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Solutions Farms in Vista is expanding it’s aquaponics operations to help create a more self-sufficient community as well as helping solve family homelessness. Photo courtesy Solutions Farms

Aquaponics farming teaches self-sufficiency By Dean Patterson

Terry Little stands behind the bar at his business, Bear Roots Brewing Company. Little, who opened Bear Roots in December, has been brewing beer for more than three years. Photo by Hoa Quach

Brewery hops over obstacles to set roots By Hoa Quach

VISTA — It was 2005 when Terry Little tried his first craft beer. Little, who was serving in the U.S. Navy at the time, was in Imperial Beach when he had a Stone pale ale. “I remember it so vividly,” Little said. “This was just when Stone was picking up, so that was 10 years ago. They have come far.” Little has come far, too. He and his wife, Page, are the owners of Bear Roots Brewing Company in Vista, which opened in December. It joins more than 100

craft breweries in San Diego County and is the 13th brewery in the city. But the opening of the one-barrel brewhouse didn’t come without its challenges. The husband and wife team relied on 40 donors who contributed more than $25,000 on the crowdfunding website, Kickstarter, while family members supplied the rest of the monetary support. “It was very stressful,” Little said. “I thought I knew what I had gotten myself into but I didn’t have a clue. We used loans, credit

cards, and my in-laws gave us the financial backing we really needed.” With about $100,000 to spend, the Littles created their one-barrel brewhouse on Santa Fe Avenue from the ground up. Nick Bowling, who is now the brewery’s manager, also helped. “What’s neat about what we’ve accomplished is that we built everything you see in here,” Little said. “Everything but the concrete we created. It’s 100 percent ourselves.” Little, who is the sole brewer of the company,

serves up to 16 taps at any given time. He spends his nights brewing at least five different beers a week after working full-time as the director of operations for a manufacturing company in Sorrento Valley. “I’m usually here from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. brewing beer,” Little said. “All the beers we have are very complex. I brew until all the fermenters are full.” Little describes his beers as old-fashioned and distinct. He said brewing TURN TO BREWERY ON 12

New mental health facility plans moving forward By Steve Puterski

ESCONDIDO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors are moving forward with plans to construct a new facility for mentally ill patients in crisis. Two weeks ago, the supervisors unanimously approved $900,000 to demolish existing buildings on county-owned property, which will lead to the construction of the North Inland Crisis Residential Facility on East Valley Parkway. In addition, the county received a $3,688,468

grant from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority. In February, the board authorized advertising for a design-build contract for the facility and appropriated $3,578,425. According to Supervisor Dave Roberts, the demolition will “hopefully” be completed in the next several months. As for the new building, Roberts said plans have not detailed an exact completion date. Nevertheless, Roberts said the facility is a major boost for those suffering from mental illness.

“We did several studies and one of the biggest needs was in North County,” he explained. “You never know when mental health issues will affect the family. A lot of times … people end up at the emergency room at the hospital.” Roberts said those patients who suffer an episode could be transferred from the hospital to the residential facility for longer care. He said those individuals might stay at the new center for several weeks or months, depending on the need of care.

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“When they transition … they will be able to go to this facility to be stabilized,” Roberts added. The supervisors took action after the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) vacated the campus in June on East Valley Parkway. The HHSA relocated to 649 W. Mission Ave. The city of Escondido’s Planning Division consulted the county’s Department of General Services to find a suitable location for the new facility. StudTURN TO FACILITY ON 14

VISTA — Solving family homelessness through increasing self-sufficiency and aquaponics is no longer a fish tale for President and CEO of Solutions for Change, Chris Megison and CEO of Go Green Agriculture, Pierre Sleiman. As pioneers in both their respective fields the announcement of expansion plans for the Solutions Farms comes with great relief and satisfaction after years of hard work engaging the community and winning over perceptive social purpose investors. “Aquaponics has been around for a long time,” Sleiman said. “In recent times, the combination of technology systems with hydroponic greenhouse growing has made it possible to really magnify the synergy of growing plants and fish together.” In short, aquaponics is the marriage of raising fish and growing plants without soil in one integrated system. The fish waste provides an organic food source for the growing plants and the plants provide a natural filter for the water the fish live in. The third participants are the microbes and the red worms that thrive in the growing media. They do the job of converting the fish waste into food for the plants. “Solutions Farms gives those in the deepest of poverty access to the healthiest food that they could consume,” Megison said. “Homeless people

could rarely afford this premium food but our families will get the best of the best food. Also, the homeless themselves will run this state of the art farm.” The expansion of the Solutions Farms like the aquaponics system itself will help increase their self-sufficiency ratio to permanently solve family homelessness. “Social enterprises like this farm pays about one-third of the cost per family annually,” Megison said. “What we hope to do is see that ratio rise to one-half that cost.” With this expansion Solutions for Change will now be able to increase the number of their residents that can participate in their workforce training program so more parents of homeless families are getting jobs annually. Additionally, this new level of expansion will quadruple their production of certified organic food for distribution sales. Those dollars then get cycled back into the organization’s resources, reinforcing their resolute theme of self-sufficiency. “Throughout our organization’s history, we have reinvented the playbooks on what solving homelessness looks like,” Megison said. “Now, with the Solutions Farms expansion, we’re continuing that tradition of innovation.” Strengthened by the support of the Alliance Healthcare Foundation’s Innovation Initiative (i2) grant, Solutions for TURN TO FARM ON 14

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COW project helps Roosevelt students think outside the box By Hoa Quach

VISTA — At 12 years old, Sullivan Brown is passionate about gardening. He’s grown corn, watermelon, tomatoes, and most recently, cilantro. The Roosevelt Middle School student had the opportunity to further explore his passion in the classroom thanks to a technology-based project that spanned across three states. Sullivan is one of more than 600 students to participate in COW, a collaborative project formed among three schools in California, Ohio and Wisconsin. In the project, teachers asked the questions, “How do people affect the land?” and “How does the land affect people?” Students then answered it in their own way, while sharing resources with their peers. “I love gardening so I did an experiment on how fertilizer affects cilantro,” Sullivan said. “I really enjoyed choosing my own thing to do. I liked the creativity of it.” To document his findings, Sullivan took a photo of his growing cilantro every 30 minutes over the course of a few weeks. His photos were merged into a time-lapse video. About 250 seventh grade students at Roosevelt Middle answered the questions by exploring topics like earthquakes, glaciers and over-industrialization. They documented their findings in presentations like stop-motion videos, video games or infographics. “When you allow students

Sullivan Brown, 12, showcases his project on how to grow cilantro effectively on Dec. 14, 2015. Sullivan is one of more than 600 students to participate in a competency-based project that spanned across three states. Photo courtesy of Elise Ochenduszko

to think outside the box, it’s remarkable the things they come up with,” Elise Ochenduszko, principal of Roosevelt Middle School, said. “They exceeded all of our expectations.” Ochenduszko said the project was formed after Devin Vodicka, superintendent for Vista Unified, met the superintendents for Mentor Public Schools from Ohio and Kettle Moraine School District from Wisconsin during a conference.

“They thought it would be neat to do a collaboration between the three school districts,” Ochenduszko said. “The goal of the project was to really engage the students in what we call competency-based learning rather than giving them information. It was an intriguing opportunity to collaborate with other states.” Jessica Janes, science teacher at Roosevelt Middle, said students were able to take ownership of their own work.

“Students took more initiative in their self-directed learning than typically seen,” Janes said. “They had to take charge in teaching themselves certain skills and troubleshooting their various problems, rather than relying on someone else to provide all the answers. I have never seen middle school students take as much pride in their learning and creations as they did with this project.” Karis Brown, 12, said the

project allowed her to be more engaged in school. Her project focused on how hunting affects the earth. “I feel like I learned more in the COW classes,” Karis said. “Sometimes class could get boring but if it’s something you enjoy, you’ll remember what you learned years from now.” Brian Platte, who documented how over-industrialization affects the earth through a video game, said the project forced him to dig deeper into his topic. “I kept finding more information because I was responsible for my own learning,” said 12-year-old Brian. “I’ve never done anything like this before. I thought the project was really successful.” Ochenduszko said the project caught the eye of online retail giant, Amazon, which is working to develop a digital, nationwide resource for teachers. The company asked the teachers involved in COW to share their lessons plans on its website. “Nationwide competency-based learning is really the wave of the future,” Ochenduszko said. “The resources from COW will be a model for that.” Ochenduszko said teachers will meet in January to discuss plans to expand the project to other schools. “We’re taking what we learned to make a meaningful connection with more students,” Ochenduszko said. “This is a really powerful opportunity for students, and great professional development for teachers.”

Escondido facility to undergo major upgrades By Steve Puterski

ESCONDIDO — One of the city’s most important facilities will undergo a major facelift. The City Council recently approved a multi-million dollar project to upgrade the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility. Chris McKinney, direc-

tor of utilities, outlined the proposal for the $12 million project. Upgrades include reconstruction of the primary basin and installation of aluminum covers plus new scum and sludge collection systems. Also, crews will replace the odor control system and

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ducting, while modifying and demolishing portions of the operations administration complex (OAC), build a new electrical room, relocate fiber optics to the new OAC and remove the roof and walls of the primary treatment building. The plant’s input is an average of 10 million gallons of wastewater and residual storm water per day from Escondido and Rancho Bernardo. It is the city’s only wastewater facility, which operates 24 hours per day, so the upgrades must be completed in phases to avoid a complete shutdown, McKinney said. Removal of the primary treatment building will improve working and safety conditions, as well as decrease the volume of foul air being treated. The city received six bids with the condition that each firm must have completed at least one similar project in an active wastewater plant. The two lowest bids came from firms who failed to qualify. The contract was awarded to J.F. Shea Construction of Walnut at $10,927,580. Due to the complexity of the project, the City Council also approved the hiring of three consulting firms for a total of $1,084,006. The consultants will oversee construction management, engineering and electrical inspection services. Wastewater enters the plant and is pumped into the primary treatment building. From there, an iron-based chemical is applied to coagulate dissolved solids and

pulled to the basin. “That is basically sludge,” McKinney said. “It can be gathered and treated and the water can move on to the second treatment steps.” The sludge also creates odor, which must be treated before being released into the atmosphere. Due to the age of the facility, which is 50 years old, advances and changes in technology are driving the upgrades. In addition, the odor-collecting systems are inefficient and use a large amount of energy to process the odors. Because of the size of the area, a much larger amount of air must be treated, McKinney explained. Another concern with the primary building, which is too large by today’s standards, is it is becoming more corrosive, a by-product of the odors. Although the structure is still sound, McKinney said in the next several years to a decade, it may start to “suffer” and could even become uninhabitable. “Those are the big drivers behind this project,” he added. Finally, McKinney said the updated equipment to be installed will reduce the footprint of the primary and odor-control system in the plant. “As we need to expand our recycled water treatment, we need space for those additional treatment processes,” he said. “This newer, more efficient process design will open up space at the facility so we can increase our recycled water.”

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North County’s first year-round shelter opens in Escondido By Promise Yee

ESCONDIDO — Interfaith Community Services Haven House opened its doors as the first North County year-round shelter two days before Christmas. Kurt Leorise, 45, is one of the 49 men and women to move in. He said Haven House is a godsend. Leorise has been homeless, off and on, for the past seven years. The night before he moved into the shelter he was sleeping on the streets under an awning. He said this winter has been difficult with rains getting everything wet. Leorise moved into the shelter Dec. 23. He pointed out his bottom bunk, and the soft pillow he now sleeps on. Haven House provides the basics of a bunk, bedding, a personal locker, two hot meals and a case management worker. There is also limited access to showers, laundry facilities, computers and a phone. Leorise said he is looking forward to next steps for himself. His goal is to secure a full-time job in construction or warehouse work. He said his challenges are to locate a local manual labor job, connect with employers with limited computer skills and secure 40 hours of steady work a week. The transitional housing program is geared to give a hand up to homeless individuals who are working or those like Leorise, who

Women’s bunks at Heaven House await clients who are set to move in. A women’s group donated bags of toiletries for women in the program.

Kurt Leorise shows off his bunk. Leorise moves into Haven House after living on the streets for seven years. Haven House provides working homeless with temporary housing. Photos by Promise Yee

are on-track to gain employment. Greg Anglea, executive director of Interfaith Community Services, said participants are assessed for need through the North County 25 Cities initiative program. Those who would benefit from 60 days of temporary housing assistance are accepted to Haven House on a first-come basis. After two months in the program clients are expected to be employed full time and find permanent housing. Haven House also

provides move-in assistance and support as needed through clients’ first year. The shelter facility is a former automotive garage. It still has the original glasswall front offices and roll up back doors. Building ventilation and insulation were upgraded, and overhead lighting and a new coat of paint were added. Past the front offices are two newly remodeled handicap-accessible restrooms, followed by rows of metal bunkbeds lined up in the windowless former ga-

rage space. A small couch, TV and a couple of tables and chairs sit between the men’s and women’s bunks. “It’s a bare bones layout,” Anglea said. Interfaith Community Services uses adjacent buildings on the site to provide additional community services. The daily routine at the shelter follows practices of the previous winter-only emergency shelter, which had a 57 percent success rate of participants securing permanent housing.

Clients in the program work at the adjacent comcheck in at 5:30 p.m., take puter lab or following up on a breathalyzer test to assure leads. they meet the sober requireAnglea said the program’s success will require community donations, volunteering and people hiring and renting to program clients. He added the benefits are getting people off the streets, helping those who are suffering and ending homelessness. “It’s about creating a continuum of care for the poorest and most vulnerable in our community,” Anglea said. “With a year-round Greg Anglea shelter, we can, and we will, Executive Director, Interfaith provide better tomorrows Community Services for those facing difficult todays.” Haven House has raised ment, then relax until 6 p.m. dinner is served to shelter $430,000 toward its proresidents and others in need jected first-year operations in the adjacent dinning hall. cost of $500,000. There is a At 6 a.m. clients must waiting list of 100 to be in be out working, looking for the program.

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Take the renewable fuel standard down to zero By Wayne Winegarden

Major highway repairs unlikey in 2016 California Focus By Thomas D. Elias

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t will be no surprise if Californians don’t see many needed highway repairs getting underway in the next year. For the Jerry Brown administration says it will take $59 billion to repair state roads and another $78 billion to fix those maintained by cities and counties. This magnitude of repair money is not available from the state’s general fund or from current gasoline taxes, which are carved up into many pieces, the money going for things like building hydrogen refueling stations and mass transit in addition to fixing roads. So it will take either higher gas taxes or a major bond issue to bring California highways up to the standards they enjoyed for more than 50 years prior to about 1990, when raids on the gasoline tax fund began in earnest. But Republicans hold just over one-third of the seats in both houses of the state Legislature, and they are adamantly against new taxes, especially any that might be proposed by the majority Democrats. It would take at least one GOP vote in both the Assembly and the state Senate to get the twothirds vote needed for a gas tax hike without a general election vote. Plus, no bond money could possibly be available until the middle of 2017, even if legislators manage to settle on how much to borrow and then convince voters to okay their plan. There are three roots to the state’s difficulties in getting new highway money.

One is the long history of politicians “borrowing” from the gas-tax-fueled highway fund and then not repaying the money in a timely way. That leaves a lot of Californians distrustful of putting more money there. A second problem is the GOP’s longstanding opposition to new taxes of any kind. Ever since President George H.W. Bush famously intoned at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans, “Read my lips… No New Taxes!” and then reneged on his pledge, only to be dumped from office after just one term, his fellow Republicans have been loath to okay any new levy. Third is the general level of public distrust for

money for other programs, thus freeing up general fund budget money for roadwork, voters might be distrustful that highway money would even really be voted, seeing anything like this as more likely to create a massive slush fund for politicians to draw upon as they please. But Brown remains optimistic about getting at least something done. “The roads are going to get fixed,” he told reporters last fall. “Whether it takes a week, a month, a year or two, ultimately…it’s just a question of when.” That’s probably right, but the when probably won’t arrive in 2016 or anytime before Democrats somehow manage to capture two-thirds majorities

But Brown remains optimistic about getting at least something done. state government and the bond issues it proposes. One such bond was to fund high speed rail, but the current bullet train plan is so far afield from what voters okayed that it draws opposition even from Quentin Kopp, the former judge and state senator who was a leading progenitor of the entire concept. Other major agencies have been caught in corruption and cronyism, but don’t bother to change the rules that permitted it, and Gov. Brown exerts no pressure for such repairs. And what if a bond issue does make the November ballot? It could be buried among as many as four dozen other propositions and get little attention from voters even if many millions were spent to promote it. If that bond proposal were written to provide

in the Legislature. They had that margin sporadically between 2012 and 2014, but only for short intervals, as several Democratic legislators vacated their seats to run for other offices, leaving Assembly or Senate seats unoccupied and unable to contribute to supermajorities. In the meantime, there’s enough money for the most urgent repairs, like the repaving, lane and offramp replacements prominently visible now on two of the state’s main north-south highways, Interstate 5 and California 99. But not enough for new roads, new ramps, replacing most worn-out bridges or fixing even very bumpy, pothole-riddled pavement. Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. For more Elias columns, visit californiafocus.net

The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued new rules dictating that 18 billion gallons of biofuels must be blended into America’s 2016 transportation fuel supply. This mandate, known as the Renewable Fuel Standard, has been a disaster for the country. The only sensible minimum renewable fuel mandate is zero. The RFS was created in 2005 to curtail greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels. However, the RFS is not defensible based on its impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Once the life cycle of ethanol is considered (ethanol is the prominent biofuel used to meet the RFS), ethanol does not reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Producing this cornbased biofuel actually creates more greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. How much more? An analysis by the Clean Air Task Force found that “corn ethanol’s net emissions over 30 years are approximately 28 percent higher than the emissions that would result from the use of gasoline over that same period.” That’s because ethanol production requires forests, wetlands, and grasslands to be converted to new cropland. In fact, 8 million acres of wetland and grassland were converted to grow corn between 2008 and 2011. These forests, wetlands and grasslands are important carbon sinks that naturally remove greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. Destroying these lands to supply the RFS

has released up to 236 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Ethanol’s drawbacks do not end with more greenhouse gas emissions. There are also unintended consequences that impose economic hardships on families, particularly lower income families. The RFS creates an artificial demand for biofuels that diverts land, water, and food resources. Although the value of these resources is ensuring food is plentiful and low-priced, the RFS diktats are arbitrarily diverting these resources to-

These forests, wetlands, and grasslands are important carbon sinks that naturally remove greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere ward transportation uses. As every student in an introductory economics course is taught, when growth in the demand for a good exceed the growth in its supply, its price will rise. Such has been the case for food due to the RFS. For instance, 37 percent of the U.S. corn harvest and 13 percent of the total global corn harvest was diverted away from the food supply toward ethanol production in 2014. This, in turn, raised

food prices on the least well-off globally. Indeed, bolstered U.S. ethanol production raised corn prices by $11.6 billion for importing nations between 2006 and 2011. Of that additional cost, $6.6 billion was shouldered by the developing world. As ActionAid policy analyst Kelly Stone put it, “No-one should go hungry to fill our gas tanks.” Rising corn prices don’t just make it harder for low-income people to feed themselves. Such market distortions also create even greater incentives for farmers to plow up previously uncultivated land, worsening the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions problem. By any measure, the RFS has failed to achieve its objectives. Worse, by creating an artificial market for ethanol, the EPA’s policy is doing imposing economic harm without creating any good for the planet. More importantly, market evolutions and innovations are creating a revolution in the natural gas market. Natural gas generates far less greenhouse gas emissions than other fossil fuels, including ethanol. America’s increased use of natural gas is a chief reason why U.S. energy-related greenhouse gas emissions hit a 20-year low in 2012. The only reasonable reform to the RFS is a full repeal that wipes the policy off the books. The continuation of biofuel mandates, at any level, will harm consumers, the environment, and the world’s least well-off. Wayne Winegarden is a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute.

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SANDAG taps Roberts as new chairman “Supervisor Roberts REGION — The SAN- has been a central figure in DAG Board of Directors the expansion and modernization of the reunanimously gion’s transit syselected San Diego tem,” outgoing County Supervichair and Santee sor Ron Roberts councilmember as its new chair Jack Dale said. and Del Mar Dep“Major transporuty Mayor Terry tation initiatives Sinnott as vice he has champichair, according oned include the to a press release conversion of the from SANDAG. MTS bus fleet Roberts, a to natural-gas former planning powered buses; commissioner adoption of a and two-term Ron Roberts new Rapid trancou nc i l member sit network; and for the city of San Diego, has represented the the extension of the Green county’s fourth district Line to the San Diego State since 1994. He formerly University campus.” Roberts has led the served as vice chair of the SANDAG board and he will Mid-Coast Corridor Tranbe the first county supervi- sit Project Working Group sor ever to serve as chair since its inception in 2009, when he takes up his new spearheading community relations in the region’s efpost in January.

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fort to extend the Trolley Blue Line from Downtown San Diego to the University of California, San Diego and the University City community. The project has achieved both state and federal environmental clearance, and preliminary construction activities are underway. “I am honored to have been chosen by the leaders of the San Diego region to serve as chair of this important organization,” Roberts said. “We have a lot ahead of us in the coming year and beyond — including construction of the MidCoast Trolley extension and work to secure a new funding source for our region’s transit future. I’m looking forward to working with my colleagues and continuing the SANDAG tradition of getting things done.” Roberts was first ap-

pointed to the SANDAG Board in January 2002. Prior to being a city councilmember, he worked for 20 years as an architect, spending most of his time as managing partner of a San Diego-based firm. Sinnott has been a Del Mar resident since 1976 and a former U.S. Naval officer who served in Vietnam. Following his military service, he worked for 22 years at San Diego Gas & Electric in a variety of roles, including industrial engineering, marketing, distribution planning and customer service. Sinnott, a Del Mar City Council member since 2010, has served on the SANDAG Board since January 2011. The SANDAG Board of Directors leadership positions are filled by the board annually.

NC LGBTQ Resource Center readies to move in to new facility By Promise Yee

OCEANSIDE — The grand opening for the new North County LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning) Resource Center on Mission Avenue was set for this month, instead a site tour was held in anticipation of its opening in March. The tour on Dec. 12 invited city staff, supporters and neighboring residents to look at the unfinished space the center will occupy, learn about its programs and make donations. Neighbors to the center’s future location on 3220 Mission Avenue are North County Health Services and La Mision Village Apartments, which provides low-income family housing. The new 2,400-squarefoot site is almost twice the size of the present facility, and monthly rent will be about half of the current rate. This allows more support programs and activities to be held. Max Disposti, North County LGBTQ Resource Center executive director, said some programs have been on hold because of lack of space at the present site. One new program will address healthy eating, and include a catering truck stop at the center that will sell nutritious $2

NC LGBTQ Resource Center Executive Director Max Disposti shows off the 2,400 square feet facility. Grant funds will help pay for the center’s infrastructure. Photo by Promise Yee

meals. The resource center also received a grant to begin a program to prevent and fight human trafficking. The center currently runs 22 programs and activities including services for elderly, youth, HIV AIDS patients and women as well as counseling and outreach. Finish work on the new site will begin after the first of the year. A call for bids on construction is expected to go out in January, and building is anticipated to start in February. Infrastructure will be added, and the open office

space will be divided into a reception area and six rooms. The new location is projected to open in early March. Resource center programs and activities will continue at its current location at 510 North Coast Highway 101 until then. In other good news Oceanside recently earned a near perfect score of 97 out of 100 in the Municipal Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign. The survey rates cities on 41 criteria including non-discrimination laws, contracting policies, transgender benefits

Learn the art of composting with Solana Center ENCINITAS — A Master Composter course will be offered by Solana Center, providing training in the art and science of composting from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday Jan. 16 to Feb. 13 at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive. Encinitas residents receive preferential registration up until Jan. 6. Registration will be open to non-residents as of Jan. 7. Course Fee: $50. To register, visit solanacenter. org/master-composter-course. Learn how to: • Minimize your car-

bon footprint by keeping food and yard waste out of the landfill, helping reduce harmful methane gas emissions. • Use this “waste” to create a nutrient rich amendment for your garden. Compost use reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. • Reduce water use and increase water retention. Compost increases your soil’s water holding capacity by up to 7 times and retains water for up to 7 days. • Work with a team to

build, maintain and troubleshoot a traditional compost pile. Course will also cover composting with worms (vermicomposting) and compost fermentation (Bokashi). The course includes lectures, demonstrations, and a field trip. Teams will work together to build, maintain, and troubleshoot their own traditional and vermicompost compost bins. Master Composter certification requires attendance at four out of five classes, as well as 30 volunteer hours of related community service.

and inclusive city and law enforcement representation by LGBT leaders. Disposti said Oceanside was already doing a lot of the right things. The North County LGBTQ Resource Center worked with the city to appoint city, police and fire liaisons to the resource center, include transgender reassignment surgery in city employee health coverage, and provide a link to LGBT services on the city website.

Escondido Union School District, Jose Fragozo face off in court of physical violence from VISTA — The battle be- Fragozo. In addition, Shinoff tween the Escondido Union said Deputy Superintendent School District and trustee Leila Sackfield felt, at one Jose Fragozo went before a point, she had been falsely judge on Dec. 18 at the San imprisoned, while Assisatant Superintendents Diego County SuKelly Prins and perior Court. Kevin Rubow Fragozo is were targets of subject to a tembouts of yelling porary restraining “as close as posorder filed by Susible” with Fraperintendent Luis gozo pointing his R a n k i n s - I ba r r a finger in their with supplementfaces. ing statements Shinoff also from three other cited 158 school EUSD administrators on Dec. 2 after Luis Rankins-Ibarra shootings since 2013 including the four alleged three local shootthreatening and ings have given harassing behavior the four added from Fragozo. reasons for conThe district is cern, but Fragoattempting to make zo’s attorney, Lauthe order permara Farris, blasted nent. Shinoff for atDuring last tempting to link week’s hearing, her client and EUSD Board of mass shootings. Trustee Zesty D u r i n g Harper testified Farris’ opening Fragozo’s behavior statement, she grew increasingly Jose Fregozo volatile over the Courtesy photos said her client has not threatlast year. The hearing ened any district official and lasted several hours and was his passion for the district continued until Dec. 23. stems from wanting the best Trustee Zesty Harper for its students. She added testified as a witness for the Rankins-Ibarra is overly sendistrict and Rankins-Ibarra sitive to others in disagreesaying Fragozo’s demeanor ment with how to approach behind closed doors increas- the district’s issues. ingly grew more aggressive, In addition, Farris intimidating and threaten- claims the district has preing over the past year. vented Fragozo from perHarper, who was elect- forming his duties and “oblited last year, said she saw erated” his constitutional several incidents of Fragozo rights. violating others’ personal “He demanded accountspace, pointing a finger in ability for test scores,” Farfaces and demeaning staff ris said. “They are using the during meetings. shootings to get Mr. Fragozo The district’s attorney, out of the picture.” Daniel Shinoff, told the The hearing is tentacourt his clients suffered tively scheduled to resume through tirades and threats Jan. 8.

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Buena Vista Lagoon Audubon Society holds annual bird count By Promise Yee

REGION — Over 100 volunteers gathered early in the morning at meet up points around the Buena Vista Lagoon for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 27. The Christmas Bird Count happens nationwide from mid-December to early January. The bird count is touted to be the largest citizen collection of scientific data. The count provides biologists and researchers a coast-to-coast snapshot of local ecosystems. Information is used to identify trends in species and habitats, prioritize conservation efforts, and plan and manage land use. “It’s the largest, most successful, and most important citizen science project,” Andy Mauro, an ornithologist who oversees the Buena Vista Audubon Society count, said. Twenty-five teams of volunteers count birds within eight miles of the Buena Vista Nature Center. Each team has specific sites within the overall area to conduct the counts. Teams are comprised of anywhere from two to 20 volunteers, among them are some of the best ornithologists in the county. Mauro said everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of experience. Volunteers are placed on the team where they will

Volunteer Dovie Christensen is ready to begin the count with a species checklist, binoculars, and identification book in hand. Over 100 volunVolunteer Tom Troy (left) leads a group on the Christmas Bird Count. The end of day count becomes part of teers took part in the Buena Vista Audubon Society bird count. the National Audubon Society database. Photos by Promise Yee

have the most rewarding experience. “It’s an excited, happy crowd of people,” Mauro said. Volunteer Tom Troy has helped as a team leader in the annual bird count for 10 years. He said it’s a great way to introduce people to the beauty of nature, and ongoing conservation efforts. “Birds are remarkable, beautiful, captivating and fascinating,” Troy said. Volunteers are emailed information, a map, and

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birding tips ahead of time. The morning of the count Troy goes over birding basics with his team of beginners, and the group sets off with checklists, binoculars and identification books in hand. Volunteer Dovie Christensen is part of the beginner group. She said she has taken on birding as a hobby, and enjoys learning something new about birds each time she goes out. During the count volunteers record the type of species and number of

birds they see. If a rare species is spotted, an official reporting form is filled out. Last Sunday there were a few unique sightings. “Several species were seen for the first time,” Mauro said. “A blue headed vireo, magnolia warbler, and four different species of orioles which is unusual in the wintertime.” At the end of the day all of the volunteers gathered at the nature center to eat home-cooked chili prepared by the center’s director, and help compile a

DIY series set at Vista library VISTA — A weekly series of do-it-yourself instructional programs will be held at the Vista Branch of the San Diego County Library on Saturdays in January and February in the Vista Branch Library, 700 Eucalyptus Ave. The series, titled “Like a Boss: Tips and Tricks for Mastering Adulthood” will include workshops on home organization, DIY, sewing, home maintenance and cooking. Stand-up comedian Joselyn Hughes, host of the web series “DIY Dammit” and author of the book “DIY, Dammit! A Practical

Guide to Curse-Free Crafting,” will present the “DIY Dammit” workshop on Jan. 16. Local chef Zhee Zhee, writer of the blog “The Flavor Conspiracy,” will teach the cooking workshops on Feb. 20 and Feb. 27. Classes will offer: • Household Organization, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. • DIY Dammit, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m. • Introduction to Sewing, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. • Home Maintenance and Repair, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m. • Cooking 101, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. • Cooking 102, Feb. 27, at 2 p.m. For more information view sdcl.org or contact Vista Branch Librarian Jennifer Runge at (760) 643-5121.

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preliminary species count. The ritual is called “the reading of the list.” Mauro calls out the name of each of the 700-plus regional species, bird by bird. If a team spotted the named species they raise their hand and it’s noted on the day’s overall count. This year, 196 species were seen, which is a high count. Weather plays a part in how many birds come into view also. “It was a really good count,” Troy said. “The

wind was a little bit of a factor, but it was a picture perfect day.” Mauro said he takes the next two days to go over volunteers’ tally sheets to add up the number of birds that were spotted within each species. The data is sent to the National Audubon Society and becomes part of the national database. The Buena Vista Audubon Society was established in 1953. It began annual bird counts in 1956. The nature center opened in 1988.

School serves up nutrition VISTA — Belle Mente Montessori Academy Charter School is teaching students about slow food and where it comes from through a handson learning approach in an urban garden classroom setting. The school also teaches character education with Principal Steve Ahle. The school is a public Montessori charter school with a mission to develop students with values in the 21st century. This year, Interim Principal Steve Ahle was hired to forward the vision. Along with character education, the school began growing a garden program under the green thumb of Hank Stelzl, giving the children a true farm-to-table experience. Stelzl aka Mr. Hank helped run the garden program at Paul Ecke Elementary School in Encinitas and is now in Vista creating this new farm-to-school project. This past summer, the school was also a recipient of a grant from the Sage Garden Project which helped to propel the farm-to-table dreams forward. On Dec. 18, the school enjoyed the fruits of everyone’s labor with a celebration of both slow food and character education by having students eat fresh salad harvested from their gardens and completing painting the panels which represent Respect, Responsible, Safe and Productive which are core values being taught to the students

this year. “Character education and our garden program tie together because when students understand to eat healthy they also understand that this is a way to respect their own bodies. “Also, teaching students through a hands on garden classroom, the students learn all the character traits that

...when students understand to eat healthy they also understand that this is a way to respect their own bodies.” Hank Stelzl Director, Sage Garden Project

are being instilled in our school each day,” said Stelzl, the school’s garden program director. During the winter break, the murals will be placed on a wall so when the students return in 2016 the message will be visible for all to see each day and before the students enter the newly constructed buildings on campus.

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Haven’t you ever lost anything? The Palomar College Arboretum will be renamed in honor of Palomar College benefactors the late Edwin and Frances Hunter. Courtesy photo

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FOOD FUN A Kids in the Garden class on “Play with Your Food: Veggie Critters and Planting,” starts at 10 a.m. Jan. 9 at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens. Preregister by email to farmerjones@altavistagardens.org or call (760) 822-6824. Courtesy photo

Escondido teen book club meets Jan. 16 ESCONDIDO — The Escondido Public Library’s Burritos and Book Club for teens, ages 13-18, meets Jan. 16, according to a press release from the city. The club will meet in the Turrentine Room from noon to 1:30 p.m. to discuss “The Kiss of Deception,” by Mary E. Pearson. Copies of “The Kiss of Deception” are currently available for checkout at the library’s information desk or can be reserved using the library’s online catalog at library.escondido.org. “The Kiss of Deception” is the first book in a fantasy series about Princess Lia, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. Strong and determined, Lia flees on the morning of her marriage, which is no more than a political alliance to a prince she has never met. As she settles into her new life, she becomes intrigued when two male strangers arrive in the village she now calls home. What Lia does not know, is that one of them is the prince that she jilted and the other is an assassin sent by her own father. As she becomes involved with both gentlemen, Lia also tries to determine what mysteries are hidden within the ancient documents she stole from the Chancellor’s secret collection. These documents take Lia on a quest; a journey where she uncovers deception upon deception and un-

locks perilous secrets that could lead to the unraveling of her world. In addition to discussing “The Kiss of Deception,” teens can share their opinions and ideas about other books they have enjoyed and propose titles for the next Burritos and Book Club meeting. The selected book will be discussed at the next meeting March 12. Complimentary burritos will be provided, and all participants receive a free book or audiobook at the end of the program. The Escondido Public Library is at 239 South Kalmia Street. For more information about teen programs, contact Teen Librarian Cathy Janovitz at (760) 839-4283 or cjanovitz@escondido.org. Additional information about the library can be found at library.escondido.org.

SAN MARCOS — The Palomar College Arboretum will soon bear the names of two longtime Palomar College benefactors and well-known business owners, the late Edwin and Frances Hunter, founders of Hunter Industries in San Marcos. The name change was announced at the college’s December Governing Board meeting along with news of the establishment of a $500,000 endowment from Hunter Industries and the Hunter Family Advised Fund-Rancho Santa Fe Community Foundation to the Palomar College Foundation. Hunter Industries offered $50,000 over a five-year period and the Hunter Family offered $450,000 over a five-year period — beginning in December 2015. The children of Edwin and Frances — Ann Hunter-Welborn and Dick Hunter — have been working with Foundation Executive Director Rich Talmo since June of this year on plans for the endowment and the naming of the arboretum. “The Hunter Family has been a pillar of support to our entire community. We are honored that they have chosen Palomar College for such a wonderful and generous gift,” said Palomar College Foundation Executive Director, Richard Talmo. The Hunter Family believes in the preservation of forests and greenbelts

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and has requested that the endowment established in the name of their parents, Edwin and Frances Hunter, be utilized to increase the annual maintenance funds available for the Arboretum. “Palomar College is such a vital asset to our community, and having walked through the arboretum, it’s clear this wonderful garden is important to students and is a value to the community. Green spaces are crucial to the future of our world.” said Ann Hunter-Welborn. Improvements to the Arboretum are part of Palomar’s Educational Master Plan 2022, funded in part by Proposition M monies, approved by voters in November 2006. The Hunter Family has requested that the planned Arboretum renovation be completed as soon as possible.

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h, triple bother and spit. I want to jump up and holler, “What were you thinking?” and chastise my nonchalant family, insisting it’s not my fault. But they have me outnumbered. Who hasn’t lost a gift card or check in the mountain of wrapping paper at least once? Well, probably my husband’s careful family and certainly not my daughter or her husband. Because they never toss anything out without a waiting period of several months and oftimes, not for years. I have tried to be scrupulous about keeping trash paper separate from valuables, but this year I lost the battle. This was the Christmas when I threw away not one, but two significant amounts of money. The first, a gift certificate, I was able to retrieve, happily finding it not in the trash (which I waded through anyway)

but in my bathrobe pocket (cleaning house in my jammies … my favorite style) where I stuffed it to be thrown out later. All I saw was a flat, unclosed, apparently unused plastic gift baggie, decorated with a reindeer. It sat on the coffee table, alone and unmarked. I figured I had somehow unintentionally dragged it downstairs from the wrapping room during decorating. Am I so wrong? Then the day after Christmas, my daughter asked if I had seen a check she had received. I had seen the oversized envelope it came in, torn open. You see, I would simply never, ever leave a large (or small) check inside the torn, open envelope that looks like trash. And I would not have just left it, again, on the coffee table, away from all other gifts. I would have immediately put it in my wallet where it could fall into my purse and get lost later. I am pretty horrified that after 34 years of marriage and 29 years of motherhood, I still think this way. Am I so oblivious to the unacceptable, careless, foolish habits of those TURN TO SMALL TALK ON 14

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Music leads to bond, song of friendship If 2016 could be anything you wanted, what would it look like? By Tony Cagala

ENCINITAS — Tate Sanderson has lived the life of the proverbial rock star, touring around the world, playing guitar on stage with iconic rock bands as Tesla and Black Flag and all in front of thousands of screaming fans. But the rock star road took an unexpected — and maybe unorthodox — turn a little more than a decade ago, a turn that he credits for giving him a whole different outlook on life. In 2004 Sanderson went from spending months on end on the road to putting down roots back in his hometown of Encinitas, all because, he said, he needed to take care of his young daughter. Though with no longer being on tour, Sanderson needed to find a job. “I couldn’t really go out and be doing the rock thing,” Sanderson said. “I had to be there for my daughter.” Sanderson eventually landed a couple of new gigs: working as a teacher to special needs kids in local schools and opening a small studio in the building his parents own on F Street where he could record and teach guitar lessons. “I’m kind of lucky to always have a place to come back to,” he said. While music was always in Sanderson’s life (his parents made him take piano lessons at 3 years old, he said, to finally picking up a guitar at the age of 12) he started bringing music into the classroom. About eight years ago, while teaching, Sanderson met Will Bennett, the son of former San Diego Chargers standout punter Darren Bennett. Will, who has muscular dystrophy, was one of the first students Sanderson had started to work with on

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Tate Sanderson in his recording studio on F Street in Encinitas. He wrote and recorded “Will Power,” a song for a former student of his, to help raise money and awareness about muscular dystrophy. Photo by Tony

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music. During that time, the pair formed a bond over music and bands, with Will becoming a seeming encyclopedia on the subjects. Despite the continuing issues muscular dystrophy had on Will, Sanderson said that he always kept a positive attitude. That inspired Sanderson to want to do something for Will. “Being a professional musician… all I knew was touring and playing around,” he said. And so what Sanderson felt he could best do was write a song. “Will Power” was the end result. The song, which took Sanderson a year to write, working on it in little bits at a time, is heavy on the rock and blues — something out of the arena of ZZ Top — one of Will’s favorite bands. Much of the song’s lyrics actually came from things Will would say, Sanderson explained. Will is always looking on the bright side of life, Sanderson said. “So if you listen to the song, it’s about looking on the bright side of

life,” he said. This is the first song Sanderson’s written with the sole intent to raise money and awareness for a cause. All of the proceeds from the purchase of the song go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He gave an early version of the song to Will for his birthday a couple of years ago, and an updated version was recorded at his home studio and at Oceanside’s No Mercy Studios, which is now available for the public to purchase or request on local radio stations. Sanderson continues to work with other special needs kids, introducing them to music and instruments. He said he thinks working with the music helps the kids become more social. “Kids that like music, they want to help the other kids learn music, so they have this bond all of a sudden,” he said. “Also, it just gets them to where either they’re thinking of things they wouldn’t normally think of, and they’re doing things

they didn’t think they could use their hands for… but all of a sudden they’re playing chords — and they may be shaky but they’re making a chord and they’re making it sound good.” Besides teaching, Sanderson has been back to working on new music and writing songs. He said now that his daughter is about to finish high school he’s ready to hit the road again. The music he’s been writing is bluesy, with some country — but it’s all rock ‘n’ roll, he said. “I don’t ever veer too far from rock ‘n’ roll.” While he might have missed the rock life he left behind years ago, Sanderson added that leaving it kind of saved his life. “I’ve got a different whole outlook on life, so I think my songs maybe will have more clarity to them and more of a message. And I know I’m a helluva lot better guitar player, because I’ve been teaching the whole time.” Visit tatekideasy. com for a link to the song “Will Power,” and more information.

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ith the start of a new year, we have an opportunity to reflect on the prior twelve months, and start fresh with new goals for the future. Most years, I write out my goals — financial, career and relationship-focused — and I put them in an envelope for safe-keeping. The process of thinking about what your goals should be and writing them out on paper fosters clarity and resolve. At the end of the year, I open the envelope, look at the goals I set, consider my failures and successes, and move on. Like most North County residents, I’ve had to find creative ways to tighten my budget this year, and reevaluate how I spend money. With my parents’ guidance and encouragement, I’ve been able to cut my budget down by hundreds of dollars. When it comes to saving money, there are no sacred cows! Shopping at Smart & Final and Dollar Tree have made me think how much I’ve been overpaying for food and household goods at other places. Luckily for me, I won’t have to drive from Carlsbad to Vista anymore to get to Smart & Final — a new store is opening up in Carlsbad Village early next year.Career-wise, I always aim to develop new skills and add new areas of expertise each year. As a public policy researcher, my job is mostly data analysis, and researching and writing about regional economic issues. My job is unique in North County, but fundamentally we all have the same room for improvement in our careers. Seek opportunities for

advancement and professional visibility. Often we won’t be offered opportunities by someone — we have to create them and take them for ourselves. Be entrepreneurial and innovative in your workplace! When it comes to the relationships we have with family and friends, I’ve found that there is no replacement for showing up. Social media outlets like Facebook and Gmail Chat give us an opportunity to passively keep in touch, but not strengthen and deepen meaningful relationships.

Often we won’t be offered opportunities by someone — we have to create them and take them for ourselves Bridge the distances in your life, and take your time to get to know the people that are in your life. Use vacation time to spend a whole day, or a weekend with people you know. Make new friends too. I’ve had success with MeetUp groups and gotten to know my neighbors better this year. I’m eager to see what 2016 has in store for me. How about you? Think positive, and make this year better than the last. More importantly, live in the moment. To quote one of my favorite TV characters, “Live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.” Vince Vasquez is a think tank analyst based in Torrey Pines. He is a Carlsbad resident.

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alerie Grubb and her then-80-year-old mother had traveled more than 300,000 miles together over a 20-year span when things changed about four years ago. Suddenly her mother wasn’t as mobile and confident. “She had transitioned to a wheelchair (for walking long distances) and she wasn’t sure she could get from Indiana to New York and meet me (at the airport) like she usually did,” Grubb explained in a phone interview from her home in Manhattan. “I looked all over for information on traveling with older people and couldn’t find any books out there.” Grubb also figured that there were plenty of others who could use the same sort of help, so the human relations consultant who also travels extensively for work decided to be that source of information. She wrote “Planes, Canes, and Automobiles: Connecting with Your Aging Parents through Travel” (Greenleaf Book Group Press; soft-cover; $16.95), but the book “was soundly rejected 16 times because editors told her that she ‘didn’t have a platform.’” This is publishing-industry speak for “you need an audience,” so Grubb went about creating one. Knowing that there were plenty of people out there who could benefit from what she had learned

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New York City resident and author Valerie Grubb and her family visit Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2014. From left to right: Brother Eric Grubb holding daughter, Dani; sister-in-law Memory holding daughter, Niki; the author; and her mother, Dorothy, who lives in Indiana. Photos are courtesy of Valerie Grubb

during her two decades of travel with her mother, Grubb began writing a blog. Called travelingwithagingparents.com, it currently has 11,000 followers and addresses concerns like safety issues when traveling with an older person; medications and health insurance; selecting an appropriate destination; necessary travel and medical documents; and how to slow your pace and like it. “The time is right for this book,” said Grubb, who is 49. “I have so many friends who are in this position with older parents or who will be in this position. Their parents are getting older and they want to know how we continue to travel as things

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San Diego shut out of Under Armour National Division Final By Aaron Burgin

REGION — When the Under Armour Holiday Classic started on Dec. 26, San Diego basketball fans and experts felt that this might be the best chance for a local team to win the championship of the prestigious tournament’s top division. Foothills Christian, St. Augustine, Army Navy and Torrey Pines comprised the largest local contingent in the top division since 2013, and the Knights, led by presumptive All American TJ Leaf, appeared to be the tournament favorite. On Tuesday night, the

dreams of a San Diego final were dashed, as Foothills Christian and Army Navy both dropped their semifinal matchups- Army Navy lost a close battle with Los Angeles power Fairfax 4942, and Foothills Christian lost a lopsided game against a Corona Centennial team that they had beaten earlier this year and was missing one of its top players. The Foothills Christian loss was particularly shocking because of the score: Corona Centennial beat the Knights 67-52. St. Augustine was knocked out of the winner’s bracket in the second round

after being crushed by Foothills Christian, and Torrey Pines were edged 43-41 to the Fairfax team that then took out Army-Navy. Foothills Christian will take on Army Navy in the third place game at 11:05 a.m. on Dec. 30. In the tournament’s American Division, San Marcos High advanced to the semifinals, but were beaten by Los Alamitos. The Knights, led by Fresno State University signee Johnny McWilliams, Jr., will take on Curtis, WA for third place. La Costa Canyon, which hosted the tourna-

ment’s third division (Senators), will play in the third place game of that bracket against Long Beach Jordan. Poway and La Jolla Country Day are the only local teams to make it to the championships of their respective divisions. Poway, which defeated Sonora High of La Habra in a runaway victory Tuesday night, faces Riverside Poly in the Governor’s Division final. La Jolla Country Day crushed Kearny to advance to the championship of the fifth and final bracket, the Mayor’s Division. The Torreys will face Palm Springs High.

Student athletes earn All-Academic awards SAN MARCOS — The Cal State San Marcos Department of Athletics had 35 student-athletes earn 2015 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Academic Awards, the conference announced Monday. In order to qualify, student-athletes must be of sophomore academic standing or higher, hold at least a cumulative 3.3 GPA and must A total of 35 student athletes at Cal State San Marcos earn Allhave competed in a confer- Academic awards for the fall of 2015. Photo by Jason Luu ence-sponsored sport. The CSUSM women’s cross coun- Caesar Castillo, Sr., Global International Business try team and women’s soccer Studies Justin Washington, Jr., Busiteam each had 11 selections, A.J. Freund, ness Finance while the men’s cross county Pre-Kinesiology team had eight. The men’s Alex Gronotte, So., Liberal Women’s Cross Country soccer team had three winStudies Elizabeth Buckle, So., ners, and women’s volleyball Steven Ing, Sr., Kinesiology Business Administration had two.CSUSM’s 2015 Fall Zach Laurenzana, Sr., Lisa Flora, So., Sociology CCAA All-Academic Award Business Accounting Cristen Lane, Jr., winners: Michael Waltrip, Sr., Biochemistry Psychology Terra McGinnis, Jr., Men’s Cross Country Trent Warren, Gr., Business Administration Diana Rubalcava, So., Biological Sciences Bailey Smith, So., Psychology Mandy Solorio, So., Liberal

Studies Anahi Soriano, Jr., Mathematics Paula Stonehouse, So., Pre-Kinesiology Jocelyn Veyna, Jr., Kinesiology Raelyn Werley, Jr., Psychology Men’s Soccer Zach Sheppard, Sr., Kinesiology Andrew Stalboerger, So., Computer Science Jacob Stolmeier, Jr., Computer Science Women’s Soccer Brenda Barniga, So., Communication Studies Cody Biedermann, Sr., Nursing Stephanie Carlson, Jr., Psychology Erica Dory, So., Kinesiology Holly Isaacs, So., Undeclared Brie Jones, Jr., Kinesiology Natalie Lara, Sr., Human Development Katie Largent, So., Kinesiology Meghan Randig, So., Liberal Studies Lauren Rivero, Jr., Psychology Amy Wilson, So., Liberal Studies Women’s Volleyball Brooke Butler, Jr., Human Development Taylor Harris, Jr., Human Development

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hilip Rivers steps to the makeshift podium and did it need to come to this? “I’ve enjoyed my 14 seasons with the Chargers,’’ Rivers said. “I just can’t believe it is ending this way.’’ Immediately after Rivers’ impromptu press conference, the Los Angeles Chargers issued a terse statement: “We wish Mr. Rivers much success in his future endeavors.” No, we didn’t get our calendar confused. It is closer to New Year’s Day than April Fool’s. But you’re a dunce if not seeing what’s on the horizon for the Chargers’ celebrated quarterback. The team’s last possible week of being the San Diego Chargers includes a helping of nonsense. The Chargers again shown why, at times, they’re tougher to root for than the IRS. The black cloud, lump of coal, and snakebites that shadow the Chargers is on display with Eric Weddle. The Chargers and Weddle have been fussin’ and fightin’ since the offseason. Weddle, an All-Pro safety, saw his contract expiring and wanted to renegotiate. The Chargers spotted Weddle’s wear-and-tear from being the ultimate team player in terms of defensive and special-teams snaps, and declined to break bread. So Weddle blasted the Chargers. The Chargers acted like they couldn’t be bothered. The latest chapter of this sage reads like the numerous ones before it: The Chargers embrace a player when he is young and productive and deliver a cold shoulder once either of those change. What’s baffling is that the Chargers aren’t alone in roster turnover. The NFL is famous for depleting

bodies, and then disposing them once they revolt from playing this violent game. But few teams — any? — seem to botch the separation of a star and a franchise with such buffoonery as the Chargers. Many of the Chargers’ all-time greats were shown the door like an undrafted free agent. Standouts, that should have exited with their head high and a back sore from slaps, were kicked to the curb like rubbish. It’s an impressive list of those leaving with a frown and frustration: Ron Mix, Dan Fouts, Kellen Winslow, Leslie O’Neal, Junior Seau, Rodney Harrison and LaDainian Tomlinson. Now it’s time to throw Weddle on the scrap heap and tell me you’re not surprised. Weddle’s agent, David Canter, revealed that the Chargers fined their defensive captain $10,000 for watching his daughter perform during halftime of the recent Dolphins game. Instead of joining his teammates for the break, Weddle broke ranks. To be fair, that is an infraction worthy of discipline. To be fair, this is making a mountain out of a speed bump. Weddle should have informed the coaches of his intentions. But Weddle figured asking for permission and being denied wouldn’t accomplish his goal. So he took his punishment, paid his fine and moved on without a word. But the petty Chargers do what they do best: making an uncomfortable situation untenable. Weddle, who aggravated a groin injury in the loss at Oakland, was placed on injured reserve. That guaranteed he couldn’t play in Sunday’s season finale at Denver, the last game in among the most dreadful seasons in Chargers history. The team told Weddle he couldn’t board its charter flight. Something about the plane being too small and if you can’t see through that bluster, take another look, Buster. The Chargers had a card to play and did just that. Weddle wanted to see his last Chargers game from the sidelines. But someone who’s gone above and beyond for the Chargers — before his halftime shenanigans — was denied. Instead Weddle will watch from afar as the Chargers attempt to upset the Broncos. What’s clear is Weddle has been bucked from the Chargers’ good graces. Good gracious, Weddle is in good company. Contact Jay Paris at jparis8@aol.com. Follow him on Twitter at jparis_sports.

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There’s a new method to Tommy Castro’s madness By Alan Sculley

People who see Tommy Castro and the Painkillers on his fall tour, but have yet to hear his new album, “Method To My Madness,” will get a good idea of what to expect from the new release by the time the show is over. First of all, guitarist/ singer Castro plans to play upwards of eight or nine of the new songs at each show. Beyond that, the songs from “Method To My Madness” figure to sound a lot like the album versions because of how Castro approached the making of the album. First of all, he used the Painkillers — bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown and keyboardist Mike Emerson — on the album and he also recorded “Method To My Madness” almost as if it was a live recording. “It’s cool playing the new songs with the band that recorded it,” Castro said. “And the way we recorded it was very live. That was my concept for this record, having an album that was really organic and kind of live, a real band playing songs without a lot of — the same thing we do with the live show — without all the help that you can get from recording it in the studio.” The studio was very much a tool in the making of Castro’s previous album, the 2014 release “The Devil You Know.” “It was not so much about wanting the band to sound live,” Castro said of his previous album. “It was about what would make this song really happen, whatever we need. So if we had a guitar with effects, something maybe in the mixing where we could add a certain kind of compression or we work with Tommy Castro and the Painkillers will perform Jan. 9 at the Belly Up in Solana Beach.

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JAN. 1 Happy New Year 2016 JAN. 3 PUPPING AT FIRST SUNDAY The Encinitas Library First Sunday Music Series presents the Peter Pupping Quartet at 2 p.m. Jan. 3, 540 Cornish Drive. The concert will feature music from albums and original music by Pupping from his newly released album “Saturday Morning.” For more information, visit encinitaslibfriends.org/ Events18.php. JAN. 5 KIDS CAN ACT Winter Youth Acting Classes begin Jan. 5 at New Village Arts Theatre, 2787 State St., Carlsbad; Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas and Carmel Valley Rec Center, 3777 Townsgate Drive, San Diego. Class fees start at $124. For more information, visit kidsactsd.com or

call Aleta at (760) 846-6072. newvillagearts.org. HEAR RARE HARP The Friends Night Out JAN. 6 PIANO AT NOON The program sponsored by the Encinitas Library Wednes- Friends of the Solana Beach days@Noon event will fea- Library will feature Kora ture piano duo Hocket at Harp Musician, Sean Gasnoon Jan. 6, at 540 Cornish kell at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Drive. For more informa- the Solana Beach Library, tion visit Encinitasca.gov/ 157 Stevens Ave., Solana WedNoon or call (760) 633- Beach. This event is free and open to the public. Fur2746. BLUES ON WEDNES- ther information can be obDAY A First Wednesday tained through the Solana Concert Series hosts the Beach Library at (858) 755Delta Blues duo Robin Hen- 1404. kel and Billy Watson from 7 to 8 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Car- JAN. 8 FOREIGN FILMS The diff Library. 2081 Newcastle Ave. For more informa- city of Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office’s Foreign Film tion, call (760) 753-4027 Fridays series begins with the film “Children of HeavJAN. 7 TIME FOR TUNES en” Iran, PG, 2004) Jan. 8 The Carlsbad Senior Cen- in temporary quarters at ter hosts The Pier Group for the Carlsbad Senior Center, their first appearance from 799 Pine Ave. The films will 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at be screened at 5 and 7 p.m. the Carlsbad Senior Center, in their original language 799 Pine Ave., Carlsbad. with English subtitles. AdCost is $4. For more infor- mission is free. ART IN WOOD Exhimation, go to carlsbadca. gov/parksandrec or call bitions at Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gal760) 602-4650. ‘SYLVIA’ ENCORE lery present “Wood, A FurThe play “Sylvia” about a niture Show VII “ through man and a stray dog, re- Feb. 6 with an opening returns Jan. 7 to New Village ception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Arts, 2787 State St., Carls- Jan. 9. Free admission. Visit bad. For more information, escondidoarts.org or call call 760) 433-3245 or visit (760) 743-6923.

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MARK THE CALENDAR ‘MODERN MILLIE’ Get tickets now for the San Dieguito High School Academy presentation of “Thoroughly Modern Millie!” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 15, Jan. 16, Jan. 21, Jan. 22, in the Clayton E. Liggett Theater on the SDA campus, Encinitas. The Theater Arts Council is hosting a special dinner and Sneak Peak Jan. 14 with dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the Mosaic Cafe and curtain at 7 p.m. in the Theater. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at seatyourself.biz/ sandieguito TALES OF SHERLOCK North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drove, Suite D, Solana Beach, starts the new year with “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Great Nome Gold Rush” beginning Jan.13. Get tickets at northcoastrep.org. UKELELE ORCHESTRA Tickets are now available for The California Center for the Arts, Escondido presentation of The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at The California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Tickets online at artcenter.org.

the low end, we’d do something to enhance the sort of vibe we were going for on that particular song.” Castro liked the way “The Devil You Know” turned out. But he didn’t want his next album to be “The Devil You Know Part 2.” The idea of chasing a live-in-the-studio type of sound started to come into focus when Castro did some shows with fellow bluesman Tab Benoit. “I’m a huge Tab fan. We’ve been friends and we’ve known each other for a long time,” Castro said. “I love his sound. I love his voice. I like the way he plays guitar and I like the way he kicks so much ass with three guys, two guys in his band plus him. And it’s very raw and very real and very live. His concept about recording is to go in and just be this is what (it is). He does it that way all the time. So we had a few talks about that when I was on his bus traveling with him. And I thought well, this is exactly what I need to do because it’s the opposite of what I did with ‘The Devil You Know.’ It will make a different sounding record.” While “Method To My Madness” is more raw and live, it shares a common trait with “The Devil You Know.” Both albums accent more of Castro’s rock influences than his earlier albums. The leaner, rocking sound is a product of Castro’s decision in 2012 to pare back his band, dropping the horns he had been featuring since about 2005 and going with a drums, bass, keyboards and guitar format. “I loved that sound, that full sound, and having a horn section and keyboards,” Cas-

tro said. “I reveled in it for awhile. Just literally that band was kind of the band I always wanted, really. I always wanted to have all of that stuff. I’m a soul guy, I’m a traditional blues guy, and I just loved that for a long time. But then the time came, like, ‘OK, I’m really getting a little bit tired of this wall of sound on every song.’” The more guitar-centered, more rocking sound works on “Method To My Madness” because the songwriting is also strong. The album starts on an especially impressive note with the grooving R&B-laced rock of “Common Ground” (a call to set aside the divisiveness of today’s politics and see what unites people of varying beliefs), and the stinging shuffle of “Shine A Light.” There’s a little Creedence Clearwater Revival and Cajun rhythm to the frisky and catchy “Got A Lot,” while “Ride” is a slinky — even spooky — bit of late-night blues-rock. Castro is proud of “Method To My Madness,” but makes no promises about what sort of sound he’ll pursue the next time he’s in the studio. “I’ve really enjoyed this phase of the band,” Castro said. “I don’t know what we’ll do next, but I’m having a great time doing the music the way we’re doing it now. I’m enjoying all of these new songs. The only problem is that I would like to do all of the songs off of this new album. I like them all. But it wouldn’t leave much room for my past catalog and I know I’ll get some unhappy customers. So anyway, we’re doing about eight out of 12 songs, maybe nine.”

Escondido Chorale Arts Foundation The Center Choral 2016 Season Sunday, Feb. 28th Mozart ‘n Haydn A concert for peace in our world. CCAE Concert Hall, 3:00 PM

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The Center Chorale and The Center Children’s Chorus combine to present a concert of fantastical music. Escondido Adventist Church, 3:00 PM

The Center Children’s Chorus 2016 Season Saturday, March 19th Seasons, Storms, and Shine Classic songs of critters and crawlers in all kinds of weather. CCAE Center Theater, 4:00 PM

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throughout the world. The club is especially active in raising awareness about human trafficking, and holds a “Human Trafficking Awareness” walk each January in downtown Vista. For more information about the club, visit soroptimistvista.org.

NEW NAME FOR SOROPTIMISTS In October 2015, Soroptimist International of Vista officially changed its name to Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland. Club’s president, Dee Dee Timmons said, “We want to welcome women living outside of Vista to join our organization.” Soroptimist International is a worldwide volunteer service organization for business and professional women, working to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and

PALOMAR RADIO WINS BIG For the second year in a row, Palomar College’s KKSM radio has achieved finalist status in a prestigious national broadcasting competiton. Students and staff from the station were named as finalists in four categories for the 2016 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Golden Microphone Awards. The winners will be announced in New York City on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Palomar College students named as finalists are: Steven Garcea

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for Best Newscast, Dylan Hanks for Best Public Service Announcement, and Serena Reid for Best Program Director. Zeb Navarro was named as a finalist in the Best Faculty Adviser category. KKSM broadcasts 24/7 on AM-1320, Cox Cable 957, and online at palomarcollegeradio.com. ROBERTS HEADS SANDAG The SANDAG Board of Directors unanimously elected San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts as its new chairman and Del Mar Deputy Mayor Terry Sinnott as vice chair. Roberts — a former planning commissioner and two-term councilmember for the city of San Diego — has represented the county’s Fourth District since 1994. He formerly served as vice chair of the SANDAG Board, and he will be the first county su-

pervisor ever to serve as chair when he takes up his new post in January. QUESTIONABLE HONOR According to a release from the National Federation of Independent Business, California had the grim honor of being named the “No. 1 judicial hellhole” in the country by the American Tort Reform Foundation, which has been releasing the ranking since 2002. California has taken the top ranking three out of the last four years. Among other reasons, the Golden State earned the top spot because it is considered the ‘epicenter’ of ADA access lawsuits and class action lawsuits against food makers. The report points out the frivolous claims that attorneys across the state use to sue vulnerable businesses in targeted industries.

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beer is like being a chef with the yeast being the most important part. “We don’t brew traditional beers,” Little said. “I won’t put out a beer if it isn’t the highest quality.” But Bear Roots Brewing isn’t just a tasting room. Little wants to share his passion and knowledge for brewing beer, too. To do that, he stocks his business with all the supplies one would need to brew beer at home. Customers can also call in their home brewing orders and have their ingredients ready for pickup, he said. “Every brewer gets their start in homebrewing,” Little said. “I wanted to give people a chance to put together their recipe here and grab a pint too. This is the ultimate onestop homebrewing shop. You don’t have to spend a lot of money making a beer you want.” Little’s goal is to expand the homebrewing

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Dr. Charles Prussak receives a grant from Thermo Fisher Scientific for a state-of-the-art cytometer to further research on immune-cell therapy for cancer treatment. Courtesy photo

Doctor earns grant to further cancer research By Steve Puterski

Nick Bowling, manager of Bear Roots Brewing Company in Vista, fills up a glass as customers sit in the bar area, Dec. 26, 2015. Bear Roots Brewing Company opened in December. Photo by Hoa Quach

concept by having a brewon-site facility where customers can brew beer together. “It would be a great team-building exercise for companies or just something fun you can do with your friends,” Little said. “What better way to bond than to make beer in four

hours.” The ultimate vision for the brewery is to make a difference in the city the Littles call home. By doing that, Little makes an effort to get to know his customers and support local charities. “We live a few minutes from here, we own a house

here, we call it home — this is my community,” Little said. “This is my opportunity to give back and connect with the community while creating a future for my family. We want to put our mark in Vista.” For more information about Bear Roots Brewery, visit brbrewco.com.

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CARLSBAD — Combating cancer has been a driving force for many doctors. And one, Dr. Charles Prussak, won Thermo Fisher Scientific’s inaugural grant on Dec. 10 for a state-of-the-art cytometer to further research on immune-cell therapy for cancer treatment. Prussak, the director of the Cell Therapy Translational Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego, was one of two winners out of 200 submissions for one of the best weapons in the cancer war. Dr. Bruno Sainz of the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, was the other recipient. Both received a four-laser Invitrogen Attune NxT Flow Cytometer, which is valued at

It was a tremendous honor and a tremendous surprise.” Dr. Charles Prussak Grant Recipient

$199,500. “It was a tremendous honor and a tremendous surprise,” Prussak said. “It was a piece of equipment we absolutely needed.” Clinical trials are expected to begin in late 2016, he said. Prussak’s work centers on checkpoint inhibitors and cells found inside tumors in hopes of finding longer-term responses of treatment. Prussak collects samples of tumors and investigates how the checkpoint inhibitors can be used by cancer to block attacking white blood cells (called lymphocytes). “We have ways now to take off those controls (checkpoints) and can really study what those cells are that are important in generating an immune re-

action against the cancer,” Prussak explained. Although checkpoint inhibitors can be manipulated by cancer, Prussak said current research has found ways to clear those obstacles so the inhibitors can attack foreign cells. “We are able to take the chains off the immune system, if you will, so they can do their job,” he added. As for UCSD, Prussak said a new cancer center will soon be built as part of the school’s hospital. One of the center’s many functions will allow cellbased treatments for cancer patients. The success rate, coming off several breakthroughs, he said, is improving from these methods. For example, 60 percent of melanoma patients respond to the treatment, while 30 percent receive long-term responses and cures. “That still leaves 70 percent that are not getting long-term responses,” Prussak said. “That’s the population we want to go into and augment these treatments.” As for Carlsbad-based Thermo Fisher Scientific, the first-year program was a success, according to Kerry Lowrie, director of global market development. “How will this help in a way that other current available instrumentation couldn’t?” she asked. “That was the driving force behind it (the grant). “I think that was the primary driving force…to be able to have our own researchers come up with where they actually saw the value in this instrument.” She added the grant was to challenge applicants to provide an abstract for the use of the cytometer to further research. “He really understands how to take those basic research findings and turn those into … future clinical uses to block certain types of cancer,” she explained.

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ASTE OF WINE has come a long way, about to step into its 11th year of bringing you news and views of a procession of wines that make the world a happier place. I wish to thank everyone that, in 2015, invited me into their lives and places of business, so that I could bring my readers a further taste of the world of wine. A special thanks to Banfi Vintners, the world leader in Italian wines, for their kindness in recognizing TASTE OF WINE and supporting its goals. Locally, Seasalt Del Mar and its owner Salvatore Ercolano, in its first year, has brought a lively, important wine imprint on the San Diego restaurant scene this year. I read in the Wall Street Journal how the medical profession again reported that moderate consumption of red wine, “shows that it can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and depression‌ by keeping people socially active.â€? I’ll drink to that! Space is limited so let’s get into the Top 10 Tastes for 2015. You will find three Merlots, two Pinot Noirs, two blends, one Cabernet and one Italian Brunello. Napa Valley dominates with four entries. The 10 are equally ranked as “excellent,â€? considering flavor, body and value at the best pricing I could find. The list is alphabetical and does not indicate ranking. Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Tuscany,

Italy, 2010. ($54.99) The big and bold Sangiovese clone with intense ruby red flavor and hints of licorice. Supple tannins caused by a five-year process before release. Castellobanfi.com. Chelsea Goldschmidt Merlot, Dry Creek Sonoma, Calif. 2011. ($22) Bravo to world renowned winemaker Nick Goldschmidt’s daughter who learned all about wine from pop. One of our three emerging Merlots. Goldschmidtsisters. com. Etude Chardonnay, Carneros Napa Valley, 2012. ($14) A bright, fresh Chardonnay with a Carneros flavor in the south bay of Napa Valley. Enjoy lemon, honeydew melon and pear accents. Active acidity keeps it refreshing. Etudewines.com Grgich Hills Estate Merlot, Napa Valley, 2012. ($43) Founded by the legendary Mike Grgich, the winery is certified organic and their Merlot is full-bodied, a “cab lover’s Merlot.� Grgich.com. Hill Family Estate Merlot, Napa Valley, 2012. ($40) Deep, jammy, blackberry nose with ripe strawberry and sweet mocha. Long finish. Hillfamilyestate.com. Morgan 12 Clones Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2012. ($33) Dan Morgan Lee has more than 33 years of making great Pinot at the winery. The Santa Lucia Highlands was made famous for Pinot by Morgan and his Double L Ranch. Morganwinery.com. Pepper Bridge Seven Hills Blend, Walla Walla, Wash. 2012. ($60) Washington has a lot going for it with over 700 wineries. Pepper Bridge is a low production, elite winery with finesse, elegance and a long finish. Pepperbridge. com. Preston Parker Brave TURN TO TASTE OF WINE ON 14

aste & Sea is easy to miss as it is tucked away in an intimate and charming location next to Solterra on Coast Highway 101 in Leucadia — but definitely worth seeking out. I popped in recently and met owner Brittany Austin whose passion for what she does is very evident in the world-class pastries, both sweet and savory, that she and her team are producing. Below is a conversation we had about Taste & Sea and how it came to be:

Where did you grow up and what were your early culinary influences, were you baking at a young age? I spent the first half of my life in a small town named Danville an hour east of San Francisco. I attended Point Loma University then the San Diego Culinary Institute. In terms of culinary influences I would have to say it started with my family. My parents are amazing cooks and my grandma is a wonderful cake decorator. I was greatly inspired by her artistry in bringing fun and creativity to dessert. I actually learned a lot of my basic decorating techniques from her when I was young.

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your style the most? After graduating from the San Diego Culinary Institute I was blessed with the opportunity to work at The Grand Del Mar under Executive Chef Thierry Delourneaux, and later Executive Chef Melissa Logan. It was incredible working at such a renowned resort. I would have to say a majority of my precision to detail, quality, and creative flavor pairings developed while working

there. After that I got the opportunity to live in Spain for four months baking and creating pastry delicacies for Art Events for EDGE project. From there I began working at Claire’s on Cedros. My experience working under the owner Claire was valuable and rewarding. It was while working there that I was reminded of the passion I had for one day owning my own bakery. Though working at these

places has been incredible and refining to my craft, I would have to say my over all influence of style has come from traveling. I have traveled internationally over many years. I love getting inspired by different countries from Spain, Italy, London, France, Australia, India and Brazil. If I were to sum it up I would say that all of the dessert that comes out of Taste & TURN TO LICK THE PLATE ON 18

At what point did you decide that you wanted pursue being a pastry chef as a career? While I was in culinary school I was inspired to one day open my own bakery. However, I knew that was not something that happened overnight. So from there I dove into the industry and did whatever I could to make this dream a reality. In terms of the title as pastry chef, it organically developed as I grew more in my talent and the experience in this field. Tell me about your culinary school experience and how does the experience of going through a pastry program differ than a standard degree in culinary arts? I thoroughly enjoyed going through the specialized courses with sole disciplines and techniques in Pastry. Baking and Patisserie is set up as an intensive 10-month program where I was French classically-trained. The classes are set up based on Chef demos and student hands-on learning. By the end of 10 months you have gone through several different courses ranging from breads, plated desserts, wedding cakes, and chocolate work. You’ve had an impressive road that led to opening Taste & Sea Cakery that has included some of San Diego’s nicer restaurants. Tell me about that and what stops along the way influenced PAL_003698_02_12_18_12_25_Local_Pr_CoastNews_5.075X7.5_R1.indd 1 STUDIO PRODUCTION

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Educational Opportunities Kindergarten readiness parent seminar How do you prepare your child for the best kindergarten experience possible? Today’s parents of preschool aged children do a significant amount of research and exploration into determining their child’s education and Tri-City Christian School is hosting an informative seminar to help parents of preschoolers answer this important question! This free parent seminar is Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. in the school’s lower elementary courtyard. Featured speaker will be Dr. Christie Baird, an early childhood education specialist and program director with the Association of Christian Schools Interup.

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I love? Have I learned nothing? Oh, did I say unacceptable and careless? Sorry…. I mean, the common and rather predictable habits of others. Since both of them did the “leave-a-torn-orunmarked-container-onthe-coffee-table” move, I am ready to concede that I am in the OCD minority around here. But it is a concession given much like the surrender of Lee to Grant. I will, no doubt, go to my grave wanting to tidy

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JAN. 1 SHARE HEALTH Those interested in becoming an exhibitor at “Embracing Retirement, Before and After 65,” the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce’s first annual Senior Expo, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 20, should contact Janette Beck at ssngianette @yahoo.com, call (760) 753-6041 or visit encinitaschamber.com/ embracing-retirement for more information. The event will be at the Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Drive, Encinitas. SHORTAGE OF BLOOD The Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood regularly, beginning in January. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types AB, O, B

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JAN. 5 O’SIDE ANGLERS Oceanside Senior Anglers will host retired fire captain Jeff Routsong at their meeting at 9 a.m. Jan. 5 at the Oceanside Senior Center, 455 Country Club Lane. Attendees will learn how to clean out their freezers and fill them up again, without guilt. Open to all anglers age 50 and above. Visit OSAnglers. org. NEW STORE HIRING Grocery store ALDI will host a hiring event from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 5 at Hyatt Place, 2645 S. Melrose Drive, Vista, for its future ALDI store at 1750 University Ave., Vista, to fill $18-per-hour Shift Manager positions. For more information about ALDI, visit aldi.us. JAN. 6 GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY A Master Composter course is by Solana Center, from 9:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday Jan. 16 to Feb. 13 at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Encinitas residents receive preferential registration up until Jan. 6. Registration will be open to non-residents as of Jan. 7. Course Fee: $50. To register, visit solanacenter.org/ master-composter-course. BRING ON THE HOT WHEELS The Palomar Model A Ford Club will hold its monthly membership meeting at 6 p.m. Jan.

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JAN. 1, 2016 6 at the Palomar Estates East Clubhouse, 650 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Marcos. For more information or directions, e-mail Barbara at bkhk@cox.net, call (619) 425-3241 or visit palomarmodelaclub.org. NEWCOMERS CLUB Carlsbad Newcomers will present Johanna Mosca, Ph.D., author of “Cultivate Contentment: Using Ancient Wisdom to Thrive in Today’s World,” at 9:45 a.m. Jan. 6,Heritage Hall, Magee Park, 2650 Garfield St., Carlsbad. For more informational Patricia Mehan at (760) 574-7472 or visit carlsbadnewcomers. org MANAGE YOUR MONEY Learn how to achieve financial health on Wednesdays at Del Mar Branch Library. The following free educational seminars will be offered at 1309 Camino Del Mar. The series includes: 6 p.m. Jan. 6, Ten Simple Steps to Financial Success; 6 p.m. Jan. 13, Building a Better Budget; 1:30 p.m. Jan 20, Rebuilding After a Financial Crisis.

gov/parksandrec and click the “Adults 50+” button or call (760) 602-4650. JAN. 8 LAGOON BOOT CAMP Want to get fit? Come to a fitness boot camp at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of every month beginning Jan. 9 at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Discovery Center, 1580 Cannon Road, Carlsbad. Cost is $10, free with membership. GENEOLOGY The Legacy Users’ Group will meet at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 8 at the Carlsbad City Learning Center, second floor, Room 13, 3368 Eureka Place. For information email jrayscott@cox.net or ca1skibum@yahoo.com.

JAN. 7 TAI CHI CHUNG Participants should register before Jan. 4 for the Carlsbad Senior Center Heart Coherent Tai Chi Chung, beginning from 1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 7 at 799 Pine Ave., Carlsbad. Fee for four classes is $35.10 for residents and $39 for nonresidents. Visit carlsbadca.

MARK THE CALENDAR JUST R.E.A.D. Escondido Public Library’s Read, Eat, and Discuss (R.E.A.D.) Middle Grade Book Club for ages 9 to 12, looks at Holly Black’s “Doll Bones” in the Turrentine Room from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 22. There will be a craft activity related to the book. WOMEN’S FOUNDATION CONFERENCE Tickets can be gotten for the San Diego Iranian American Women’s Foundation Leadership Conference coming up on Feb. 28 at the Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter. Get $100 Early Bird discount tickets before Jan. 30 at iawfoundation.org

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2 at this payment G3268507, G3268329 (Standard 2.5i model, code GDB-01) Model not shown. $0 security deposit. Tax, title & registration fees extra. Cannot be combined with any other incentives. Special lease rates extended to well-qualified buyers &are subject to credit approval, vehicle insurance approval & vehicle availability. Lessee pays personal property &, insurance, maintenance repairs not covered by warranty, excessive wear & tear & a mileage charge of 15¢ per mile for mileage over 12,000 miles per year. Offer expires 1/2/2016.

Purchase or lease any new (previously untitled) Subaru and receive a complimentary factory scheduled maintenance plan for 2 years or 24,000 miles (whichever comes first.) See Subaru Added Security Maintenance Plan for intervals, coverages and limitations. Customer must take delivery before 12-31-2016 and reside within the promotional area. At participating dealers only. See dealer for program details and eligibility.

3 at this payment GG485673, GG462546, GG486428 (Standard 2.5i 6MT model, code GFA-01). $1,729 due at lease signing. $0 security deposit.Tax, title and registration fees extra. Cannot be combined with any other incentives. Special lease rates extended to well-qualified buyers and are subject to credit approval, vehicle insurance approval and vehicle availability. Lessee pays personal property and, insurance, maintenance repairs not covered by warranty, excessive wear and tear and a mileage charge of 15¢ per mile for mileage over 12,000 miles per year. Offer expires 1/2/2016.

5500 Paseo Del Norte Car Country Carlsbad

www.bobbakersubaru.com

Car Country Drive

Car Country Drive

760-438-2200

Option 1A

** EPA-estimated fuel economy. Actual mileage may vary. Subaru Tribeca, Forester, Impreza & Outback are registered trademarks. All advertised prices exclude government fees and taxes, any finance charges, $80 dealer document processing charge, any electronic filing charge, and any emission testing charge. Expires 1/2/2016.

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Excludes TDI® Clean Diesel and Hybrid models. Lessee responsible for insurance. Closed-end lease offered to highly qualified lessees on approved credit by Volkswagen Credit/VCI. Supplies limited. U.S. cars only. Additional charges may apply at lease end. See dealer for financing details.

2016 Volkswagen Jetta S

199

$

per month lease +tax 36 Months $0 Due at Signing

1 at this payment # GM270999 Excluding title, tax, options and dealer fees. On approved above average credit.. At lease end lessees responsible for $0.20/mile over 30,000 miles and excessive wear and tear. Dealer sets actual prices. Lessee responsible for insurance. Closed-end lease offered to highly qualified lessees on approved credit by Volkswagen Credit. Offer expires 1/3/16

760-438-2200 VOLKSWAGEN

5500 Paseo Del Norte Car Country Carlsbad

BobBakerVW.com

All advertised prices exclude government fees and taxes, any finance charges, $80 dealer document processing charge, any electronic filing charge, and any emission testing charge. Expires 1-4-2016.

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