONGS gener-ators were in service.

“The amount of damageis orders of magnitude abovethe typical reactor,” Hirschsaid.

Each has had more tubesplugged, or taken out of serv-ice, during this period thanthe entire country combined,he said.

In fact, 14 plantsreviewed had no tubesplugged.

The median number ofplugged tubes after one cycleof operation nationally is zero.At SONGS there were 510 and807 in Units 2 and 3, respec-tively.

He described the numberof places where wear hadoccurred as “staggeringlyhigher.”

The median number ofwear indications after onecycle of operation nationallyis four. At SONGS there were4,721 in Unit 2 and 10,284 inUnit 3.

“So to say that this isstandard for similar reactorsjust isn’t the case,” Hirschsaid. “They’re very troubledreactors.”

Once a facility is downfor nine months, the PublicUtility Commission must initi-ate an investigation thatincludes what the costs are,who should pay for them andif the plant is still useful.

“This is a big deal,”Hirsch said. “Eight and a halfmillion people live nearby andwe should protect them andwe should, at the same time,protect the economy.”

Nelson said Edison com-piled a team of internationalexperts from universities andgovernments, some with 30 or40 years of experience in theindustry, who conducted morethan 60,000 inspections “to

get to the bottom of what’sgoing on.”

“There’s a number ofplaces where each tube can betouched so if a tube is vibrat-ing, it’s not unusual for thattube to pick up multiple …indications,” Nelson said. “It’sreally just the system sayingthis tube is hitting in severalplaces.”

He did acknowledge thattwo of the 19,454 tubes in Unit2 that were rubbing togetherin tube-to-tube vibration isunusual.

“Yes, it had a lot of indi-cations and a larger amount oftubes that had been contactedthan what’s typically seen in afirst in-service inspection,”Nelson said. “But the actualareas that the wear was occur-ring are areas that are in factwell understood.”

He said the computermodeling underpredicted thesteam velocities in some areaswhere there was tube-to-tuberubbing.

He said the NRC hasruled Edison took appropriatemeasures to design the steam

generators and that it did notneed a license amendment.

He said Edison won’trestart the plant until it andthe NRC are satisfied it is safeto do so.

“Our next step is to getback to the NRC with a planfor restart (of Unit 2),”he said.“The NRC explicitly is notgoing to allow us to restartuntil they’ve approved theplan.”

The NRC has a publicmeeting schedule for Oct. 9.

Del Mar council mem-bers were asked to take astand on the restart at theirJune 18 meeting but deferredaction until “well-researched”and “very balanced” datacould be presented.

As part of the resolution,they also support a CUP inves-tigation of the costs and relia-bility of the plant as well as acomparison of the reliabilityand costs of SONGS to afuture based on alternatives,including efficiency, loadmanagement, demandresponse, renewable energyand energy storage.

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Hearing urged before generator restart

The Del Mar City Council adopts a resolution during its last meeting urging the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission to require a hearing before the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is allowed to restart.Photo courtesy of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

City hosts Q&A sessionon Del Mar specific planBy Bianca Kaplanek

Financing and the abili-ty of emergency vehicles tomaneuver roundabouts werethe main concerns of thedozen or so residents whoattended an Oct. 1 question-and-answer session to sortfact from fiction regardingthe village specific plan, aproposal to revitalize down-town that will be voted onduring the Nov. 6 election.

Residents who attendedthe city-sponsored event, thefirst of three such sessions,also had questions aboutparking and traffic, construc-tion schedules, the types ofresidential units being pro-posed and what will happenif the initiative fails at theballot.

Planning DirectorKathy Garcia said it hasbeen demonstrated that firetrucks will be able to maneu-ver along Camino del Marand around the roundabouts,traffic or stalled cars on thecity’s main thoroughfare.

“It has all been thoughtthrough,” she said, addingthat the Fire Departmentreviewed and approved theproposal.

The plan, if adopted,will reduce Camino del Marfrom two lanes to one in eachdirection and replace stop

signs with roundabouts atNinth Street, 11th Street and13th Streets.

Each lane will be 11 feetwide with a 6-foot bike laneand a 3-foot backup area, giv-ing emergency vehicles the20-foot clearance they wouldlike, Garcia explained.

Each roundabout willalso have a mountable apronover which large trucks candrive. A video on the citywebsite demonstrates howthe corridor will provideaccess and maneuverability.

According to the plan’sexecutive summary, there isno dependence on residentassessments, taxes or fees tofund the project.Improvements will befinanced with grants, loansand developer and parkingfees. Costs are estimated at$4 million to $5 million forimprovements and $5 mil-lion to $7 million for a park-ing structure.

City Manager ScottHuth said if the plan passesin November it will stillrequire California CoastalCommission approval, whichcould take up to 18 months.

“That will be finebecause it will give us timeto raise the necessary

City staff members answer residents’ questions regarding the villagespecific plan at an Oct. 1 question-and-answer session. Additionalsessions will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 and Oct. 29 at theCity Hall annex. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek

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one day and decide to com-pete in an ironmantriathlon, a 2.4-mile swim,112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run that can take 18hours to complete.

But that comes fairlyclose to explaining howSolana Beach resident andbusiness owner LeslieMyers took up the sport.

“I heard about an iron-man that was across the biglake from me and I said, ‘Iwant to do that next year,’”said Myers, who was livingin Vermont at the time. “Itsounded kind of interestingso I signed up for it.

“I’ve never been on abike but I was doing a littlerecreational running,” shesaid. “I had a swimmingbackground as a kid but did-n’t do it for a while. It justsounded like fun.”

Living in the northeastdidn’t make preparing forthe race easy. In SouthernCalifornia, triathlons andtraining opportunities aremore frequent. “But inVermont there are two sea-sons — winter and Fourth ofJuly,” she said. “I kind oftaught myself and then Istarted doing the shorterraces.”

And in 2002, on her35th birthday, Myers com-peted in the Lake PlacidIronman, finishing her firstfull event in 12 hours and

four minutes. The followingyear she qualified for theIronman WorldChampionship in Hawaii.

“That was pretty spe-cial,” she said.

Next month she willreturn to The Big Island forher fourth appearance inthat premier event and her11th full ironman in 10years. She qualified onSept. 9 by finishing seventhin her division — womenaged 45 to 49 — in the LasVegas Ironman WorldChampionship 70.3 on a110-degree course.

“I was pretty surprisedwith that,” she said. “I justhappened to fare betterthan most people in theheat.”

Born in Monterey,Calif., Myers grew up par-tially in San Diego becauseher father was in the Navy.She swam for CoronadoHigh School and playedwater polo with the boysjunior varsity team becauseit wasn’t yet an establishedsport for girls.

Her aquatics activitiesended for about 20 yearsafter her family moved toRhode Island following hersophomore year.

Myers is a 1989 gradu-ate of James MadisonUniversity and 1991 gradu-ate of the Culinary Instituteof America. She lived inNapa Valley for five years,working as a pastry chef and

restaurant manager, thenopened two restaurants inNorthern California.

In 1996 Myers relocatedto Burlington, Vt. Shetaught at the New EnglandCulinary Institute for oneyear before opening anoth-er restaurant. About fiveyears later, she competed inthe Lake Placid Ironman.

In 2009 she returned toSan Diego and settled inSolana Beach, where shestarted Foodsense, Now!, abusiness she describes as“devoted to the educationand production of healthywhole-foods eating.”

Myers is also an instruc-tor at Sur La Table inCarlsbad and teaches culi-nary classes privately and atthe Center for a HealthyLifestyle in Solana Beach.

She recently taughtabout 400 corporate employ-ees how to incorporate morefruits and vegetables intotheir diet during a one-hourhands-on class.

The move and openingher businesses forced Myersto put her triathlon careeron hold for about five years.

“Fortunately, or unfor-tunately, there’s a time com-mitment associated withbeing able to execute anironman the way that I’dwant to execute one,” shesaid. “The training hourscan be lengthy and I didn’thave the time for that. ButI’m back. It’s so great.”

Living in San Diego hasmade training a bit easier,although Myers said shegenerally doesn’t swim, bikeand run every day.

She trains about 12 to18 hours a week. “On aver-age I swim four days a week,bike five days a week andrun six days a week whenI’m having a perfect week,”she said.

“I’m a type A- personal-ity so not all of that comesinto play every week.

“I like to run. I like toswim,” she said. “The bikehas always been myAchilles’ heel because Idon’t spend enough time onit. It’s the part I need towork the most on.”

In addition to solidtraining and a healthy diet,Myers said a good mentalattitude is essential to suc-cess as an ironman triath-lete.

“Take good care ofyourself,” she said. “Bemindful but don’t be mili-tant. If you want to go to aparty, go to a party. If youwant to have some wine,have some wine.

“I’ve seen people fallapart because they do allthe training, all the prepara-tion, but they just get tooobsessed with it” Myerssaid. “I think you have tohave a slight degree ofrelaxation about the wholething and remember thatwe’re all in this for fun.”

Solana Beach woman set to compete in 11th Ironman

Solana Beach resident and business owner Leslie Myers competes in a56-mile bike ride, the second leg of the Las Vegas Ironman WorldChampionship 70.3 earlier this month. Her seventh-place finish in herdivision qualifies her to return to Hawaii next month for her fourthappearance in the Ironman World Championship. Photo courtesy ofFinisherPix.com

Pacific View request on holdBy Wehtahnah Tucker

The City Council voted4-0, with Deputy MayorKristin Gaspar recusing her-self, not to accept therequest for a general planamendment to rezone prop-erty and create a new artscenter at the former PacificView Elementary site.

The council agreed thatthe request could returnafter a pending lawsuit withthe owner of the property,the Encinitas Union SchoolDistrict, is resolved.

Gaspar removed herselffrom the proceedingsbecause she felt she couldnot participate “unless anduntil the lawsuit with thedistrict is resolved.”

A letter of intent wasfiled by John DeWald, a localdeveloper, for a formal gen-eral plan amendment,according to senior plannerDiane Langager. The requestsought to change the currentpublic/ semi-public zoning toa new, undefined categorycalled arts center mixed use.Formal action on the requestwould require a public meet-ing with the applicant andthe neighbors and wouldonly come to the council fora vote after a recommenda-tion from the PlanningCommission, according toLangager.

Located on Third Streetbetween E Street and FStreet, the modest school issurrounded by commercialbuildings and smallerhomes, with a few excep-tions. It closed due to declin-ing enrollment in the area in2003.

The property was gifted

to the city in 1883 for aschool site. The originalschoolhouse is located to thewest of the property andhouses the EncinitasHistorical Society.

While several proposalshave been tossed aroundregarding the future of thesite, none have been metwith success. In 2005, anadvisory committee was cre-ated consisting of variousstakeholders. An initial pro-posal to build a medical com-plex with office space andcondos was met with disap-proval by the downtown com-munity.

The school board suedthe city after the CityCouncil refused to rezonethe property from semi-pub-lic to residential last year.Encinitas Unified SchoolDistrict SuperintendentTimothy Baird said in a pre-vious interview that theboard would drop the suit ifnegotiations with Art Pulsewere successful. However, hehas since added a caveat tothe promise.

He said he is neither asupporter nor a detractor ofthe proposed project. “Ithink I’m the third side ofthe coin here,” Baird said. “Ifthis zoning moves forward,the school district woulddrop its lawsuit against thecity.”

San Diego-based non-profit Art Pulse was chosenout of three proposals sub-mitted to the EUSD in partbecause the group plans topurchase the site for $7.5million and has some fundson hand. The group part-nered with DeWald who

agreed to pay the $300,000escrow deposit and an addi-tional $3 million of the totalpurchase price. In return,DeWald would own part ofthe land in order to developup to seven single-familyhomes.

Art Pulse had numeroussupporters at the meeting,including William Simonson,co-founder of the PositiveAction Community Theater,Diane Welch, a local writerand Paul Ecke III.

“I know its complicatedbut I think its worth the timeand effort to move forward,”Ecke told the council.

However, just as manydetractors of the projectwere in attendance. Many ofthe speakers made a pointthat while they did not sup-port a zoning change, theydid support an arts center.

“Every coin has twosides,” Stocks said.

Tom McPherson, ownerof nearby property said thatby applying the mixed-usearts center to the entire par-cel, the city would be violat-ing the EUSD purchasingagreement that requires sub-division of the residentialportion of the plan.

He said the parcelwould have to be dividedinto two distinct portions,one with mixed-use and onezoned single-family residen-tial for the seven plannedhomes.

“This site is absolutely ajewel,” said Bill Sparks, whoowns property on ThirdStreet. He said it was landthat belonged in the public

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By Tony CagalaIt wasn’t long after he’d

found out that he was to be thenewest inductee into theChargers Hall of Fame thatDarren Bennett, the Chargersmost distinguished punter, was

back on the field at La CostaCanyon High School doing whathis former NFL teammatesknew him for best — sharing.

“This is my favorite threehours a day,” Bennett said dur-ing Tuesday afternoon’s

Mavericks’ football practice.For the past three years,

Bennett,a Pro Bowler and mem-ber of the NFL’s all-Decadeteam of the ‘90s,has been coach-ing special teams at the schoolwhere his sons Tom and Willattend. Tom is a kicker on thejunior varsity team and Willhelps to coach the specialteams.

Bennett is eager to shareall of his experiences, knowl-edge and advice with the youngathletes.

Codey Wuthrich,one of theMaverick’s varsity kickers, saidthat it was a real privilege to be

mentored by Bennett. “Everytime I go to a camp or some sortof event, I tell them that I’vebeen training with Bennett andeverybody is just amazed at howprivileged that I’m out heretraining with him every day.”

Special teams kicker andpunter Adam Allmaras,a seniorat La Costa Canyon, has spentthree years learning fromBennett. “It’s been better thananything else,” Allmaras said.“He’s super nice, first of all, andI mean, it’s a real privilegebecause he’s such a greatpunter, and then also, no oneelse is being taught by a profes-sional punter in the county, it’sthe most beneficial thing forus.”

Bennett’s mentoringextends beyond La Costa. TheCarlsbad resident has taken acountless number of up-and-coming and professional pun-ters under his wing, going so faras to take them into his homewhere his wife Rosemary wouldcook them meals.

We’re passing the knowl-edge on, Bennett said. “That’s avery Australian thing. Billy RaySmith said to me once, ‘Whatare you doing?’ And I said,‘What do you mean?’ He goes,‘You don’t give them anything.You hold on to that job as longas you can.’ I go, ‘Mate, some-times you know that horse isgoing to buck you off.’

“As an Australian, we’retaught to pass our knowledgeon to the young guys and try tohave the young body with a bitof the older mind go and do bet-ter.”

From Australia to SanDiego, Bennett, the Aussie-rulefootballer-turned-Americanfootball punter never imaginedso many successes and honorswould come to him from playinga game. When he tried out forthe Chargers back in the early‘90s, the only thing he thoughthe was going to get was a t-shirt,a free football and a lookaround an NFL stadium, hesaid.

“The first punt in the NFLwas exciting and then everyother punt was exciting,” hesaid. “You don’t do it thinkingthat you may make the hall offame. And then the other thingis,” he said, “I don’t know thatthere’s many punters in theteam hall of fames around theNFL.It’s not usually an accoladethat someone who punts, gets.”

Allmaras was one of thefans to vote Bennett into theteam’s Hall of Fame. It was thefirst time ever that the Chargershad allowed fans to select theinductee.

As for Bennett’s electioninto the Chargers Hall of Fame:“I think it’s incredible,”Wuthrich said. “I’m very proudand honored to be one of his stu-dents.”

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The non-profit organiza-tion, Microloans ForMothers, is hosting aFundraising Rock Concertfrom 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 6 at theEncinitas Elks Lodge, 1393Windsor Drive, featuring TheMar Del Boys.Tickets are $10in advance, and $15 at thedoor.

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It is the rarest pine treein North America and it onlygrows on a small stretch ofSan Diego coastline. Pinustorreyana, or Torrey pine, isthe most celebrated speciesof our local ecology.

Roads, world-class golfcourses, a high school, a statebeach and a state naturalreserve honor the beautifultree.

The Torrey pine hasadapted to the harsh, yetmajestic coastal cliffsbetween Del Mar and LaJolla.

The taxonomy of theTorrey pine includes kingdomPlantae; class Pinopsida; gym-nosperms, meaning “nakedseed,” in contrast toangiosperms whose seeds arecontained within an ovarythat becomes the fruit; phy-lum Pinophyta, all coniferoustrees; order Pinales, all plantsthat utilize a cone for repro-duction; and genus Pinus, allpine trees.

The binomial nomencla-ture or scientific name orLatin name, Pinus torreyana,is a tribute to 19th centuryNew York botanist JohnTorrey. Torrey pines grow to60 feet tall, although manymature specimens are smallerbecause of exposure to strongcoastal winds and dry condi-tions. The twisted trunks ofmany trees are a testament tothe persistent west windblowing from the ocean.

The ecosystems ofcoastal Soledad Valley are pri-marily coastal sage scrub andchaparral. Small, drought-tol-erant plants like Mojaveyucca, Shaw’s agave and vari-ous sages share the sandy soil

with Torrey pines.These treeshave a special adaptation thathelps them cope with thetough landscape.

Torrey pines have adynamic root system toenhance the search for waterand nutrients.Adult trees canhave taproots 25 feet deep inthe sandstone and lateralroots more than 200 feet long.

With long needles ingroups of five and largecones, the Torrey pine is dis-tinct among other conifers ofSan Diego. Jeffrey, Pinon andCoulter pines grow through-out San Diego County, butonly the Torrey grows on thecoast.

Pinus torreyana var. insu-laris grows on Santa RosaIsland off the coast of SantaBarbara. According to theU.S. Forest Service, this vari-ety is smaller and fuller witha population of about 2,000trees. Pinus torreyana var. tor-reyana, our native tree, num-bers approximately 7,000.

Torrey pines bloom inJanuary or February withsmall, red (male) and yellow(female) strobili, the repro-ductive organs of conifers.The male strobilus releasespollen that blows onto thefemale part. When fertilized,the female strobilus becomesa cone with seeds inside.Once cones mature, it cantake up to 10 years for themto disperse the seeds. Fewseedlings survive to maturity,while the oldest trees are 150years old.

The California NativePlant Society lists the Torreypine as “rare, threatened andendangered.”

The International Unionfor Conservation of Natureconsiders it “threatened andvulnerable.” It is believedthat the Torrey pine onceinhabited a vast coastal for-est. Over the past 10,000years, this forest all but disap-peared as the climate dried.

Contemporary threatsinclude a lack of young trees,low genetic variability,air pol-lution and a 1988 bark beetleinfestation that was success-fully squashed by ForestService traps.

Hearty and resilient,beautiful and unique, Pinustorreyana is an exceptionalfactor in our local ecology.

Torrey pine nuts helpedsustain the native Kumeyaaypeople for thousands of years.The protected status of thetree helps safeguard the pop-ular hiking trails of TorreyPines State Natural Reserve.

The species has over-come many tribulations andwill sustain for many genera-tions to come with our contin-ued respect and appreciation.

North Grove of Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve along the GuyFleming Trail. Photo by Kyle Stock

Journey of the Torrey pine

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KYLESTOCK

Kyle Stock is originally from Ohio, isa passionate surfer, backpacker,astronomer, gardener, backyard sci-entist, runner, reader and K-6 scienceteacher at Solana Santa FeElementary in the Solana BeachSchool District. He can be contactedat kbstock23@gmail.com.

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30 and 1 p.m. & 7p.m. Dec. 1,Concert Hall.Tickets: $17-$42.

OCT. 6BIG BLUES Robin Henkel singssolo blues, 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 9 atWine Steals, 1953 San Elijo Ave.,Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Call (760) 230-2657for details.

OCT. 7TASTE AND STROLL Del Marinvites everyone to its Taste & ArtStroll Oct. 7 with an Art Strollfrom 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.and Taste ofDel Mar from 1 to 4 p.m. Bring alawn chair to 11th Street Stage tohear High Violet and PeterSprague.SKATE ART “Full Deck: A ShortHistory of Skate Art,” Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 7through Dec. 30, William D.Cannon Arts Gallery, 1775 DoveLane, Carlsbad. FeaturesOceanside artist Wes Humpston,Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse, MikeMcGill’s Encinitas Skateshop,Carlsbad’s Transworld

Skateboarding Magazine andOceanside Surf Museum founderLarry Balma.

OCT. 8DEAD HEADS A Grateful Deadtribute band, the Dark StarOrchestra,will be performing at 9p.m. Oct. 8 at the Belly Up, 143 S.

Cedros Ave., Solana Beach.

OCT. 10AMERICAN TUNES BorderRadio will be the free familymusic program by the Friends ofthe Carmel Valley Library at 7p.m. Oct. 10 in the communityroom, 3919 Townsgate Drive.

American music from bluegrassto swing.

OCT. 11ART CLASSESSan Dieguito Art Guild “Try itYou'll Like It” offers seven artclass workshops 9 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Oct. 11 at 230 Quail GardensDrive. Cost is $25. Call (760) 942-3636.JUST LIKE JOHNNY CowboyJack Johnson on acoustic guitarand harmonica, will sing vintagecountry music 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.Oct. 11, Robbie’s Roadhouse, 530N. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas.Call (760) 634-2365 for details.

OCT. 13COLORFUL A Word With YouPress hosts Arts Clash from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 at 802 S.Tremont St. with artists and writ-ers presenting their work, food,drink, a raffle, DJ plus spoken-word performances fromGlassless Minds. Portion of pro-ceeds to Kid Expression. Call(760) 967-9673 or visit

AWordWithYouPress.com.MUSIC AND MOREMiraCosta College Show Choirchoreographed by Dave Masseywith musical arranging by ArlieLangager, will perform 7:30 p.m.Oct.13 at MiraCosta CollegeTheatre, Bldg. 2000, OceansideCampus, 1 Barnard Drive. Cost$10.BEST BANJO The RagtimeBanjo Band will give a free con-cert at 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at the RubyG. Schulman Auditorium, 1775Dove Lane, Carlsbad.LOCAL ARTISTS Artists exhibitand reception at San Dieguito ArtGuild - Off Track Gallery,5 to 7:30p.m. Oct. 13 at 937 S. CoastHighway 101, C-103, Encinitas.Call (760) 942-3636.

OCT. 20BEST OF BLUE The UnitedStates Air Force Band will give afree performance at 7 p.m., Oct.20, at the California Center forthe Arts, Escondido Concert Hall.

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“FRANKENWEENIE” Victor happily examines his beloved dogSparky after he successfully brings him back to life in "Frankenweenie,"a new stop-motion, animated comedy from director Tim Burton."Frankenweenie" opens in theaters Oct. 5, 2011. Photo courtesy ofDisney Enterprises. All Rights Reserved.

Bruce Willis doesn’t want to talk about time travel with his younger self played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in“Looper.” Photo by Alan Markfield © 2012, Looper, LLC. All rights reserved.

Time travel won’t throw youfor a loop in new sci-fi flickBy Noah S. Lee

The film “Looper” doessomething with time travelthat no other science fictionfilm or book has ever donewith the concept — it com-pletely glosses over it.

But it does so while stillrespecting the audience’sintelligence in this character-driven story of a new kind ofmob hit man.

Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) works for the mob as a“looper,” an assassin taskedwith killing targets transport-ed through time by theiremployers. These loopers arepaid handsomely for theirwork, assuming their targetsnever escape.

When employers decideto end a looper’s contract,what they call, “closing theloop,” the looper of the futureis sent back to the past to bewhacked. But it isn’t alwaysclean.

Joe is surprised to learnthat his next hit is his futureself, played by Bruce Willis.

What ensues is a strugglefor both Gordon-Levitt andWillis to keep their own lives.

Failing to close his loop,Gordon-Levitt demonstrateshis capacity for diligence andevolution as Joe to convey the

depth of his character.“Looper” takes an excit-

ing turn for the better once wesee Willis’ version of Joe.

You would think this iswhere the nuts and bolts oftime travel are explained butas Willis says to his youngerself: “I don’t want to talk abouttime travel.”

This is when the film’s tothe point approach kicks in;we know by now time travelhas created a critical situation,so there’s no need to lose our-selves in the specifics of it.Time travel works, and that’sthat.

Director Rian Johnsoncreates a bleak future wherewe can see how much theworld really hasn’t changed(with the exception of timetravel). Old cars are still in useand the economy hasn’t gottenany better.

Johnson’s screenplaymanages to be ingenious with-out being simpleminded. Thefilm contains a number ofwell-placed surprises, such asthe discoveries Willis makesduring his search for the mys-terious “Rainmaker.” There isnot a moment in this film thatfeels expected or predictable;even the action sequencesmanage to instill a sense of

awe and exhilaration.I was pleased to see Willis

step into a layered character’sshoes after a long string ofaction films. It was exciting tosee him go toe-to-toe withGordon-Levitt during theirscenes together, eitherthrough dialogue or battling itout through brutal force.Theirconversation in the diner isone of the film’s memorablescenes: watching the two dif-ferent Joes look each other inthe eye while locked in a ver-bal confrontation was all thatwas needed to convince methey were one and the same.

It’s not until Emily Blunt’scharacter Sara is introducedthat the soul of “Looper”emerges. Blunt was the realreason I decided to check out“Looper;” given her strongperformance and chemistrywith Gordon-Levitt,my reasonis not unfounded. While shedoes appear late in the film,the impact she leaves behindis sufficient to compensate.

With a straightforwardyet brilliant attitude towardstime travel, as well as respectfor its characters, “Looper”distinguishes itself as one ofthe more remarkable sci-fifilms we’ve seen in the 21stcentury.

Kevin Anderson: ‘A true soul man’

If you ever pass a long-haired surfer-type paintinga canvas atop a well-worneasel somewhere along thecoast, there’s a possibilityit’s Cardiff resident KevinAnderson working on a newseascape.

If the artist is wearing awide-brimmed straw hat inthe company of aDachshund, you’ll knowalmost certainly that it’shim. And if you strike up aconversation with thepainter, you may be fortu-nate enough to walk awaywith a freshly paintedKevin Anderson original.

According to longtimeAnderson collector andCardiff resident EvaEngelsberger, “Kevin hassuch a gift for artisticallyportraying our Cardifflifestyle and all that it rep-resents.” She says ofAnderson’s prized depic-tions of our idyllic environ-ment, “The paintings oftenhave a buyer before they’reeven completed, as some-one passing by will simplyhave to buy what is beingcreated by Kevin that day.”

For nearly 45 yearsAnderson has enjoyedNorth County’s coastallifestyle and scenery, whichhave often become the sub-ject of his paintings andmurals.

Known for his brilliant-ly colored paintings of uni-versal appeal, Anderson’sstyle is easily recognizablein many outdoor murals, thefirst of which was Kealani’sin Encinitas. His popularityas a muralist has steadilygained momentum throughthe past several years, witha long list to his creditincluding Cardiff’s Kook’sCafe and Leucadia’s Mobilgas station, as well asVeteran’s Village of SanDiego, the Naval

Amphibious Base Coronadoand Caesar’s Palace LasVegas.

His notable indoormurals include the “SurfingSwami” at Swami’s Cafe,and The Encinitas Cafe’s360-degree panoramic land-scape.

His private mural com-missions have included thehome of celebrity EddieVan Halen and many homesin La Jolla, Rancho SantaFe, Fairbanks, SantaBarbara and Morro Bay.

Anderson tells of anearly pivotal experience inhis artistic development ashis high school teacherdemonstrated how to ren-der the sparkle and high-lights of a clear, blue glassashtray. He says, “From thatlesson I went on to water,waves and reflections, thathave always been some ofmy favorite subjects.”Anderson’s masterful cap-ture of translucence is aprominent feature of hisartwork.

With a camper truckand burning desire tobecome an artist, Andersonearned his art degree fromLong Beach State. Afterapprenticing with an illus-trator, his freelance illustra-tions were featured in

countless magazines, booksand newspapers.

Known for his generosi-ty, Anderson says of donat-ing artwork to benefit localcauses, “If I can help acause with art, I’m in.”

Mary Beth Howard,wife of surf legend TommyLewis, tells that Andersonpainted a canvas of her hus-band’s favorite Cardiffbeach scene, which hedelivered to Tommy’s hospi-tal bedside saying, “Sinceyou can’t go to the beach,I’ll bring the beach to you.”She says of Anderson,“Kevin is incredible. A truesoul man.”

On Oct. 6 Anderson willbe painting during ArtsAlive on the Solana BeachRail Trail, and Oct. 27 atCardiff Seaside Beach dur-ing the Cardiff Surf Classicand Green Beach Fair.

His work can be seen atartmurals.us.

A Brush With Art

KAYCOLVIN

Kevin Anderson touches up his mural at the Leucadia Mobil gas station.Photo courtesy of Kyle Thomas

Kay Colvin is an art consultant anddirector of the L Street Fine ArtGallery in San Diego’s GaslampQuarter. She specializes in promotingemerging and mid-career artists andbringing enrichment programs to ele-mentary schools through The Kid’sCollege. Contact her atkaycolvin@lstreetfineart.com.

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FOOD&WINE

Dining at the new Pacific Coast Grill is a cool breeze

It was a year in the mak-ing, but the new Pacific CoastGrill (PCG) opened in Juneand the result was worth thewait.

I’ve never been in arestaurant that is so perfectlymatched to its outdoor envi-ronment than PCG, which isexactly what designer GeorgiaGoldberg, who worked withlocal architect Steve Adams,had in mind when they were inthe planning stages.

It’s like hanging out in themost stylish beach house everwith a bunch of like-mindedfolks over tasty PCG drinksand cuisine. No pretensionhere, but definitely a sense ofcoastal cool.

Inside is all about theview, with natural beach ele-ments of reclaimed boat wood,beach rocks and a neutralcolor palette.

There is a floor to ceilingmessage in a bottle mosaictiled private dining room witha private deck and a wall ofclassic surfboards downstairsinspired by local shapers.

There are two levels ofdining and drinking at thenew PCG with every seat inthe house carefully planned tohave an ocean view.

There is a raw oyster barand heated outdoor patio, andupstairs there is front rowocean view bar seating and a

small lounge area in front ofthe spectacular, treasure chestwine cellar from the old loca-tion.

There is a large outdoordeck with one of the bestviews of the Pacific Ocean any-where.

The good thing is, PCGdid not rely on the ocean viewand skimp on the design andmenu. I’d still make it a pointto eat there wherever theywere located.

And speaking of eating,PCG’s new oceanfront homefeatures the same uniquePacific Coast Cuisine with an

oyster bar, select sushi rolls,black mussels with chorizo,baked oysters and a widerange of seafood choices.

I’ve always been a big fanof the hot appetizers at PCGand they brought my favoritesto the new location.

The shrimp dumplingswith port wine sauce are greatand the Bag O’ Bonz which areapple-wood smoked Hawaiianstyle baby back ribs and fresh-cut Kennebec fries come withthe fries in the bag and are oneof the best apps I’ve ever had.

The hot appetizers do notcome cheap, but they are not

over the top either runningbetween $9 and $16.

Fresh and local are notjust new buzzwords to PCG;they have been cooking thatway since they opened in 1995.

Some more PCG menufavorites include its best-sell-ing lobster tacos and panseared sea bass.

Newcomers on the menuinclude Margarita-BraisedShort Ribs & Coconut-Crabcrusted Mahi-Mahi.

The sea bass is servedwith mashed potatoes,sautéed spinach, tomato, basil,white wine sauce and has

been my go-to entrée, preced-ed by the Bag O’ Bonz for thatsurf and turf thing.

They do a surprisinglygood turkey meatloaf, and ifyou want to go big, go for thecowboy steak, a beautiful 20-ounce bone in Sterling Ribeyewith house-smoked fingerlingpotatoes & fried spinach. At$39 it’s not cheap, but giventhe size, quality, and the viewthat comes with, it’s worthevery cent. Most entrées are inthe $25 and $35 range.

There is a nice selectionfor dessert but the delectablewhite chocolate bread pud-

ding with caramel bourbonsauce is my pick.

Executive Chef Isreal“Izzy” Balderas continues onin the top spot running thekitchen at PCG.

His specialty is fusingfresh Pacific Costal Cuisinewith hints from his Latin her-itage resulting in a unique“PCG cuisine” as I like to callit.

It should be noted thatPCG has a thriving loungescene that offers world classmargaritas made with freshjuices & premium tequila.Theblackberry margarita mixesDon Julio Blanco, agave nec-tar, fresh black berries andorganic blueberry juice. Whynot load up on some antioxi-dants with your cocktail?

The valet parking can geta bit congested during primetime, so I’d suggest parkingalong the beach and having anice beach walk up or down toPCG.

Other than that, I couldnot find much not to like aboutthis coastal temple of cooldesign and culinary love.

Their menu, hours, andlocation can be found at paci-ficcoastgrill.com.

Dining at the new Pacific Coast Grill is like hanging out in the most stylish beach house ever with a bunch of like-minded folks over tasty drinksand cuisine. There’s no pretension here, but definitely a sense of coastal cool. Photo courtesy of Pacific Coast Grill

Lick the Plate

DAVIDBOYLAN

Lick the Plate can now be heard onKPRi, 102.1 FM Monday-Fridayduring the 7pm hour.David Boylan is founder of ArtichokeCreative and Artichoke Apparel, anEncinitas based marketing firm andclothing line. Reach him atdavid@artichoke-creative.com or(858) 395-6905.

Wine and dine high on the CUSP

The economic news forSan Diego and its sister citiesin the county is finally point-ing up, away from the chill ofthe deepest recession sincethe great one way back when.Recently I read that residen-tial housing sales are up andthe average price per home isup.

Now, another reason tocheer: San Diego is first inCalifornia travel destinationsaccording to Hotels.com., andit’s the fourth most populardestination in the entireU.S.A. in the first six monthsof 2012.

Hotel rates are up andrestaurants and wine bistrosare doing much better. Thisleads me to the fact there is abooming launch of new andremodeled restaurants andresorts taking place, especial-ly along San Diego’s coastline.La Jolla has more than itsshare and one of the best ishigh in the sky on top of HotelLa Jolla called CUSP.

It’s the former Elario’s,which boasts the most

panoramic views of La Jollaand the sweeping Pacificcoastline, a setting perfect forthe Mediterranean menu offresh seafood with aMoroccan-Italian- panishtwist to it.

Executive Chef DonaldLockhart makes all pastas“in-house,” with suchfavorites as baked rigatoniand spinach fetuccine. Headds shrimp, chicken orsalmon for just a few dollarsmore. There’s also a showcaseMoroccan Spiced KingSalmon with tomato picchioand caramelized fennel thatwill sear in your memory as aflavorful masterpiece.

The wine that I want youto try is the Rubicon EstateZinfandel Edizione Pennino2009, a dark, solid, dense redmade by Francis FordCoppola’s Napa Valley winery.

CUSP is a stylish, relaxedand comfortable penthouserestaurant with healthy, tastymenu items. Breakfast, lunchand Happy Hour are Mondaythrough Friday, with dinnerdaily from 5 p.m. Brunch isserved from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Formore, check out cusprestau-rant.com.

“Red red wine makesme feel so fine”

So goes the great song

from UB 40. I would go alongwith that thought but I dohave one exception, a whitewine that does the same,Viognier.

Here’s the latest listof fine wine tastes:

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Encinitas olive oil pio-neer Paul Johnson’s third vin-tage and easily his best withNapa winemaker GaryGalleron. Twenty-four monthsin new French Oak barreling.Ninety-one Parker points.Visit fiftyrow.com.

JJaarrvviiss WWiinneerryy MMeerrlloottNNaappaa VVaalllleeyy 22000099,, ffoorr $$9955..One hundred percent estateMerlot and a much sought-after version.Aged 22 monthsin new French oak. Maximumflavors with toasty vanilla atthe finish. Ultra-soft tanninsand silky mouth-feel. Visitjarviswines.com.

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SSooddaarroo WWiinneerryy EEssttaatteeBBlleenndd,, NNaappaa VVaalllleeyy,, 22000088 ffoorr$$6688.. This full-bodied winebrings you a unique taste thatonly a well-crafted blend cando. Eighty-one percentCabernet, 17 percent PetitVerdot and 2 percent Merlot.Robust and concentrated, this

Taste of Wine

FRANK MANGIO

Robbie Torres and Ashley Roy offer the 2010 Viognier at Orfila Winery’sGrape Stomp. Photos by Frank Mangio

A popular salad at CUSP in La Jolla is Candy Cane Beet with warmepoisses cheese & apple.

TURN TO TASTE OF WINE ON A15

Over a hot muggy day inRancho Santa Fe, I hung outwith my husband at LemonTwist and read a book silentlybehind the counter as hehelped customers choosetheir selections of fruits andvegetables.

I have never rated a bookunder a three onGoodreads.com until thatweekend.As a writer myself, Ilike to critique a book andadd my review. But I don’tpersonally get into slammingother authors when I am dis-appointed with a book that Iread by them.

“Did you know that thetemperature is a 107 degreesin Rancho Santa Fe today?” Iheard one resident ask Robin,while I laid my head against apillow and read “Handle WithCare,” by Jodi Picoult. Theterracotta tiles were coolagainst my body that day. Ifelt hidden and safe, a book inhand as life had meltedaround the Lemon Twist prop-erty.

However, just like in life,one is never safe even in fic-tion. As an avid reader, I cantell you the reaction I had tothis book is one I’ve neverencountered. While furiouslyturning the pages as the daydrifted slowly by that Friday, Iwas unaware of the endingthat would soon feel like I hadbeen sucker punched as thereader. Let’s just say the heatrolled off my body at LemonTwist as I fumed inside by theoutcome of investing myentire day tucked safelyinside this novel.

I had become angered bya book, which in essence isridiculous because it is abook. So, what do you do?Realize the risk of reading fic-tion can be just about as haz-ardous as real life when yourisk investing your heart andsoul briefly, with the hopes ofseeing the characters achievesomething.

I’m not going to give youthe ending here or inducespoilers at this point. I am justgoing to urge you to discoverGoodreads as website. I amgoing to urge you to downloadthat app to your smart phoneso you can enjoy this site atyour fingertips.

I am going to urge younot to read this one particularbook by Jodi Picoult. I feel asa reader I have the duty toshare with you that somebooks just aren’t worth theheartache. Do investigate thecontent before reading. Dotake time to reading the rat-ings. Books can be just likelife; a book can break yourheart on the hottest dayunder the sun. Luckily for me,I am able to return this oneback to The Rancho Santa FeLibrary.

Around TownOn Sept. 20,The Country

Friends Fashion Show closeddown all of the roads near TheInn so fall fashion, charity andbeautiful ladies could mingletogether for an importantcause: raising money for char-ities in San Diego. I had the

wonderful delight of attend-ing this year. I met two of mygood friends, ElaineGallagher and OxanaColbbald, at Mille Fleurs for alovely lunch at one myfavorite restaurants in theworld.

From the exquisiteDutch tiles that hang on thewalls in the dining room tothe intimate seating next tothe French doors overlookingthe courtyard, you can’t gowrong with your seatingarrangement there. When wefinished lunch we walkedacross to the fashion show.Under the tent, women andmen fanned themselves witha complimentary fan in theirtake-home bag.

My favorite fashions ofthe day were Donna Karan.My favorite moment of theday just happened to be hang-ing out with my girlfriends atThe Inn after the show ended.I have included a few photosfrom that day.Congratulations to TheCountry Friends team whoworked so hard to make thisevent such a success. Formore information on TheCountry Friends, visit theirwebsite at thecoun-tryfriends.org.

On Sept. 21, just aroundthe corner in Del Mar, anoth-er “Lunch Bunch” met at theBrigantine next to the worldfamous Del Mar Race Track.One of my best friends,Meredith MacDonald,enjoyed meeting her otherwonderful mom friends whohad just enough time tosqueeze in a solid two hoursof girl time while their chil-

dren were tucked in safely atschool.

There is nothing desper-ate about theses women.Theyare definitely not arguing likethe “The Real Housewives ofNew Jersey.”Yes, believe it ornot, most women don’t bickerand backstab one another.Most women support eachother with friendship andlove.The smiles tell what realfriendships look like in SanDiego.

On Sept. 22, KristaLafferty married MichaelConfer at the Rancho SantaFe Garden Club under thegazebo. The day felt like adream, as I watched one of mybest friends say “I do” to theman she fell in love with fiveyears ago. I sat next to Lisaand David Corban and BeckyRoland from The Coast News.

Look forward to nextissue’s column when I share abeautiful photo of the wed-ding party. Right now as Iwrite this, Krista and Mikeare basking in the sun downin Aruba! How wonderful.Congratulations to Mike andKrista and to both of theirfamilies that were just beam-ing with pride on their specialday.

On Sept. 24, I discovereda wonderful place to work outthat is just around the cornerfrom Rancho Santa Fe. Due tothe heat and the dustiness ofthe trails and rattlesnakes,let’s just say I am seekingrefuge inside an air conditionfacility that won’t have mewashing my running shoesevery two weeks.

Total Women’s Gym andDay Spa is like no other gym

I’ve seen in the area. Ladies,you must take a tour of theirlocation in Encinitas whenyou have a chance. Now I canrun again on a treadmill, spinwith the other in shapewomen at 6 a.m. and best ofall sit in the steam room,

while the toxins and sweatpour out of my body. I metFloretta Love there for mytour. She is the general man-ager there. As a marriedwoman, I am thrilled to find aplace that has that ladies onlysignature. Here is the website

if you would like to knowmore about their gym, total-womanspa.com.

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Meet the other lunch bunch: Kimberly Brown, Cynthia Nelson, Meredith MacDonald, and Ayeshaw Hussen.Courtesy photo

One of the model's during the Country Friends Fashion Show. Photo courtesy of Oxana Cobbald

The Country Friends Fashion Show and the other lunch bunch

If you have a fun event you would likeMachel Penn to cover, contact her atmpenn@coastnewsgroup.com.

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Karian Forsyth and Elaine Gallagher celebrate their friendship at a bar-becue in The Crosby a few days after the fashion show in the Ranch.Courtesy photo

Kimberly Brown and Meredith MacDonald looking tall and eleganttogether after their luncheon in Del Mar. Courtesy photo

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a Taste and Art Stroll from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 7.Art Strollstarts downtown at 10 a.m.,tasting and sipping starts at 1p.m. Live music and a kidsmart. Cost is $25 for tastingon pre-purchase.Visit delmar-village association.com.

Woofs and Purrs in theVines is the event at OakMountain Winery inTemecula Wine Country fromnoon to 4 p.m. Oct. 7. Live

music, lunch, silent auctionand games.Admission is a $35donation. RSVP at (951) 699-9102.

Thornton wines fromTemecula will be featured ata wine dinner at the GrantGrill, downtown San Diegofrom 5:30 to 10 p.m. Oct. 8.Five-course prix fixe dinnerwith complimentaryThornton pairings. Cost is$130 per person. Call (619)744-2077.

Lewis Cellars of NapaValley conducts a wine dinnerat the Grand Del Mar’s Amayafrom 5:30 to 10 p.m. Oct. 12.The Lewis Family will bethere to speak with guests.Cost is $78 each. RSVP at(858) 314-1996.

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funds,” he said. It will likelybe 18 months to two yearsbefore any constructionstarts, he said. The projectwill be phased, with sidewalkwork completed first, fol-lowed by street improve-ments.

Some residents werehappy to learn Camino delMar will still be a four-lanelane roadway in the areasleading up to 15th Street,which will remain a signaledintersection.

Although final plansaren’t yet developed, it couldrevert back to four lanesbeginning at 13th Street andwill likely remain as is in frontof L’Auberge Del Mar and DelMar Plaza.

Opponents of the plan,called Proposition J, claim itwill increase traffic conges-tion, pollution and emergencyresponse times, decreaseproperty values and diminishthe quality of life. They alsosay building could result indevelopment of the equiva-lent of three more Del MarPlazas.

Five former councilmembers are among the planopponents.

Current City Councilmembers and staff thathelped create the plan dis-pute those claims, saying theopposite is true in most cases.

“Everybody talks aboutthe Del Mar way,”Councilman Mark Filanc said.“I think the Del Mar way ishonest and open and factual.

“Stating mistruths orhalf truths or untruths, Ithink, is a disservice to ourcommunity and I am very irri-tated with what I’m seeingaround the community rightnow,” he said.

As an example, said for-mer City Manager WayneDernetz, the plan calls for500,000 total square feet ofdevelopment at build-out.There are currently 280,000square feet in the projectarea — from Ninth Street to15th Street and includingbusinesses facing 15th Street.

The plan limits retail,restaurant and personal serv-ice space to an additional139,000 square feet. Del Mar

Plaza is about 75,000 squarefeet.

Up to 110 residentialunits have been proposed.Some residents were con-cerned that if they are desig-nated low income there couldbe an increase in crime. MarkDelin, assistant city manager,said prices could be as high as$700,000 for the units.

The plan includes bench-marks for review as develop-ment progresses so if the cityor residents don’t like the waythe project is going adjust-ments can be made.

Additional question-and-answer sessions are sched-uled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct.15 and Oct. 29 in the City Hallannex.

City staff members areavailable to answer questionsat five stations that addressparking, traffic and circula-tion, finance, communityinterface and implementa-tion, the environmentalimpact report and develop-ment regulations.

Questions and answersare listed on the city websiteat delmar.ca.us.

City Council had consid-ered mailing out the execu-tive summary, but because itfeatured artist renderings ofthe completed project, mem-bers thought it could be mis-construed as advocating forthe plan and voted againstsending it at the Sept. 24meeting.

“I worry that the debatebecomes whether or not we’reacting properly or improperlyas opposed to the issues them-selves,” Mayor Carl Hilliardsaid.

Council members saytheir efforts are to educateresidents because they areobligated to present the facts.Postcards will be mailed toresidents explaining where,when and how to get answersand project descriptions.

Should Proposition J fail,Huth said the city doesn’t cur-rently have an alternate plan.

“That will be determinedby the City Council,” he said.“We’ll take what we learnedfrom the process, regroup anddevelop a new plan.”

“We’re not trying todestroy the character of DelMar,” Dernetz said. “We’retrying to enhance it.”

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Del Dios.The current number

allowed at the Crosby develop-ment is three single-familyhomes on a site the size of theproposed project.

The environmentalimpact report for the Crosby

development originally set the5-acre spot aside for a smallcommercial center or a recre-ation field, which would notsubstantially increase traffic.

“We are not being petty,”said Ann Boon, a director onthe Association’s board. “Thiswould impact traffic not juston Del Dios, but the wholearea.”

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domain and was “deeply trou-bled”that it might fall into thehands of a private real estatedeveloper.

“I support an arts center,let’s not sell out the PV site justyet,” Sparks told the council.“Please do not be rushed intomaking a decision.”

Annie Lief, who taught atPacific View in the 1990s, saidshe supports the concept of anarts center but wants one thatis “community based.”

“Many of the uses underthe letter are allowable underthe current zoning,” she said.

Danny Salzhandler fromthe 101 Artists’ Colony wasapprehensive about the rezon-

ing.“The thing that’s in the

back of our minds is that it getsrezoned and the money isn’tthere and then we don’t knowwhat we get.”

City Attorney GlennSabine said the lawsuit withthe school board must be dis-missed before the rezoning canbe approved.

“I just can’t support azone change while we have anactive lawsuit,” Stocks said.“I’m not going to go through aprocess with a gun at ourheads,” he said.

“We can’t run off in twodirections at once without fail-ing,” Councilman Jim Bondsaid regarding the lawsuit.

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Firefighters host annual pancake breakfastRANCHO SANTA FE — The

Rancho Santa Fe ProfessionalFirefighters Association and RanchoSanta Fe Fire Protection District arehosting their annual PancakeBreakfast Oct.7 from 7 a.m.to noon atRSF Fire Station 1,16936 El Fuego in

Rancho Santa Fe. District firefighterswill be on hand to serve pancakes,eggs, sausage, orange juice, and cof-fee for a requested donation of $5 foradults or $3 for kids.

In addition to breakfast, theevent will include an open house fea-

turing station tours, photos with thefirefighters, fire engine and ambu-lance displays,a chance to spray a firehose with a firefighter, a Basic CPRclass, and jump houses. For moreinformation,please visit rsf-fire.org orcall (858) 756-5971.

RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSA16 OCT. 5, 2012

In Consumer Reports’recent tests of more than 200samples of 65 rice and riceproducts, inorganic arsenic, aknown human carcinogen,was found in most of thename-brand and other riceproduct samples. Levels var-ied, but were significant insome samples.

While there are federallimits for arsenic in drinkingwater, there aren’t many stan-dards for arsenic in food.Earlier this year, ConsumerReports found worrisome lev-els of arsenic in apple andgrape juices and called onthe U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) to setlimits for arsenic in thosejuices. Based on its latestfindings and analysis, it isasking the government totake additional steps, includ-ing urging the FDA to set lim-its for arsenic in rice and riceproducts.

CONSUMER REPORTS’FINDINGS

Consumer Reports test-ed at least three sampleseach of a range of rice prod-ucts including infant cereals,hot cereals, ready-to-eat cere-als, rice cakes, rice crackers,rice pasta, rice flour and ricedrinks; it found varying, butmeasurable, amounts of totalarsenic in its two forms —inorganic and organic — in

samples of almost every prod-uct tested. Inorganic arsenicis a known carcinogen thatcan cause bladder, lung andskin cancers. Two organicforms measured — calledDMA and MMA — are classi-fied as possible carcinogens.

This study provides asnapshot of the market, withmany products purchased inthe New York metropolitanarea and online this pastspring. It is too limited to pro-vide general conclusionsabout levels of arsenic in indi-vidual brands or categories ofrice products, but there werenotable findings.

White rice grown inArkansas, Louisiana,Missouri and Texas generallyhad higher levels of totalarsenic and inorganic arsenicthan rice samples from else-where (India, Thailand andCalifornia combined).

Within tested brandsoffering brown and white riceversions, brown rice had high-er average total and inorgan-ic arsenic than their whiterice counterparts.

Some brown rice sam-ples were lower in arseniccompared to some white ricesamples, which may beexplained by agriculturalpractices or geographic loca-tion.

Infant rice cereals anddrink products also con-tained worrisome levels ofarsenic. Consumer Reportsadvises that children underthe age of 5 not be given ricedrinks as part of their dailydiet, similar to advice given

in the United Kingdomregarding rice milk.

People who ate rice hadarsenic levels that were atleast 44 percent greater thanthose who did not, accordingto Consumer Reports’ analy-sis of federal health data.Certain ethnic groups weremore highly affected, includ-ing Mexicans, otherHispanics, and a broad cate-gory that included Asians.

Some food companiesare concerned. And methodshave been introduced to tryto reduce levels of arsenic inproducts.

WHAT CONSUMERSCAN DO

Consumer Reports usedthe latest available science tochoose a moderate level ofprotection that balancedsafety and feasibility. Forinfants, children and preg-nant women, risks may beheightened. Arsenic risk isbased on cumulative expo-sure over a lifetime. The rec-ommendations are based on aperson eating just one prod-uct per day or per week overa lifetime. If limits areexceeded one week, cut backthe next.

Limit servings to 1/4-cuprice (uncooked) twice a weekfor adults and one serving aweek for kids. Have just 3one-cup servings of cold ricecereal a week; 1 1/2 for kids.Stop at one serving of ricecrackers (16 to 18 crackers) aday; half that for kids. Forrice cakes, limit to about two

servings per week (1 to 3cakes each); one for kids.Aimfor no more than 1/2 cup ofrice drinks a day; rarely forkids under 5. And don’t givebabies more than 1/4-cupinfant rice cereal a day, max.

Other ways to reduceoverall exposure to arsenicinclude:

— Rinse raw rice thor-oughly before cooking anduse a ratio of 6 cups water to1 cup rice for cooking (drain-ing the excess water after-ward). Research has shownthis can reduce arsenic levels.

— Experiment withother grains. Though notarsenic-free, other studieshave shown wheat and oatstend to have lower levels thanrice.

— Eat a varied diet tohelp minimize risk of expo-sure.

— Keep in mind thatsome vegetables can accumu-late arsenic when grown incontaminated soil. To help,clean vegetables thoroughly,especially potato skins.

— Limit the consump-tion of other high-arsenicfoods. Some fruit juices suchas apple and grape juice canbe high in arsenic, asConsumer Reports’ previoustests showed.

Consumers whose homewater is not on a public watersystem should have it testedfor arsenic and lead.

Tests find arsenic in some name brand rice

Visit the Consumer Reports website atconsumerreports.org.

tant because part of theproceeds from it is given tothe various charities theysupport, like the SanDiego Blood Bank,” saidMichele Brown of the SanDiego Blood Bank.

“This saves lives,”Claudine Van Gonka said.

Indeed, the main mis-sion is to raise money, butis also an opportunity toenjoy a delicious lunch,see the latest trends at arunway fashion show andto honor some of TheCountry Friends’ ownhardworking memberssuch as Connie McNallyand Jean S. Newman.

“These two are beinghonored because theyhave worked very hard forThe Country Friends for along time,” said ChristineGootee, hostess for theluncheon.

McNally has workedwith The Country Friendsfor more than 30 years,having served on its boardfor nine years between1982 and 1991.

She was chairman ofthe 36th Art of FashionShow.

She is also involvedwith other local charitiessuch as Kids Korps USA,Friends of San PasqualAcademy, the Teens, Jeans& Dreams Team PenningEvent and many othercharities.

Newman has been amember of The CountryFriends for more than 30years, many of them in thegroup’s consignment shop.

She has served as consign-ment shop manager since2003, served twice on theFriends’ board of directorsand the Agency FundingCommittee.

“I thank all of myfriends for this honor andrecognition, but it trulybelongs to all of us, thevolunteers and the peoplewho care for and supportus today and for those whohave been there for usover the past 58 years,”Newman said.

In charge of the oppor-tunity drawing wereMartha Harris and JoleneDavidson, who were offer-ing chances on prizes fromwine tasting sessions to agrand prize of a trip ofAlaska.

After lunch under atent on the lawn of TheInn, guests moved over toanother tent where thefashion show was held.

Models wore clothingcourtesy of South CoastPlaza featuring fall andwinter collections by avariety of designers fromVersace and Escada, toCanali and Pucci.

Among the charitiesto receive funds from theevent are Big Brothers andBig Sisters, Casa deAmparo, the BurnInstitute of San Diego,Woman’s Resource Center,Vista Community Clinic,Helen Woodward AnimalCenter and 20 others.

The Country Friendsis 58-year-old nonprofitorganization that wasformed to fulfill a need tohelp others help them-selves.

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OCT. 5, 2012 B

Preparingto prepare

Small Talk

JEANGILLETTE

I think we can relaxnow and slip back intoour usual trip downdenial. It’s the end ofNational PreparednessMonth. I know I was onmy toes the wholetime…How about you?No? Yeah, me either.

There are those whoare apparently preparedfor any disaster and theyreally want the rest of usto toe the line. Whoa,dude. What a giant buz-zkill. I recently saw someliterature that firstreminded us that Sept. 8was the one-year anniver-sary of the “GreatSouthwestern Blackout.”

When it first hap-pened, “Did you view it asan excuse to grill thatsteak and open that bot-tle of wine by candle-light?” they scolded.

Well, sort of. Whilelots of neighbors enjoyeda lovely night of revelryby candlelight I chose togo to bed early and readby flashlight. I was proudof how well we avoidedthe Chicken Little syn-drome.

From there on thewhole article pointed outjust how sadly unpre-pared we are and eventhough they were right,they sounded kind of likeyour mom. Never mind itwas great advice. You justwanted to roll your eyeslike a 16-year-old again.

I know we have toconsider earthquakes,fire and any number ofridiculous terroristthreats, but doing it everyday is just too exhausting.There is no way I couldhave sustained that levelof Def Con 1 concern foran entire month.

Yes, I admit I need tostock up on non-perish-able food, water and cash,sleeping bags and such. Idid have all that 10 yearsago when my kids werelittle. One day I openedthe plastic containerwhere I thought I had ithandily stored and wasknocked flat by the smellof mold. The water hadleaked and you can imag-ine the rest. It seems Ihad created a small disas-ter all by myself.

Since then, I haven’tyet figured out a goodplace to keep it all. If it’sin the garage or a closetor really anywhere in thehouse, there is everychance it will be out ofreach after that 10.4quake finally gets ourattention. If I try to keepit outside, the ants, ratsand other flora and faunawill overtake it. I’m flum-

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Season ticket holders key against TV blackoutsBy Tony Cagala

SAN DIEGO — Just daysbefore the Chargers were toface one of their biggest chal-lenges on the field, front officepersonnel were facing one oftheir own off the field — almost9,200 general tickets were stillto be sold in order to sell outthe Chargers and Falcons gameand lift the threat of a local TVblackout.

The tickets weren’t soldand the blackout was in effect.

The game couldn’t be seenin San Diego or any other mar-ket within a 75-mile radius ofQualcomm Stadium.

Sunday’s blacked outgame against the AtlantaFalcons was the first for theChargers this season.

The NFL is the onlyleague to blackout its localgames that aren’t sold out.TheChargers’ home opener againstthe Tennessee Titans wasalmost blacked out, but theteam managed to sell theremaining tickets after filingfor a 24-hour extension. Thatgame set a TV ratings recordfor season openers in SanDiego with a 37.8 rating,according to the NFL.

The announced atten-dance for the Chargers,Falconsgame was 61,297. That wouldhave amounted to an 87 per-cent capacity-filled stadiumand allowed the game to beshown locally had the organiza-tion eased its blackout policyrestraints.

Earlier this year, the NFLoffered all 32 teams a chance toease the restraints on the black-out policy created in 1973, andallow teams to locally broad-cast games that were 85 per-cent sold out or more.

The caveat being that theteams selecting the relaxed pol-icy would have to share 50 per-cent of the revenue over that 85percent threshold with theopposing team.

“We don’t have the rev-enue generating opportunities

that the newer stadiums do,”said Bill Johnston,the Chargersdirector of public relations.“That’s why our ticket revenuesare so much more vital to usthan they may be to other fran-chises with newer stadiums.”

“I think there’s a lot of fac-tors that go into selling ticketsand why certain games may beblacked out,” said ChargersExecutive Director and CEO,A.G. Spanos. “You can look atthe economy, you can look athow good the experience is onTV at home; I think that’s a bigreason. …

“I think a lot of factors,team performance,perceptionsof various things in the organi-zation can all affect somebody’sdecision to purchase tickets,”he added.

In the annual Forbesreport released this year on theworth of NFL franchises, theChargers (for the 2011 season)are ranked 24 out of the 32teams with an estimated value

of $936 million.The report liststheir estimated revenue at$246 million with $52 millioncoming from gate receipts,which would account for 21percent of the team’s earnings.The Chargers wouldn’t confirmthe financial details.

For the Dallas Cowboys,the No. 1 ranked franchise,according to Forbes, their gatereceipts amount to 18 percentof their overall revenue. TheCowboys overall revenueamounts to more than doublethat of the Chargers’.

As to whether the black-out policy could affect a teamleaving a city or bargainingfor a new stadium: “Sure,”said Robert A. Baade, a pro-fessor of economics and busi-ness at Lake Forest Collegeand one of nine sports econo-mists that contributed to anindependent petition to theFCC to eliminate the TVblackouts.

“When you look at the

contracts and the memoran-dums of understanding at thispoint, there are clauses writtenin some contracts which say, ifthe team is not in the…top 25percent of revenue generators,they have a right to leave,”Baade said.

“It’s peculiar to the indi-vidual contracts, but more andmore, we live in a world whereteams are managing throughvirtue of a greater demand forteams than there’s an availablesupply.

“They manage to foist therisk on to the host city andmanage to avoid assuming anykind of risk that you wouldexpect businesses to ordinarilyincur.And so,the NFL has beenvery, very clever about how topass risk along to the host city.And as long as they maintainan excess demand for franchis-es, that will continue to be thecase.”

Spanos said that being inQualcomm (it was built in 1967;

it was expanded in 1984 andagain in 1997) does cause someissues regarding ticket sales.

“I think the designs ofnewer stadiums have takeninto account better sightlines,making every seat have anunobstructed view of the field,an unobstructed view of theJumbotron for replays, and sothe fact that we are in an oldervenue does cause some issues,”Spanos said.

“In 2010 we had twoblackouts,” Spanos said. “In2009 we had four blackouts. Soattendance, I wouldn’t say it’sdeclined overall, our seasonticket holder base hasdeclined,” Spanos said.

Though since 2008 aver-age home attendance figureshave shown a decrease by 4percent.

Based on the averageattendance for home gameslast season, the Chargers aver-

There are plenty of open seats at Qualcomm during the Chargers game against the Atlanta Falcons Sept. 23 resulting in the team’s first TV black-out of the 2012 season after not selling out the stadium. The NFL is the only sports league that still blocks local games from TV viewers if thegames aren’t sold out. Photo by Bill Reilly

TURN TO BLACKOUTS ON B11

Palliative care institute launches at Cal State San Marcos By Jared Whitlock

A new institute at CalState San Marcos aims to trainmore nurses, doctors, socialworkers and spiritual coun-selors in palliative care.

Palliative care focuses onproviding physical, emotionaland social treatment for thosewith serious or chronic illness-es such as heart disease andarthritis.

At a reception for theinstitute Sept. 20 doctors, edu-

cators and those from health-care foundations talked aboutthe growing need for palliativecare.

In an impromptu speech,local philanthropist Darlene

Shiley spoke about how impor-tant palliative care was for herhusband, who passed awayafter battling a four-year ill-ness.

“I am so pleased to sup-port a program that will ulti-mately benefit others the wayI have been personallyhelped,” Shiley said. “My latehusband’s experience withhospice and palliative caremade me realize how special-ized and important the field of

palliative care is today.”Several others at the

reception emphasizedthat palliative care is dif-ferent from hospice care.They can overlap, but pal-liative care is typically forthose with a chronic orlife-threatening illness,regardless of lifeexpectancy. Hospice care,however, is generally for

those who are at the finalstages of a terminal illness andwill no longer benefit frommedical treatment.

At the end of her speech,Shiley unexpectedly upped

her original donation of$100,000 to $1.2 million. Inaddition to the grant fromShiley, the institute received atotal of $1.2 million from theArchstone Foundation and theCalifornia HealthcareFoundation.

The institute’s five-yearoperating budget is $5 million.

It will be funded by the start-up grants and tuition from sec-ondary education classesteaching palliative care,according to Helen McNeal,the executive director of theinstitute.

McNeal said the institutewill be “self-supporting” andthat “dollars aren’t coming

from the California StateUniversity system.”

The institute will notrequire building additionalfacilities, McNeal also noted.

She said some of the cur-rent nursing, health care andsocial work classes at Cal State

Darlene Shiley (left), a philanthropist who donated $1.2 million to the Palliative Care Institute at Cal State SanMarcos and Helen McNeal, the executive director of the institute. Photo by Jared Whitlock

TURN TO CARE ON B10

I can’t tell youhow vital theseservices willbecome.”

Roberta AchtenbergCSU Trustee

By Jared WhitlockNext September, a pub-

lic training center designedto fast-track conditioning anddevelopment for athletes andfamilies will open.

Backers believe thescope of the center will makeit the first of its kind.

The center, which has yetto be named, will offer a vari-ety of programs, from sport-specific conditioning to work-out programs tailored to anindividual’s needs to small-group training.

According to SeanCochran, Phil Mickelson’spersonal trainer and head ofprogram development for thecenter, customized-exercisesessions are all the rage in fit-ness.

“There’s no one-size-fitsall workout anymore,” saidCochran, who lives in DelMar. “Everyone’s body is dif-ferent. What works for me,might not work for anotherperson.”

Because baseball playersuse different muscles thangolfers, athletes will be sepa-rated by sport at the center.From there, workouts can befurther individualized.

As Cochran explained,

even those that play the samesport can acquire imbalancesin different places in theirbodies.

“A golfer might be lack-ing flexibility in his or herhips, whereas other golfersmay not,” Cochran said. “We

can correct asymmetry withspecifically targeted exercis-es.”

To prevent imbalances,workouts will emphasizecompound movements thatcondition the entire body, asopposed to isolated exercises

like dumbbell curls. As such,there won’t be a lot of bulkymachinery and equipment atthe center, mainly treadmills,kettle belts and trainingropes to build flexibility andcore strength.

Upon first visiting thecenter, trainers will developindividualized workout rou-tines based on a question-naire, video analysis, othertests and patrons’ goals.

Personalized workoutsare nothing new, Cochransaid.

But the center is uniquein that it will accommodatemore people than the averagegym, offer baseball, tennis,golf as well as other condi-tioning programs and focusprimarily on individualizedworkout plans. The combina-tion of these factors makes ita rarity, Cochran believes.

“Something on this scalereally hasn’t been done at apublic fitness center,”Cochran said.

Another point of differ-entiation: The center will alsofeature youth-conditioningprograms for sports like soc-cer, football and basketball —an effort to make the center a“family affair,” Cochran said.

“The idea is that every-one can participate and havefun,” he said.“It’s for athletesof all ages and stripes.”

Cochran credits MattClay, general manager of theDel Mar Golf Center, withspearheading plans for thenew center.

“This is an active area, sowe thought it would be per-fect,” Clay said.

The golf and tennis con-ditioning programs at thecenter will likely operate inconjunction with nearbyfacilities like the Del MarGolf Center, he said.

Although sports will beplayed at the center, Claynoted it will primarily servethe purpose of improvingconditioning.

The 22nd DistrictAgricultural Association,which governs the Del MarFairgrounds, where the site ofthe center is located, agreedto approve the center andfund its $1.25 million con-struction.

The center will be builtat the site of the former DelMar Skate Ranch, east of theDel Mar Racetrack.

Ongoing operations willbe paid for with membershipfees.

According to Clay, thecenter’s membership willlikely hover around 450 peo-ple.

A pricing structure hasyet to be released.

In addition to a 55,000-square-foot indoor facility, a35,000-square-foot field that’spart of the future center willalso be used for workouts.

RANCHO SANTA FE NEWSB2 OCT. 5, 2012

Funding for sports complex given OK

Matt Clay, general manager of the Del Mar Golf Center, swings a golfclub near where a new training center will be built for families and ath-letes who are looking to improve their conditioning. Photo by JaredWhitlock

RANCHO SANTA FE— A private screening of“Get to Work,” by SecondChance will be held at 7p.m. Oct. 18 at the Inn atRancho Santa Fe and isexclusively open to RanchoSanta Fe residents for “anunfiltered, uncompromisinglook at the local tough-love,job-training program forthe chronically unem-ployed.”

“‘Get to Work’ takesviewers behind the walls ofSecond Chance to witnessthe struggles of those whohave no job, no direction,and seemingly no chance,”the release said.

“It’s a high-stakes,make-or-break programand, for most of the stu-dents, this is their last crackat a real future. But it does-n’t come easy: as they pushthe students to learn work-place skills that will landthem a job, Second Chanceinstructors contend withthose who have neverlearned anything otherthan bad attitudes and poorbehavior. Not everyonemakes it to graduation.”

Second Chance is a

nonprofit that deliversworkforce training pro-grams, supported by com-prehensive wrap-aroundservices that include jobplacement, housing, mentalhealth and financial litera-cy, all focused on gettingpeople off the streets andinto employment.

Second Chance is a2011 grant recipient of theArmed Forces InterestGroup and the Rancho

Santa Fe Foundation.Reservations are requiredto attend the event.

“Get to Work” airsevery Monday at 10 p.m. (7p.m. for DirectTV cus-tomers) on the SundanceChannel.

For more informationabout Second Chance, visitsecondchanceprogram.org.

Reservations arerequired by calling (619)839-0953.

By Lillian CoxWhen historians look

back on The GreatRecession, they’ll no doubtwrite about soaring unem-ployment among Iraq andAfghanistan veterans aswell as the high incidenceof PTSD (Post-TraumaticStress Disorder) and TBI(Traumatic Brain Injury.)

They may also mentionthe fact that shelters anddog rescue organizationsthroughout the U.S. areoverwhelmed with dogsneeding new homes due tothe high rate of foreclosuresand military transfers.

Sally Montrucchiohopes to roll back thesenumbers with the launch ofNext Step Service Dogs.Theprogram’s goal is to hire vet-erans for well-paying jobstraining service dogs forveterans with PTSD/TBIand mobility issues.Companion dogs alreadybelonging to vets with thesechallenges will have theopportunity of testing forthe program first.

Otherwise, shelter dogswill be tapped as caninecadets in the Next Step pro-gram. Montrucchio is thetraining director of NextStep Service Dogs, Inc.

Service dogs offermany benefits to veteranswith PTSD/TBI: They givevets a sense of safety andprotection, making themmore able to return to workor go to college. Dogs canhelp reduce the risk of aserious mental breakdown,suicidal thoughts, alco-holism, drug use and vio-lence. Consequently, med-ical and psychiatric costsare reduced.

Montrucchio becameinvolved with service dogsafter being a puppy raiserfor Canine Companions forIndependence about 15years ago. Afterward sheworked as the trainingdirector for Tender Loving

Canines for several years.Last year her experiencetraining seven service dogsat Camp Pendleton raisedan awareness of the greatneed for these dogs andinspired her to start NextStep Service Dogs lastJanuary.

Instead of puppies,Montrucchio recruits olderdogs, ages 1 to 5, for the pro-gram.

“That cuts the trainingfrom 22 to 25 months downto six months,” sheexplained.

To date, Next Step hasone adult rescue dog that isfully trained, one adult petdog mostly trained and twopuppies in training.

All breeds and mixes

are considered with theexception of Dobermansand pit bills.

“Typically, we useworking dogs like goldenretrievers, labs, standardpoodles and other breedsthat the public perceives asfriendly,” she said, addingthat a 10-point test isrequired for certification.

Dogs are taughtapproximately 60 com-mands beginning withstanding, sitting and heel-ing. As they progress intraining, they learn block-ing, to prevent people fromgetting too close, andsearching from room-to-room to alleviate anxietyfor those with PTSD/TBI.

Former military dog

trainers and other veteransare being hired for full orpart-time jobs as dog train-ers.

“This helps to employmore warriors, and oftenthese warriors have somedegree of PTSD and/oranother disability, and aremost effective in training

other warriors,”Montrucchio said. “We havetwo Marines who recentlyleft the military, are trainedin service dog work, andready to be hired. There aremore waiting to be trained.”

One of these is MarvinCruz, who is being groomedto head the San Diego chap-

ter of Next Step ServiceDogs.

Cruz was a bomb doghandler in Afghanistan, andis training with Gunny, aLabradoodle thatMontrucchio rescued whenshe was visiting her sisterin South Salt Lake City.Cruz is impressed withGunny’s progress, and saidthe pup’s got the right stuff.

“I was having a badday, remembering a friendwho had passed away,” hesaid. “Gunny was sitting onthe floor, then straightenedhis back, leaned towards meand put his head on myshoulder.”

Michael Japak devel-oped PTSD after serving inU.S. Army as a tanker andscout in Iraq. Training tobecome a service dog train-er comes naturally to him.Before enlisting he bred,trained and sold pit bulls aspets in his hometown ofOrlando, Fla.

“I’m a lot calmeraround the dogs,” he said.“They love you no matterwhat. This is what I want tospend the rest of my lifedoing — training dogs andhelping brothers.”

Amber Boutwell uses awheelchair after beinginjured while training atFort Sill, Okla. “I was a fire-fighter and an EMT, andwant to give back,” she said.“This work is just as impor-tant.”

For more information,or to make a donation, visitnextstepservicedogs.com.

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Next Step Service Dogs team, from left: Michael Japak, Gibbs, founder Sally Montrucchio, Marvin Cruz, Gunny, Amber Boutwell. Photo by LillianCox

Program aims to train shelter dogs to aid veterans

Exclusive film screening for RSF residents

OCT. 5LIVING LARGE LIFE atMiraCosta College, a lifelonglearning group, will meet at1 p.m. Oct. 5 at theOceanside campus, 1Barnard Dr., Admin Bldg.1000, Room 1068. Obtainparking pass at campuspolice Bldg. 1100. Call (760)721-8124.FIGHT THE FLU Flu andpneumonia shots will begiven at Vista CommunityClinic’s Vale Terrace Branch,1000 Vale Terrace, Vista,every Wednesday from 8 to10 a.m. through Nov. 7. Costfor the flu shot is $20 and$70 for pneumonia vaccine.For more information, call(760) 631-5000, ext. 1010(English language) or (760)631-5000, ext. 1025 (Spanishlanguage).

OCT. 6BIG SURF The SurfingIndustry Trade/ConsumerShow, with surf and skate-board gear, art and col-lectibles will be held from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 6 and 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 7 at theDel Mar Fairgrounds ExhibitHall. Tickets on sale at doorfor $10 with under-12 free.ANCESTOR SEMINAR“Impact of Politics andReligion on Our Ancestors’Migration” is seminar topicby North San Diego CountyGenealogical Society, 9:30a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 6 inCarlsbad City CouncilChambers, 1200 CarlsbadVillage Drive, Carlsbad. Costis $15.,optional lunch for$8.50. For reservations con-t a c tgchoard@roadrunner.com orcall (760) 729-1983.Registration at the dooraccepted without lunch.

OCT. 7TASTE AND STROLL DelMar invites everyone to itsTaste & Art Stroll Oct. 7 withan Art Stroll from 10 a.m. to5 p.m. and Taste of Del Marfrom 1 to 4 p.m. Bring a lawnchair down to 11th StreetStage for live music by HighViolet opening for PeterSprague.

OCT. 8SOLANA BEACHFORUM A Solana BeachCouncil Candidate Forumwill be held 6:30 to 8 p.m.Oct. 8 at the Solana BeachBoys & Girls Club, 533Lomas Santa Fe Drive,Solana Beach, administeredby the League of WomenVoters.

QUESTERS The El CaminoReal Chapter of Questerswill meet at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 8in the Cardroom, 1105 LaBonita Drive, Lake SanMarcos. The El Camino chap-ter meets every secondMonday. For further informa-tion call (760) 729-3818.

OCT. 9FLU SHOTS Tri-CityMedical Center will be offer-ing free flu shots for 18 yearsof age or older from 4 to 7p.m. Oct. 9, ConferenceRoom, Tri-City WellnessCenter, 6250 El CaminoReal, Carlsbad.ENCINITAS FORUM TheLeague of Women Voters willmoderate an Encinitas CityCouncil Candidates forumfrom 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 9 at theEncinitas CommunityCenter, Community Room,1140 Oak Crest Park Drive,Encinitas. sponsored byLeucadia-Encinitas TownCouncil.

OCT. 10NEW HOURS TheEncinitas Station FarmersMarket, on the southeast cor-ner of E Street and VulcanAvenue, has changed to itsfall and winter hours of 4 to7 p.m. as of Oct. 3.COMPANIONSHIP NorthCounty Widows andWidowers Club will meet forHappy Hour, 4 to 6 p.m. Oct.10 at TGIFridays, 890Palomar Airport Road,Carlsbad. Call Dee Dee at(951) 500-8443.CHRISTIAN THERAPYCarlsbad CommunityChurch, 3175 Harding St.,Carlsbad, is hosting a panelof Christian therapists on“Keeping Your FamilyConnected in anOverscheduled Culture,”from 6:45 to 8 p.m. Oct. 10.Reservations needed by Oct.8. For more information, con-tact Mike McElroy at (760)729-6052 ormmcelroy1@cox.net.

OCT. 11HEART HEALTHY TheCardiovascular DiseaseFoundation will celebrate its10th Anniversary from 6:30to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at ThePowerhouse, 1700 CoastBlvd., Del Mar, with choco-late & wine pairings, horsd’oeuvres, a silent auctionand live jazz. $75 per person.Contact (760) 730-1471.FOODIE FEST The TickTalk ToastmastersInternational Food Fest andWhite Elephant Sale will beheld from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 11at Carlsbad By the SeaRetirement Facility, 2855Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad.Cost is $2. RSVP to PatRarus, prarus@cox.net orcall (760) 630-2089.

OCT. 13OKTOBERFEST ChefEugenio Martignago will cre-ate the cuisine forOktoberfest noon to 3 p.m.Oct. 13 under the tents atWest Village, 4960 AvenidaEncinas, Carlsbad. The costis $35 per person andincludes seven food andwine/beer pairings. Guestscan also enjoy a $199 roomwhich includes two tickets tothe event, commemorativebeer stein bottle opener andbeer upon arrival.For more information and topurchase tickets, call (760)930-8008.

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Girl Scout gathers gear for South Africa4S RANCH — When

Alexa Alyeshmerni, 14, a fresh-man at Del Norte High School,began considering projects forher Silver Scout project, herolder brother inspired an idea.

Her brother had justreturned from a medical rota-tion in the remote village ofTugela Ferry, South Africa anddescribed children playingwith homemade soccer ballsmade from plastic grocerybags.

She also found that boysand girls in South Africa enjoyplay soccer more than anyother sport, even though somehad never played with a realsoccer ball.

Her project came immedi-ately into focus as she decidedto create a donation drive forsoccer gear and get it to thesechildren.

During her furtherresearch, Alyeshmerni learnedthat playing soccer was a greatway for them to channel theircreative energy and avoid riskybehaviors that in turn couldlead to crime,HIV and tubercu-losis.

The senior Girl Scoutmade various contacts withlocal soccer leagues, socceracademies and sent emails tofriends and family.

She established a dona-tion box at the local SportAuthority and within two shortweeks had amassed enoughnew and used gear to fill threelarge suitcases.

With the help of her broth-er, Dr. Daniel Alyeshmerni andhis colleagues with theYale/Stanford Johnson andJohnson Global Health schol-ars program, medical residentswill be bringing the welcomesoccer equipment to the localchildren in Msinga, SouthAfrica.

Alexa looks forward to

making her “Soccer 4 SouthAfrica” an annual drive.

She chose the projectbecause it meant so much toher to help an underprivilegedchild have fun — or evenachieve their dreams.

“Perhaps delivering a soc-cer ball could go to the next‘World Cup’ star,” Alyeshmernisaid.

Student goes ‘over the edge’ for friends and family Torrey Pines High School

sophomore Mackenzie Bath didher best Spiderman imitationthis summer to raise money forher favorite charity.

Bath decided to rapell 33floors down the side of theManchester Hyatt hotel, afterraising more than $1,100 indonations from friends andfamily for “Kids IncludedTogether” (KIT). KIT is anorganization committed toinclusion for children with andwithout disabilities, who mightbe considered “different.” KITalso used Bath’s biographicalstory with her brother Kevin, aspecial needs student, as partof their literature for the event.

The piece reads “Mybrother Kevin has specialneeds. Kevin has been fortu-

nate to be treated equally inmost situations, and that hasmade him the person that he istoday; social, happy, funny and

fun to be around. Being includ-ed has helped him to includeeveryone around him, becausehe has felt the benefits of it.

Others around him see it, too,and one by one we are spread-ing the word about how muchinclusion and being treatedequally can change a life.”

Her climb down the hoteltied in with her other activityas president of the TPHS BestBuddies Club this year afterattending the national leader-ship conference “InclusionRevolution” at the Universityof Indiana this summer. TPHSBest Buddies is looking for offi-cers and members for the 2012-2013 school year to help spreadthe word about the InclusionRevolution at TPHS.

Buddies, peer buddies,including students who wouldlike to take a leadership posi-tion, can sign up now at best-buddiesonline.org.

Del Norte High School Girl Scout Alexa Alyeshmerni gathers soccer equipment to be sent to small villages inSouth Africa as part of her work toward her Silver Scout award. Courtesy photo

On behalf of her brother and other children, Torrey Pines High Schoolstudent Mackenzie Bath went “Over the Edge,” at the Manchester HyattHotel, rapelling 33 floors down the side to raise money for “Kids IncludedTogether.” Courtesy photo

RANCHO SANTA FE —Animals have a true champi-on in Rancho Santa Fe nativeNatalie Prosin.

Prosin graduatedsumma cum laude fromNortheastern University in2005, holds a master’s degreefrom Brown University, andearned her Juris Doctoratefrom Boston College Law

School in 2011, where she co-taught Environmental Lawand Policy to undergraduatestudents. Now, she has land-ed a job as the executivedirector of the non-profitNonhuman Rights Project.

To appreciate howProsin landed in the field ofanimal law so soon afterearning her law degree, con-

sider what she achievedwhile at Boston College.Within her first semester,she joined the national non-profit ALDF (Animal LegalDefense Fund) and helpedestablish Boston CollegeLaw School’s Student ALDF(SALDF) chapter.

“After I’d recruitedother interested students,”

Prosin said, “we thought agood first project for thegroup would be to get outthe vote on a state ballot ini-tiative that would ban allgreyhound racing.” Aftermany hours spent passingout literature on their lunchhour, the ban was ultimatelypassed.

The following year,their SALDF chapter initiat-ed a cage-free egg campaignfor Boston College’s foodservices. Natalie and her fel-low SALDF members distrib-uted literature on the inhu-mane practices of factoryfarms, such as the confinedconditions egg-laying henslive in, along with the wirethey must stand on for theirentire lives. “After a six-week trial run, we receivedthe good news that BostonCollege would be imple-menting a cage-free policyfor all their shelled eggs inall four cafeterias and cater-ing services.”

In the meantime,impressed with Prosin’s ded-ication, ALDF connected herwith the Nonhuman RightsProject, where she secured

an ALDF Animal LawClerkship during law school.Fighting to establish legal“personhood” for nonhumananimals, the NonhumanRights Project is the firstorganization of its kind.Their mission is to “changethe common law status of atleast some nonhuman ani-mals from mere ‘things,’which lack the capacity topossess any legal right, to

‘persons,’ who possess suchfundamental rights as bodilyintegrity and bodily liberty,”Prosin said, who oversees theorganization’s day-to-dayoperations, manages volun-teers, and develops strategicplans.

With Prosin’s leader-ship, the Nonhuman RightsProject is preparing ground-breaking legal cases aimedat eradicating the wall thatdivides humans from nonhu-mans. These cases will haveparticularly radical implica-tions for the legal rights ofcognitively complex animalslike great apes, dolphins,whales, elephants andAfrican Grey parrots. Thework being done by theNonhuman Rights Project isthe focus of an upcomingdocumentary by filmmakersD.A. Pennebaker and ChrisHegedus.

ALDF was founded in1979 with the unique mis-sion of protecting the livesand advancing interests ofanimals through the legalsystem.

For more information,visit aldf.org.

RANCHO SANTA FE —TAG, Southern California’soutsourced accounting con-sults,

announced that itopened a Family CFO officeSept. 24 at 16904 Via SantaFe, in Rancho Santa Fe.

Anneke Stender, VicePresident of TAG, said “thenew office solidifies our goalof

having a physical pres-ence in, and being an activemember of, our clients’

communities. ElaineLeach will be heading up theoffice and we look forward to

her not only contributing to

our clients’ success, but alsocontributing to the RanchoSanta

Fe community.”TAG’s Family CFO prac-

tice excels in high-net-worthaccounting and financial

consulting by applying acontroller-level’s financialinsight to managing personal

finances. TAG FamilyCFO works in partnershipwith the wealth manager,

CPA and attorney to ensure quali-

ty data and financial report-ing for their client’s planningneeds.

TAG currently has 35employees and is headquar-tered in La Jolla. The compa-ny, which was originallyfounded in 1996, plans onadding an office in OrangeCounty in 2013.

For further information,see teamtag.net.

Ginsburg namedsenior VP

Santaluz resident ScotGinsburg has been promotedto Senior Vice President withHughes Marino, a San Diegocommercial real estate com-pany representing tenants in

lease nego-tiations andb u i l d i n gpurchases.Ginsburgspecializesin high-tech, lifes c i e n c e ,b u s i n e s ss e r v i c e ,re s e a rchand devel-

opment, and other growth-ori-ented companies. Prior tojoining Hughes Marino,Ginsburg served as managingdirector at Jones LangeLaSalle and as a principalwith The Staubach Company.

Del Mar billing errorfixed

The city of Del Mar dis-covered that due to an inter-nal glitch in WasteManagement’s software,invoices in the amount of$0.00 were sent out to 466 DelMar residents the week ofSept. 26. The error has sincebeen corrected. If you are oneof the 466 residents whoreceived a $0.00 invoice fromWaste Management, pleasedisregard it.

Residents are free to callWaste Management at (800)596-7444, with any questionsor concerns.

Young authorsTorrey Pines High School

sophomore Mackenzie Bathwas named the winner of theSoulbound Short StoryContest on Figment.com,host-ed by best selling authorHeather Brewer. Bath ’s story“Best Friend, Boyfriend” wasrecognized from among 247entries as the winning submis-sion.

TPHS junior Liana-Melissa Allen has just written,illustrated and published twomore full color children’sbooks, “The Tale of JaneSadear”and “The Ice Queen.”These two new books followon the heels of her recentlypublished book “The ThreeLittle Horses and the BigBully Donkey.”

New servicesDel Mar resident Bob

Preston,owner and founder of

North County PropertyGroup,1779 Seaview Ave.,DelMar, a property care and man-agement company,announced the company haslaunched a new range of pro-gram offerings, tailored to thespecific needs of vacationhome and rental propertyowners. The new programsfocus on best practice servicesin property management forVacation HomeownerServices and Property Care,Complete Rental PropertyManagement and TenantRelations, Rental PropertyListing and Leasing andMaintenance and CustomServices. Visit ncproperty-group.com or contact (858)792-5797.

New foundation chairThe Jewish Community

Foundation Board of Directorsappointed Rancho Santa Feresident Jeff Silberman as itsnew Board Chairman. Jeffsucceeds Emily Einhorn wholed the Foundation for a two-year term. Other officers ofthe foundation include JoanJacobs, Vice Chair; JaneScher, Vice Chair; TreasurerDavid Kabakoff, SecretaryBarbara Bry, and GeneralCounsel Lawrence Sherman.

Successful business-woman

Oceanside businessowner Gina Martin of TwinImaging Technology, Inc., ajob training and documentmanagement supportprovider, has won an 8(a) solesource federal contract, fol-lowing her involvement in athree-month mentorship pro-gram from American ExpressOPEN’s Victory inProcurement program. Thenational program is designedto help small businessesbecome contract ready andfind contract success. Gina’scontract,valued at $284,767,isto provide training and curric-ula development to theDefense Logistics Agency.

Stop senior scamsLocal seniors can obtain

a Senior Fraud Protection Kitfrom the area Home InsteadSenior Care office as part ofthe Protect Seniors fromFraud program developed bythe nonprofit NationalAssociation of Triads and theHome Instead Senior Carenetwork. The program isdesigned to protect seniors

from scams and fraud. Toobtain a free Senior FraudProtection Kit, call (760) 639-6472 or visitProtectSeniorsFromFraud.com.

World of hatsMilliner Jill

Courtemanche, a teacher atBravo School of Art, is plan-ning to open a retail shop andstudio in Solana Beach inNovember. Courtemanche issharing the tips and tricks ofher trade with a workshop onbasic millinery techniquesand the art of hand-stitchingfrom 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 17. Theclass is $65 plus a $20 materi-als fee. For more informationor to register, visitBravoSchoolOfArt.com or call619-223-0058.

Top physician groupDr. Scott Flinn and Mary

Ellen Leahy, RN, MBA,accepted the “TopPerforming” and “MostImproved” awards on behalfof Arch Health from theCalifornia IntegratedHealthcare Association. ArchHealth Partners has officesthroughout North County andis affiliated with PalomarHealth.

Nice numbersThe Government

Finance Officers Associationof the United States andCanada presented the San FeIrrigation District the GFOA’sCertificate of Achievementfor Excellence in FinancialReporting for the district’scomprehensive annual finan-cial report. This is the sixthyear successively that SFIDhas received the award. Anaward of Financial ReportingAchievement was also award-ed to the DistrictAdministrative ServicesManager Jeanne L. Deaver,for preparing the award-win-ner report.

Plie for PinkXtend Barre with studios

in Carlsbad, Carmel Valleyand Poway,has partnered withShape Magazine, and will behosting its second annual Pliéfor Pink Oct. 7 from 9:30 to10:45 a.m.In support of BreastCancer Awareness Month, aportion of proceeds will bene-fit The Breast CancerResearch Foundation.

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— “We are currently in theheight of fire season,”Rancho Santa Fe FireChief Tony Michel told theAssociation at its Sept. 20meeting.

His purpose of attend-ing the meeting was toremind area residents thatthey should remain ever-vigilant about fire preven-tion and to expect anabove-average fire season.

“This year because ofa lot of early rain we have alot of grass growing,” hesaid.

He said there havealready been more firestarts than in recent memo-ry at this time of year.

“It’s going to be anoth-er big fire season inSouthern California,” hesaid.

Michel said that eventhough the devastatingWitch Creek Fire was fiveyears ago, another suchblaze is a possibility.

“Right now we are atcritical fuel levels whenfires can start more readi-ly,” he said.

Michel said the firedistrict has been doing itspart in preventing firewith measures such as cre-ating buffers to flames byclearing out the Del DiosGorge and the SanDieguito River andreminding residents oftheir own responsibilities.

Director AnneFeighner said the No. 1concern of theAssociation’s Committeeon the NaturalEnvironment is the deadand drying trees within theCovenant.

“We must be aware ofhow our property impactsthe entire community,”Feighner said.

Michel said brushabatement companies forhire can be found on thefire district’s website at rsf-fire.org.

Michel said that a com-

munication put out by thePredictive Services Groupin Riverside stated that inareas toward the coast andover most of the Sierra,fuel moisture continues tobe below average thereforein local area will continueto see an above normallarge fire potential.

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Group looks to helptraveling military

COAST CITIES — ForCamp Pendleton Marinesand all the military whotravel through LindberghField InternationalAirport, San Diego Wavesof Appreciation is prepar-ing to again provide foodto military personnel trav-eling through the airportduring the holidays —both Thanksgiving andChristmas.

Last year the groupstarted with 2,000 bags,had to rush togetheranother 500, and ran outbefore Christmas.

This year, they arestarting with 3,000, withthe ability to add another500 if needed.

To do so they need toraise at least $25,000 andrecruit volunteers of allages to fill bags.

To purchase and fillthe bags beforeThanksgiving, Reichertsaid the $25,000 needs tobe raised by Oct. 15.

Each cinch-style fab-

ric bag is filled with vari-ous snack foods.

The food will be pur-chased in early Novemberand and volunteers will beneeded to pack the bagson Nov. 11 at the USO’sdowntown San Diego facil-ity.

To volunteer, contactReichert at (858) 705-8118or sandiegopep-perdinewaves@gmail.com.

To donate, send acheck payable to “USOSan Diego” with “food bagproject” written on thememo line, to USO SanDiego Downtown Center,c/o Ginger Csizmadi, 303 ASt., Suite 100, San Diego,CA 92101.

Project originatorReed Reichert, said, “I gotthe idea when I was sittingnext to a young Marinewho looked scared todeath. He asked if I knewif any food would beserved on the planebecause he hadn’t eaten innine hours.”

Rady Charity Ball plans beginRANCHO SANTA FE

— Mark your calendar andreserve your night inCoronado now.

The 104th anniversaryCharity Ball, “When YouWish Upon a Star,” to bene-fit The Peckham Center forCancer and Blood Disordersat Rady Children’sHospital, is planned forFeb. 16 at the Hotel delCoronado.

It will be launched bythe annual Past Chairmen’sTea from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 15at the Rancho Santa Fehome of Mrs. Martin

Dickinson.The annual Past

Chairmen’s Tea recognizesthe chairmen of the CharityBall, considered the “GrandDame of San Diego socialevents.”

This year’s event isbeing chaired by NancieGeller, co-chaired byKimberly Miller, and sup-ported by a committee of 80men and women.

For more information,call Nancie Geller at (619)743-9456 or email nan-ciegeller@aol.com or visithelpsdkids/CharityBall.

RSF Fire Chief reminds residents of dangersIt is never too late to

remind residents to pro-tect themselves and theirhomes by:

• Creating 100 feet ofdefensible space aroundtheir homes and otherstructures

• Providing a verticalclearance of 13 feet, 6inches along all roadways,driveways and easements

• Making all propertiesfree of dead and dyingtrees and brush

• Keeping rain gutterscleaned

• Trimming treebranches away from roofs

• Moving wood pilesaway from the home

RANCHO SANTA FE— Come be reminded thatanything is possible.

The Seany Foundationinvites the community togather from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct.13 at the Del Mar CountryClub, 6001 Clubhouse Driveto mark its fifth annual“Everything Is Possible” cel-ebration.

At the event, the SeanyCommunity Service Awardwill be presented to LoriIaquinta. Pre-registrationtickets cost $150 per person.Proceeds go toward vitalresearch initiatives and life-enhancing programs for chil-dren battling cancer.

To register or for moreevent details, visit the-seanyfoundation.org/cele-bration. Celebration 2012sponsors include: Variety,the Children’s Charity ofSouthern California;

Medical Center Pharmacy;Eddy Pump; Kleinfelder;CustomerCentric Selling;and Alfonsi Railroad. Forsponsorship information,v i s i ttheseanyfoundation.org/cel-ebration-sponsor.

Sean Lewis Robins diednearly six years ago after along battle with cancer. TheSeany Foundation has con-tinued his legacy of battlingpediatric cancer for the lastfive years. Celebration 2012will commemorate all thework done in his honor aswell as acknowledge all thework still to be done. TheFoundation continues toraise funds for importantquality-of-life programs forlocal children with cancerand potentially lifesavingresearch.

For more information,visit theseanyfoundation.org.

Group celebrates 5th year

Have you cleaned outyour medicine cabinet late-ly?

If not, you may haveexpired or unused prescrip-tion medications on hand.This can be especially dan-gerous if there are otherpeople in the home whomay have access to thesedrugs.

Prescription medica-tions can be invaluable intreating and preventing ill-ness.

But the use of thesedrugs in a way that is notintended by the prescribingphysician is a potentiallydeadly problem.

Safe use of prescrip-tion drugs begins withensuring that medicationsdon’t get into the wronghands. Avoid transferringdrugs into containerslabeled for other medica-tions; for example, don’tput prescription musclerelaxants in an old aspirinbottle. Someone may mis-takenly take the prescrip-tion medication when theyreally just needed an over-the-counter pain reliever.

Keep track of your pre-scriptions and the quanti-ties you should have onhand, as well as the numberof refills available. If possi-ble, make sure you are theonly one authorized by yourpharmacy to order and pickup refills. Store medica-tions in a safe area inacces-sible to others, and be surethat your “secret” hiding

places are truly secret andnot easily discovered with abit of snooping. Better yet,keep them in a locked tack-le-type box. Talk to yourchildren about abuse ofpills, just as you talk tothem about the dangers ofalcohol or other drug use.

Never share medica-tions with friends or family,even if they have the samesymptoms.

Many conditions havesimilar symptoms butrequire very different treat-ment. Only a physician candiagnose and prescribemedications. Moreover,sharing prescription med-ications is illegal and canresult in fines or jail time.

Even if they’re notabused, prescriptions canpose a risk if they areexpired or damaged. Allprescription drugs have anexpiration date on thelabel; after that, they canbreak down and change,rendering them ineffective,harmful, or in some casesdeadly. The commonly pre-scribed antibiotic tetracy-cline, for example, cancause a deadly skin infec-tion if taken after itexpires.

Take inventory of med-icines every six months anddispose of medications thatlack clearly marked expira-tion dates.

Also dispose of any

medications that are discol-ored, separated, crumbly, orpowdery — even if theyhaven’t yet expired.

Don’t simply toss old orunused medications in thetrash bin — it may be easyfor children, pets and oth-ers to find them. Norshould medications beflushed down the toilet;they can affect the watersupply and be ingested bythe public, as well as harmnatural aquatic habitats.

Instead, remove drugsfrom their original contain-ers, crush them, and thenmix them with an undesir-able substance, such asused coffee grounds orkitty litter.

This makes the medica-tion less appealing to chil-dren and pets, and unrecog-nizable to people who maysearch through your trash.

You can also takeunwanted medications toyour pharmacy for properdisposal, or to secure dropboxes at Sheriff’sDepartment sites.

They will ensure med-ications are disposed ofaccording to state and fed-eral laws.

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an August report, the inspec-tor general of theDepartment of VeteransAffairs warned that theregional office building inWinston-Salem, N.C., was indanger of collapsing becausethere were too many claimsfiles stacked on the sixthfloor.“We noticed floors bow-ing under the excess weightto the extent that the tops offile cabinets were noticeablyunlevel throughout the stor-age area.” The report alsowarned of the potential offiles falling on, and injuring,employees. For the shortterm, the agency relocatedall the folders (estimated:37,000) on the sixth floor tooffices on the fifth, seventhand eighth floors.

For years, U.S. senatorsRon Wyden and Mark Udall(of the Select Committee onIntelligence) have been ask-ing the director of NationalIntelligence to disclose howoften the government mightbe “overcollecting” informa-tion on U.S. citizens by tooenthusiastically applying thePatriot Act, but the director’soffice has maintained thatsuch information,whether ornot it reveals wrongdoing, isclassified. In July, the officefinally declassified one factthat it said the senators werefree to use: that the govern-ment had “on at least oneoccasion” overcollectedinformation in violation ofconstitutional protections —but that’s all. The number oftimes, and all other details,remain classified.

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The kids are back inschool and now we have thatgreat fall weather in SanDiego. But Puerto Vallarta ismoving out of the tropicalsummer heat and humiditytoo. I cannot wait to get backto my place down there butI’m a little stuck. I’m busywith real estate work and Ihave been fortunate enoughto have my place renteddown there so it can pay foritself.

The homeowner fees on

my condo just dropped to$395 American per monthfrom $440. When was thelast time you ever saw some-thing go down instead of up?That homeowner fee pays foreverything: cable television,electricity, water (that I candrink straight from the tapbecause Puerto Vallarta hasendless water and everyresort building has furtherpurification. The water linesthroughout the city are, forthe most part no older than20 to 30 years.

The HOA also pays forall the security, maintenanceand upgrades. I rent myplace pretty cheaply for $50per day, so one week ofrental nearly pays the wholemonth. Other long-term resi-dents with long-established

returning vacationers get$80 to $120 per day afterOct. 1.

I only bring all this upbecause lately my office hasbeen getting numerous callsfrom my ads for PuertoVallarta and Punta Mita.People don’t care about themisleading news storiesabout drugs, violence anddeath. I’ve said it before andI’ll say it again, PuertoVallarta remains the seventhsafest tourist destination inthe world according toConde Naste, the traveler’smagazine.

Somehow and some waythrough all that Fast andFurious screw up, it seemsour press is hell bent on pun-ishing Mexico. A lot of inno-cent people have been hurtfinancially because of that.If our press reported nation-ally the violence every day inChicago, the town wouldsoon become a ghost town.

Our mainstream press isno longer a fourth estate.They seem to be puppets ofsomeone else’s design. It isall so frustrating. I don’t carewhat Walter Cronkite orDavid Brinkley’s politicalpersuasion was but whenthey did their job, they did itobjectively. No more. It ishard to trust the mainstreampress anymore. We have togo dig for information our-selves, mostly through theInternet.

I love Puerto Vallarta inthe winter time. I usually goto this little sports bar calledEl Torito on Sundays. Theyhave all the football gamesand I get to watch theChargers and mingle with allthe San Diego fans that aredown there as well. But it isgreat fun to meet and enjoythe company of the fans ofall the other great Americancities as well.

Puerto Vallarta recentlysurpassed 1millionAmerican and Canadianownerships. Now thatincludes the time shares too,but I look at Puerto Vallartalike another SouthernCalifornia from the ‘50s and60s. The open spaces, ocean-close opportunities andgrowing tourist attractionsare just plum ready for pick-ing for those who want toinvest.

If this election cycle inNovember turns out the waya lot of people think it will,then a whole lot of boomersare bolting for places outsidethis country. It’s going to beinteresting to watch howpeople look to find theirpeace.

Oh, I have to give propsto Brenda Terrones (nowMatthews). She is my firstex. My column was originallygoing to be “Baby BoomerBlues” but she thought thatwas a downer. She suggested“Baby Boomer Peace “and Iloved it. It fit our era andpeace is what we are allseeking. So, thanks Brenda!

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San Marcos will be tweakedto include palliative carelessons; the institute willoffer secondary educationclasses for professionalspursuing certifications inpalliative care; and theinstitute will hold meetingsto inform the public aboutpalliative care.

The public meetingswill address the basics ofhow to care for someonewith a chronic illness, aswell as how to access andask for palliative care.

The community out-reach meetings shouldbegin in October and thesecondary education class-

es will likely start next year,according to McNeal.

According to CSUTrustee RobertaAchtenberg, there are plansfor other CSUs to replicatethe model.

Cal State San Marcoswas chosen as the firstschool for the palliativecare institute because of itsstrong nursing program andleadership, she said.

“I can’t tell you howvital these services willbecome,” Achtenberg said.

Achtenberg pointedout that an estimated 14million people have at leastone chronic disease inCalifornia, and the numberis expected to increase.Hospitals are unprepared,

she said.Only 60 percent of

California hospitals have apalliative care team.

Palliative care teamstypically include a physi-cian, nurse, social worker,pharmacist, chaplain andothers as needed.

One of the major func-tions of palliative care isputting together pain-man-agement regimens.

CSU ChancellorCharles Reed believes theinstitute is a great fit forCal State San Marcos.

“This was a perfectidea for a young, relativelynew university to step outand become a leader,” Reedsaid.

Jean Gillette promises to get right onthat tomorrow, or maybe Thursday.Contact her at jgillette@coastnews-group.com.

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By Jared WhitlockCOAST CITIES — Become a better surfer and avoid

injury by training on land? It was a foreign, even out-thereidea a decade ago.

But more and more, surfers are using shore-based bal-ancing exercises, injury prevention techniques and nutri-tion information to better their wave-riding skills. Theattention on surfing fitness is being fueled by a crop ofnew studies, books and instructional DVDs aimed ateveryman surfers.

In the past, surfers believed there was a simple wayto elevate their skills: surf more. That attitude startedchanging about 10 years ago, beginning with sponsorsinjecting more money into professional surfing, saidClayton Everline, a strength and conditioning specialistfor pro surfers and co-author of “Surf Survival: TheSurfer’s Health Handbook.” The stakes for pro surferswere higher than ever.

“Obviously, getting out in the water is thebiggest and most important part of improvingyour surfing,” said Everline, who is also a prac-ticing sports physician. “But especially around2007, you had a lot of pros looking for a compet-itive edge, and they really started taking train-ing and nutrition seriously, whereas before thatstuff was on the backburner.”

“There was a tipping point; those who start-ed taking fitness and training seriously startingwinning — it couldn’t be denied,” he added.

Pro surfers were hungry for health informa-tion tailored to surfers, and doctors and sportsphysicians responded by developing fitnessregimes and safety tips with pros in mind. Thatknowledge eventually found its way to every-man surfers, with Everline’s co-authored book,“Surf Survival,” being one example.

“Surf Survival” includes everything from achecklist of items when surfing remote regions,what to eat to extend sessions and how to warmup as well as cool-down after surfing to stay lim-ber and avoid injuries. The book’s other author,Andrew Nathanson, is one of the pioneers ofsurfing injury analysis.

Compared to other sports like baseball andfootball, nowhere near as much time has beendevoted to studying surfing, Nathanson said.Nathanson explained that conducting researchin an environment as unpredictable as theocean is difficult, and unlike some sports, surf-ing injury data traditionally hasn’t been collect-ed, whether from contests or self-reports. Butmore sports therapists and doctors likeNathanson are spearheading studies to investi-gate the frequency, mechanisms and risk fac-tors of injuries.

One of his studies, the first of its kind,examined injuries at 32 professional and ama-teur surfing contests. Findings revealed thatmost injuries were due to sprains and strains tothe lower extremities, especially the knees. Tocombat these injuries, Nathanson recommendsflexibility training in these areas of the body.Outside of contests, one of his other studiesfound that lacerations and contusions causedby direct contact from a surfboard were themost common.

“Due to sharpness, a surfboard’s fins arethe biggest threat to the average surfer,” saidNathanson, who is also an emergency physicianat the Miriam Hospital in Rhode Island. “Theycan be sanded to reduce sharpness at virtuallyno expense to performance.”

One reason for the newfound interest ininjury prevention and workouts is the surfingpopulation is aging, Nathanson said. For thefirst time in the sports’ history, there are a sig-nificant number of surfers in their 50s, 60s andeven 70s in the water.

Pro surfers in their late 30s were a raritytwo decades ago. But Carlsbad resident TaylorKnox, 41, still duels with those half his age onsurfing’s professional tour. He attributes hislongevity to exercises he developed, along withhis trainer, with surfers in mind. The regimenwas released as a DVD that’s titled “SurfExercises with Taylor Knox.”

“Over about eight years, we went throughand identified what parts of the body respondand are key for surfing, and it’s made the differ-ence,” Knox said.

His trainer, Paul Hiniker, said surfing, asport requiring catlike balance, is all aboutbuilding core strength and correctional stretch-es.

“Alignment is the most important part ofbeing a surfer,” Hiniker said. “Paddling cantake a toll on and over rely on certain muscles.

The muscles contract, pulling joints out of alignment,leading to being unbalanced and maybe injury.”

Hiniker, who specializes in training extreme sportsathletes and holds a bachelor’s of science in sports medi-cine, compared unbalanced body alignment with steeringa car that pulls to the left or right.

“The body tries to compensate, only causing prob-lems with posture,” said Hiniker, a Carlsbad native.

The cornerstone of “Surf Exercises with Taylor Knox”is an exercise ball, a piece of equipment Hiniker said isideal for aligning the body. And an exercise ball repli-cates the dynamic and unpredictable surface of theocean.

An exercise ball is especially great for hip flexorstrengthening, which surfers need to generate power onturns.

Although a new or counterintuitive idea to some, hesaid surfers are coming around to the idea of supplemen-tal workouts on the shore.

“You build strength and counteract what you’redoing in the water on the land,” Hiniker said.

aged a 93 percent capacity inthe stadium.

The petition research tothe FCC concluded that“blackouts have no significanteffect on ticket sales in theNFL and increase no-showsonly when the weather isbad.”

But some teams do bene-fit from what economists call“local revenues,” Baadeexplained. “You’ve got someteams in large markets thatnaturally have an advantageand so they don’t rely as muchon attendance as do someother teams. …

“When you’re talkingabout some teams like theGreen Bay Packers, who havelong wait lists for fans, thewhole blackout thing is super-fluous, anyway,” he said.

The Chargers sold almost6,000 additional tickets to theAtlanta game following theblackout announcement,according to Johnston.“Without the policy, it mighthave been,take a zero off that,600 (tickets),so it does make abig difference,”Johnston said.

“If you’re in a situationwhere you say,‘Look we’re notgoing to be able to see theteam, or see the game, youmight be able to convincesome deep pockets person to,in fact, buy tickets to ensurethe blackout will be lifted,”Baade said. “It can be veryeffective. I think people get alittle panicky close to gametime and start thinking aboutthe fact that we’re going tohave to sell these tickets some-how if we’re going to avoid theblackouts. It’s a very straight-forward way of making sureyou sell all the seats.”

Baade thought it was fairto say that season tickets hold-ers make or break blackouts.“I think that of course, if youcan muster season ticketsales,you’re just going to be ata huge advantage. In fact, inall sports, season tickets salesreally give you a distinctadvantage because they giveyou more certainty,” headded.“I think in all sports atthis particular point in time,season ticket sales are thekey.”

Spanos said the organiza-tion took great steps this year,

setting a goal to put morevalue in the season ticketholder packages. “And weachieved that,” he added.

Some of those measuresinclude more stadium andfacility tours and allowingmore access to conferencecalls with key personnel as thehead coach and general man-ager and players. Season tick-et prices also haven’t changedsince 2007.

Chargers season ticketpackages are still readilyavailable for purchase.

Spanos wouldn’t saywhether the policy was out-dated, but knows there’s beena lot of criticism about theblackout policy.“The blackoutpolicy has been in place fordecades,” Spanos said.“If youlook over the long haul, itserved the NFL well in help-ing markets sell tickets.Because we need people inthe stands; our players tell usall the time how importanthome field advantage is. Idon’t think the NFL works ifthe stadiums are empty.Thereneeds to be a big crowd at thestadium for everything towork.”

Spanos said he was opti-mistic for ticket sales regard-ing the remaining six homegames. “There’s still a lot offootball to be played. I thinkwe’re 2-1 at the top of our divi-sion and I think team per-formance is going to be a bigdriver in ticket sales. I think ifwe continue to be successfulon the field, I’m very opti-mistic about selling out therest of our games and gettingthe blackouts lifted,” he said.

The Chargers remaininghome games are against divi-sion rivals the Broncos andChiefs, followed by theRavens, Bengals, Panthersand ending the season againstthe Raiders.

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STEP 3: Continue to externally rotate your arm until it’s in a vertical position andyou’re squeezing your shoulder blades together. From this position, your knees,ears shoulders, hips and ankles should form a straight line. Hold position for twocounts and repeat eight to 10 times on each side of the body. Photographs byBill Reilly

STEP 1: Place a swiss ball beneath ankles, elevate body until torso is parallelto the ground. Then reach under the body with top arm and touch the groundbeneath you.

STEP 2: Maintain side plank position, using your shoulder, core and hip stabili-ty. Then externally rotate your torso until your hand and arm comes out fromunderneath you.

Paul Hiniker breaks down a favorite core and stability exerciseof surfers called the side plank with external rotation.

Building and stabilizing the core

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THE RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS OCT. 05, 2012B14

By Bernice Bede Osol

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

In the year ahead, you are likely to beinspired to take on a unique but creativeproject, either as a personal hobby or apotential second source of income.Developing and testing things will turn outto be lots of fun, and profitable as well.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you’recomparing similar items before making apurchase, quality should take prece-dence over price. Don’t allow yourself tobe dazzled by a flashy sale.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You’relikely to get the opportunity to be withsomeone whom you really like. Even ifyou can’t spend as much time together asboth of you desire, you’ll make it a qualityexperience.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —Even though the last thing you will bethinking about is feathering your nest,persons you help could end up doingmore for you than what you actually do forthem.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Youmight get some intuitive flashes pertain-ing to a certain future event. Don’t dis-count any of these perceptions justbecause what you envision seems toogood to be true.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —Something rather peculiar might develop

that could result in a small but significantadvantage in your career. It’s also likelythat it’ll be beneficial financially as well.PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —Acknowledge all hunches or perceptions,because one could result in a subtle yetvital benefit for you in the workplace.Takeadvantage of your brainstorms — youwon’t regret it.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — When con-sidering making a financial investment,don’t discuss it with people who havepoor fiduciary track records. Someonecould talk you into putting your money ona bad bet.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Somethingbeneficial could result from an involve-ment with a friend whose interests, idealand standards are similar to yours.Not sowith a companion who thinks differently.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Oftentimesin life, we have to be extremely assertivein order to achieve our objectives.However, you will gain more at present bybeing kind and sharing.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Shouldyour faith be put to the test, rememberthat you generally can achieve far moreby being unwavering. Additionally, yoursteadfastness will inspire others.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Some kind ofshift in circumstances can be expected,which will have a strong effect on you andyour associates. However, you won’tmind the turmoil; you’ll instantly see itsbenefits.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Althoughthe knowledge you’ll gain from bookstoday might be marginal at best, you’relikely to learn an invaluable lesson fromsomething you’ll experience with anotherperson.

FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves

THE BORN LOSER by Art & Chip Sansom

BIG NATE by Lincoln Peirce

MONTY by Jim Meddick

ARLO & JANIS by Jimmy Johnson

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr

SOUP TO NUTS by Rick Stromoski

COW & BOY by Mark Leiknes

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