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Dressage rider brings home Bronze By Tony Cagala
CARMEL VALLEY — A narrow paved road winds down a small hill. Along the way, on the right side of the road, begins a white fence adorned with American flags on each fence post. The road splits off to the right, leading to Arroyo Del Mar — the boarding and training facility that’s home to Steffen Peters, an accomplished dressage rider and member of the USA’s equestrian team. Peters, home from winning the Bronze medal recently at the Rio Games, emerged from one of the barn’s stables, he’d just finished his morning ride. Betty, his black labradoodle was by his side. For the past three months, Betty has been waiting at home each night for him to return, Peters said. During those three months that Betty was waiting for her owner’s return, Peters was in Europe, showing at events and preparing for the Rio Olympics. On a Monday morning tour of the barn, Betty shadowed Peters’ every move. As a kid growing up in Wesel, Germany, located in the northwestern portion of the country, his parents had a hard time keeping him away from dogs — especially if it was a shy dog. He explained that he’d always wanted to make friends with a dog, or try and get the animal’s trust. “I still find that nowadays extremely fascinating to deal with animals that have a little bit of a fragile personality,” Peters said. “And for those animals to come around, I find that extremely fascinating.”
Team USA dressage rider Steffen Peters at his home in Carmel Valley where he keeps his medals, including his most recent, a Bronze medal from the Rio Olympics. Photo by Tony Cagala
He found the same attachment to horses, too. At 7 years old, Peters was introduced to horses. His sister Anke was taking riding lessons at a pony club near their house, close to the Dutch border. Anke urged him to come along, he explained, and one day, he did.
With very supportive parents, and a love for animals, riding and the sport of dressage became a priority. While the sport of dressage was always a focus for him, he did some jumping, because, he said, the thought was that dressage was just for the girls in the begin-
ning, because it wasn’t that cool. Peters compares dressage to something like ballet or ice skating on a horse. In dressage, the horse and rider perform a number of complicated and intricate movements. “Everything is supposed to look extremely effortlessly from the rider’s communication standpoint,” he said. Applying leg pressure shouldn’t be noticed, the horse is supposed to look very steady and happy, he added. They’re judged on the expression of the movement, on the regularity of the movement and the harmony between rider and horse. Historically, dressage was a military discipline. According to the United States Dressage Federation, it began out of the need of military horses to be obedient and maneuverable. Over the centuries, a training system for the horses was established, and in the 1900 Paris Olympic games, equestrian events, such as dressage, first appeared. Peters is no stranger to the military either. In Germany, he served his mandatory two-year service as a driver of the Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks. It would take him two times, though, to earn his license. One of the big no-nos of driving a tank on city streets, he recalled his instructor telling him, was hitting pedestrian curbs. “Because it flattens (the curb) because of the weight,” he said. “And I was 10 minTURN TO PETERS ON 16
Finding joyful living through meditation By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — In an effort to promote its integrative health series, the Rancho Santa Fe Library welcomed registered nurse and meditation facilitator, Laura Baugh, to speak about the benefits of meditation. Her visit drew in a large crowd in The Guild Room and triggered many questions from participants who wanted to learn more about finding peace and harmony in their lives. While Braugh gave specific tips to attendees, one piece of information she conveyed which many found interesting was to take part in not complaining for one entire week. “We don’t realize how much we complain,” Baugh said. “When we stop complaining we start accept- Laura Baugh speaks to patrons at the Rancho Santa Fe Library on the benefits on meditation. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene ing.”
It was Baugh’s belief that when people start accepting they are more present and grateful for what they have in their lives. Baugh went on to say that the joy in life really is in the small things — learning how to relax can help bring individuals to this point. “We are so tense,” she said. “The more we meditate, the more joy we have.” And the joy that emerges from meditation invariably encourages people to want to do more of it. For Baugh, it is finding that place of gratitude and devotion of something bigger than oneself. Baugh shared that when one stops complaining for a week, they should also implement noticing what is good, what they are grateTURN TO MEDITATION ON 21
A group of community members is trying to prevent the removal of 54 queen palm trees at the entrance to the new Whispering Palms development. Courtesy photo
Residents fighting to keep palm trees By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The thought of removing 54 queen palm trees for new landscaping at the entrance of Whispering Palms has triggered some opposition from a group of community members. One of which is Richard Cavanaugh, the original developer of Whispering Palms. In the 1960s, Cavanaugh made the decision to plant those palm trees. In an attempt to keep the trees, Cavanaugh formed a grassroots campaign named KeepOurPalms.org. Cavanaugh hired Margolin & Associates, a public relations firm based in Solana Beach to help raise awareness on the issue. A petition to keep the trees circulated, resulting in an estimated 100 resident signatures who are hoping that the Whispering Palms Community Services District (CSD) will reconsider the removal. For now, the elimination of the trees has been shelved until the results from that survey are in. In August, at the Morgan Run Clubhouse, a meeting took place regarding this topic. Due to the community feedback, the CSD decided to mail out a community-wide survey on whether or not the residents wanted to keep the current palm
trees. According to Lisa Margolin-Feher, a principal at Margolin & Associates, over the last three years the CSD has stated on the record numerous times their plans of implementing new
It would be a travesty to remove these beautiful trees...” Lisa Margolin-Feher Margolin & Associates
landscaping for entry medians. “Of the five elected members, one member, Bill Haynor, has voted consistently to oppose the plan,” Margolin-Feher said. The CSD meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Morgan Club Clubhouse. It was at their March 2016 board meeting when the CSD presented three new landscape designs. The bid to remove the 54 palms trees and create new landscaping including king palms was TURN TO TREES ON 21
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Whalen selected as Association’s interim manager By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE —In August, the Rancho Santa Fe Association board of directors executed personnel changes. The Association’s communications manager, Christy Whalen, will now be serving as the interim manager for the Association. Fulfilling Whalen’s communication’s role is Karlin Molina. Recently, the Association announced that its building commissioner Robert Green would be retiring Sept. 2. Green has
Christy Whalen, Rancho Santa Fe Association’s communication manager, will now serve as interim manager for the Association. Courtesy photo
been with the Association for 19 years. While Green will continue on in an advisory role during the transitionary period, the board of directors named Tom Farrar as interim building commissioner. Farrar was hired by the Association in Feb. as director of planning. Don May, who took on the role of interim manager following Bill Overton’s resignation on June 30, was named by the board of directors as director of accounting, technology, and compliance.
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Reward offered in hit-and-run of cyclist
Sapp secures board seat
By Aaron Burgin
By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — At an Aug. 18 meeting, Rick Sapp was elected to fill a vacant board of director’s seat at the Rancho Santa Fe Association. This seat has been empty since former board director Ann Boon resigned on July 7. Sapp will serve until the term expires in June 2017. He also sits on the Finance Committee. According to Christy Whalen, Sapp was treasurer and co-board chair of the Rancho Santa Fe Education Fund, which supports the Roger Rowe School. “Rick also served nine years on the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Board; and, served on the Board, on its investment committee and he was committee chair,” she said. “He was also trustee of the Pacific Ridge School.” During the course Association meeting, board director Allen Finkelson pointed out Sapp’s community service positions as well as conveying how he worked at Goldman Sachs in New York City and in London. Sapp’s position as board of director for the RSF Association became effective on Aug. 18.
Signs asking for information in a hit-and-run accident that injured a bicyclist are posted near the accident in Encinitas. Photo by
A woman walks her dog near the train tracks in Encinitas. Encinitas Councilman Mark Muir wants people who illegally cross the train tracks to be given infractions, as opposed to the misdemeanor citations they receive now. File photo by Aaron Burgin
Council discusses rail crossing penalties By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — An Encinitas City Councilman wants sheriff deputies to cite people who illegally cross the train tracks with infractions, as opposed to the misdemeanor citations traditionally handed out to track scofflaws. But a recent shift in policy might make the councilman’s request moot. Mark Muir requested the council-initiated agenda item, which would direct local officers to issue citations of the less-serious infraction variety for track crossings. Muir said punishing people for what amounts to jaywalking with serious misdemeanor charges — which carry a maximum $1,000 fine and carry other consequences — on their record is overkill.
“As a fire chief, I am thinking about it from a safety and situational awareness standpoint,” said Muir, who was the city’s fire chief before being appointed to the council in 2011. “From that standpoint, I feel that this is a punishment that is over the top.” But one sergeant with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Rail Enforcement Unit said that officers have recently started ticketing people under a different section of the law that is an infraction, rather than a misdemeanor. Traditionally, deputies have cited illegal track crossings under California Penal Code 369i, which states that anyone who enters or remains on rail property and interferes, interrupts or hinders the safe
operation of a train is guilty of a misdemeanor. About six months ago, however, deputies started using a policy in the state’s Public Utilities Code, section 99170(a)(1), which essentially contains the same language but is administered as an infraction. Since August, when the North County Transit District — which contracts with the sheriff’s department for law enforcement along its right of way — started an illegal crossing crack down, deputies have issued 85 citations. Of those, 84 were infractions and one was a misdemeanor, said Sgt. Jason King, who oversees rail enforcement. “The law has been there, but we recently found TURN TO PENALTIES ON 23
ENCINITAS — As the reward for information on the driver who struck an avid cyclist in Encinitas this month grows, friends of the cyclist said they are trying to take valuable lessons away from the tragedy — for both motorists and non-motorists. A driver of a white sports utility vehicle struck cyclist John Abate in the early morning hours of Aug. 14, when he and a friend were cycling on Leucadia Boulevard near Quail Gardens Drive. Abate was thrown 25 to 30 feet and suffered major injuries — a compound leg fracture, a broken back and fractured ribs among other serious lacerations. Abate, who will be coming home from the hospital this week after nearly a week in the intensive care unit in Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, did not wish to speak to The Coast News, instead wanting to focus on his recovery. But friends of the Category 1 cyclist said that they are focused on finding the driver and the lessons that can be gleaned from the incident. Jessica Noyola started the reward for information that leads to law enforcement locating the driver. The GoFundMe page, which started with a goal of $2,500 for the reward,
has raised nearly $6,000 to date. “We really feel that there is someone out there who knows or saw something, and we are trying to get the word out to the community,” Noyola said. “People are definitely seeing the signs we have posted in the community and word of mouth is spreading across the state.” She urged the driver of vehicle to turn himself or herself in to authorities. “Wherever they are, I know that their lives are on pause, too,” Noyola said. “I hope and pray they can do the right thing.” Noyola and Kelly Swamberg, the cyclist who was at Abate’s side at the time of the accident, said they didn’t want the focus to be on the tragedy, nor did they want to make this a cyclist-versus-motorist debate. Swamberg said that he feels the incident underscores the shared responsibility for all modes of transportation that share roads — pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. For his part, Swamberg said the biggest takeaway is for him as a cyclist to be visible on the roadway. “People are more distracted behind the wheel than ever, and that is not going to decrease anytime TURN TO REWARD ON 21
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Opinion&Editorial
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Community Commentary
It’s time to move forward By Lisa M. Bartlett
A challenge to vaccination law By Sylvia Rogers
Mr. Elias spouts pro-vaccine dogma, literally pulling statistics out of a hat (“Vaccination law takes effect, but under challenge,” Aug. 19). As I write this, families are leaving the state because their children have been the denied the right to an education due to non-compliance with vaccine mandates. Not since the days of slavery have parents been denied the right to make major life decisions for their children. Mr. Elias cites a 95 percent vaccination rate as protective against disease based on absolutely nothing. There is not a shred of evidence that even 100 percent rates of vaccination are protective against disease. Case in point, college students in New England boast close to 100 percent vaccination rate. Yet some of them could not attend their own graduations last year due to a mumps outbreak! Those Ivy League geniuses assumed all the risks of the vaccination procedure, yet derived no benefit. An infectious disease specialist had this to say about the outbreak: “The exposure that they (students) have to mumps is so high in these situations (college) that it overcomes the ability of the vaccine to protect them.” Translation, “vaccines don’t work.” Why might that be? Vaccines produce antibodies, but not a complete immune response that would be triggered by live virus. Antibodies are not the primary means by which the body fights viral disease. The cellular response is far more effective. Furthermore, an abortive immune response may make it more difficult for the immune system to mount an effective response when challenged
with the natural virus. The herd theory applies to natural immunity, not the waning vaccine variety. About two thirds of a herd was theorized to need immunity in order to prevent the spread of disease. As for the contrived Disneyland measles outbreak, it has not been determined whether this was wild virus or the vaccine variety that caused the disease. The real reason for the hype over this small outbreak was that well-educated parents in affluent areas were refusing to follow the recommended vac-
lio vaccine. In India and other places where the live polio vaccine is still administered, the polio vaccine is now the major cause of childhood paralysis. Furthermore, the live polio vaccine contained a retrovirus, SV40, now present in the human genome and implicated in a host of cancers. It would seem that meddling with the balance of microbes in our environment has unexpected and dangerous consequences. Why did California push so hard for mandatory vaccination laws? California is a pilot for the nation. There are huge
Without legislation, the expansive vaccine schedule could not be rammed down their throats. cine schedule. Without legislation, the expansive vaccine schedule could not be rammed down their throats. There is no arguing with parents who are better educated on the very real risks of vaccines than their cook book pediatricians. Medical school teaches little more than the current recommended (and ever expanding) vaccine schedules. Has your physician informed you that after vaccination, viruses are shed for up to three months and that vaccine strains can cause disease? Perhaps we should pass another law that forces the recently vaccinated kids to stay under quarantine for three months to prevent the spread of disease? Why is it that healthy unvaccinated kids are excluded from school, but those who carry known infectious diseases like hepatitis are not? It is a sad fact that the major cause of polio in the 1950s and ‘60s was the po-
profits to be made in this industry with zero liability on the part of the manufacturers. Merck was recently slammed with $ 87 million in criminal penalties for their marketing of the dangerous drug Vioxx. Remember, this is the company you are trusting with your kids health. It’s like hiring a convicted sex offender as your babysitter. Imagine a car salesman with zero product liability. Would you buy from them? Exactly. Vaccine manufacturers have complete immunity from liability. If your child has a seizure and dies the next day, they won’t bat an eye. Neither will your pediatrician who is similarly insured. When in doubt, follow the money. I was paid nothing for writing this to educate you. If only Merck were a public service organization. Go see “Vaxxed” and see the corruption for yourself. Sylvia Rogers is a San Marcos resident.
I, like many of my fellow RSFA members, have read the RSF “Review” article concerning the Past President’s Council (PPC) and the letter from the PPC directed to the RSFA Board. What the PPC and their consulting group, consisting of Pete Smith, Walt Ekard, Keith Behner and Ivan Holler, all former employees of the RSFA, have done, and are attempting to do, is extremely detrimental to our community. We need to move forward in a positive manner — not go backwards! I note the timeframe discussed by the PPC commences with the end of Mr. Smith’s tenure as manager. Why? I certainly hope that the Board is not going to find it necessary to hire a forensic audit firm. I also hope the Board does not rehire the former RSFA counsel of long-standing or rehire any past employees. The current RSFA Board and staff are more than competent to do a thorough review of the allegations set-forth by the PPC and their consultant. However, if the Board decides to hire consultants, I hope the consultants will have absolutely no connection to the past and the scope of any such investigation will not be limited to the date of Mr. Smith’s departure as manager. If there is to be an “outside” investigation, utilizing outside experts, it should go back to the beginning of Mr. Smith’s time as manager. Under Mr. Smith’s and many of the PPC’s tenure, we had a never ending string of very disturbing, to say the least, patterns of conduct. A very few examples include:
• RSFA had no bal• Manager sending ance sheet a letter to the County concerning Calzada relating to • Serious misrepre- a General Plan Amendment sentations on IRS forms 990 that Board knew nothing about and had not autho• Numerous, signifi- rized cant breaches of Davis-Stirling provisions • Manager indicated part of his responsibility • California law re- was to check on the status of quires that the RSFA have all RSFA Board candidates multiple, segregated ac- to ascertain that they owned counts — these did not exist property within the Covenant. There was a failure to • There were no do the job: Two Board members, who became Board CPA’s on RSFA staff Presidents, didn’t own prop• Lack of proper erty in the Covenant RSFA property accounts (Ex. no invoices for Osuna • Manager had his horse operation) name on PIC’s (Public Interest Committee) letterhead • PPC member who as an “ex officio” member “jumped the queue” and had utility poles in front • Manager & Board of the PPC’s house under- members denied access to grounded, with approxi- manager’s contract and othmately 50 percent of the ex- er pertinent documents so penses paid by the RSFA Board members could not carry out their fiduciary re• Counsel for the sponsibilities RSFA who investigated himself and recused himself • No and then later on occasion,due to his close on a “dark ages” RSFA webfriendship with the manag- site er • Dismal voter regis• Amazingly nega- tration record tive statements about the manager and/or counsel in • Properties purwritten decision by judges chased/attempted to be from New York to California purchased “behind closed doors” • Building of trails without the knowledge or • Potentially devasconsent of the owners tating insurance coverage gaps • Holding some Executive Session meetings, or • Art Jury/CDRC portions thereof, that were meeting were closed to the in clear violation of the law membership
• Manager informI hope our community ing the community that certain trails were not covered will not bring back, in any by RSFA insurance, when in capacity, employees/consultants/lawyers from the past. fact they were Let’s start the healing and • Willfully covering move forward with fresh up the backdating of an ideas and new faces. easement by an employee— • $1.6 Million in as- then not being truthful once Lisa M. Bartlett is a Rancho set misclassifications Santa Fe resident. the matter came to light
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High School senior tackles food insecurity By Bianca Kaplanek
Devorah Raskin, RSF Hebrew School director, is preparing for the new school year beginning Sept. 13. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene
RSF Hebrew School readies for new school year By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — Nestled in the Ranch, the Rancho Santa Fe Hebrew School is preparing for its new school year with students arriving Sept. 13. Located at the Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho Santa Fe, the school caters to grades K to 8. Devorah Raskin, who serves as the RSF Hebrew School Director, describes the school as one of Rancho Santa Fe’s best kept secrets and has the only program of its kind in the Ranch. And they afford an academic location where children of all backgrounds and nearby communities are welcomed, she said. “Our school is a contemporary learning center that successfully caters to Jewish families from all walks of life. Our school welcomes every Jew, regardless of religious background or level of observance. It is for this reason that our school does not require any membership or prior affiliations as a condition for enrollment,” Raskin said. “Chabad Hebrew School was created with one goal in mind — to offer all Jewish children, even those with little or no background — an education and memories that
will inspire them for a lifetime.” Raskin pointed out that their lesson programs are multi-sensory and hands-on. She added that this helps ensure that their students thoroughly experience what they are being taught. The Rancho Santa Fe Hebrew School also utilizes the Aleph Champ Program© for reading fluency. “Our lessons are structured with discussion-starters, to create a lively, interactive classroom experience. The information truly becomes the student's own,” she said. Raskin added, “Through this knowledge, these children grow into informed, thinking Jewish adults who will shape our communities and world for years to come.” Raskin said that a new activity they are bringing the students this year to enhance its Hebrew language curriculum is Kids in the Kitchen-Mitzvah Mitbach. “Students will learn about different cultural and traditional delicacies including a kosher pickle workshop, and how to make their own TURN TO HEBREW SCHOOL ON 21
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REGION — Some teenagers prefer to spend their winter, spring and summer vacations surfing, shopping, going to the beach or simply doing nothing. Carmel Valley resident Pearl Park, who is entering her senior year at Torrey Pines High School, has spent her recent breaks ensuring that elementary school children won’t go hungry when school is not in session. As president of the FULL Project, an entrepreneurial enterprise she took over as part of Whatever It Takes, or WIT, she distributes groceries to 40 or 50 families from Kit Carson and Linda Vista elementary schools. WIT is a college credit social entrepreneurship program based in San Diego, with operations in St. Louis, New York City and Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2009 by Sarah Hernholm as a platform for youth to become social entrepreneurs and serve in leadership roles. The only such college-credit program in the country, WIT offers participants six transferable units from the University of California San Diego for each year they complete a project. During her freshman year Pearl began volunteering at the San Diego Food Bank and downtown homeless shelters, sometimes to help friends involved in service projects. “I went to those places
A volunteer with the FULL Project, a social entrepreneurial program headed by Pearl Park, a senior at Torrey Pines High School, helps during a recent distribution that provides food for elementary school students during school breaks. Courtesy photo
and it was an interesting experience,” she said. “I also like to work with kids. I’m part of Study Buddies, where we go to elementary schools and help students with homework. I also work part-time at Kumon learning centers.” Pearl learned about WIT during her junior year, when Hernholm made a presentation about the program to her marketing class. “It sounded so interesting to me and I talked to her after,” Pearl said. Once she joined the program, Hernholm helped Pearl find a project that fit her passions.
FULL was started by another WIT teen but went dormant when that person graduated. “I was interested in starting something around soup kitchens or homeless shelters involving food,” Pearl said. “I went on the Facebook page and learned about the mission. It was so perfect. It was kids and food and dealing with them personally so I decided to take up that.” Pearl works with the elementary school principals to compile a list of students who receive free or reduced breakfasts and lunches, which aren’t offered during school breaks.
She then contacts the families and invites them to her distributions, which so far are once during each of the four school breaks. She also secures donations from a variety of sources, including friends, clubs at Torrey Pines, restaurants such as Bread and Cie and grocery stores such as NuttZo, Sprouts and Whole Foods, to name a few. “This summer we worked with San Diego Senior Gleaners, who glean fruits from orchards and get food from restaurants that would have been TURN TO FOOD ON 21
Nadarajah discusses natural healing at RSF Senior Center By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe Senior Center overflowed with attendees who were there to specifically hear Manjula Nadarajah, a master educator for The Chopra Center for well-being. During the Aug. 12 event, Nadarajah explained how she was a former senior technology strategy advisor for Shell International. She placed herself on her own type of transformational journey in order to find her pathway of natural healing that she calls, “one’s inner pharmacy.” According to Nadarajah, there are three principals of well-being, which includes: meditation, yoga
“When we can start to align with nature, we can bring ourselves back into health,” says Manjula Nadarajah, a master educator for The Chopra Center. She spoke at the Rancho Santa Fe Senior Center on well-being on Aug. 12. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene
and Ayurveda. Nadarajah touched upon these three pillars but spent most of her time honing in on Ayurveda, which is considered a formal Hindu methodology of medicine. The premise is that people are empowered to be able to heal themselves by balancing their bodies. According to Nadarajah, Ayurveda dates back to thousands of years ago and is grounded in ancient wisdom. Those in attendance had the opportunity to
take part in a Dosha Mind Body Questionnaire. The answers provided attendees on whether they were a Vata, Pitta or Kapha in terms of their basic nature for most of their entire life. By understanding which basic nature one was, or even a blend of two (if one wasn’t completely dominant), someone could begin their own well-being journey in their life, she said. “It’s about understanding and aligning with the rhythms of nature,”
Nadarajah said. “Health is the state of vibrant balance in which all the layers of one’s life are integrated.” Nadarajah shared that while the western model compared health as the absence of a definable disease, Ayurveda viewed “dis-ease” as the absence of vibrant health. “When we can start to align with nature, we can bring ourselves back into health,” she said. “Maintaining balance is essential to health.” And the experiences and choices that one makes can influence their current state. Through the methods of Ayurveda, individuals are led by healing through five gateways which include smell, sight, sound, taste and touch. The first three treat the mind while taste and touch balance the body. While the hour-long event was comprehensive in nature, many walked away with newfound knowledge and were taught how they could very well perhaps heal themselves in a variety of ways through understanding their “dosha” type(s). “Empower yourself to unwind to a state of balance. Take that time to unwind,” Nadarajah said.
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RSF Garden Club gearing up for special event Crusin’ with confidence small talk By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club is hosting its second annual “RSF Garden Fair & Market” which inspired and connected its community members last year. According to the Garden Club, they are one of several community service-oriented organizations that help unite its residents. “The RSF Garden Fair & Market provides an opportunity for the whole community to participate in an event offering information that is relative to each one of us while celebrating what the Garden Club is passionate about — activities that promote charitable horticulture and conservation,” said Erin Browne, executive director of the RSF Garden Club. Slated for Sept. 10, the RSF Garden Club decided to trim down the event to a total of three hours so they are recommending members to arrive early. Browne shared that many of the vendors who took part in the event last year are returning once again. “There are many new vendors attending this year with a variety of horticulture inspired items to share and sell,” she said. “We are excited to have Dragon Organics attending this year, who will be selling local organic produce at the event.” Browne said the day would celebrate all things horticulture. Vendors on hand will include irrigation specialists, landscape design, plant sales, rain water barrel display, gifts from the garden, and horticulture inspired décor,
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The RSF Garden Club’s second annual RSF Garden Fair & Market is slated for Slated for Sept. 10. Courtesy photo
accessories and jewelry. The RSF Garden Club is also brewing up some family fun with kid-friendly plans and activities. Brown said on site families will find a RSF Fire engine, portable gardening beds to dig in, a Fairy Garden corner, arts and crafts, face painter, music and Hawaiian ice. Browne also extended thanks to its sponsors which include Merrill Lynch; Rancho Santa Fe Connect — brought to you by Fision, Fiber Optics by Hotwire; San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum; Santa Fe Irrigation District; and, Chicweed Patio & Garden. “We appreciate the generous sponsors whose contributions allow us to offer this event for free,” she said. While this event draws the commu-
nity together it also supports this nonprofit. The Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club has a longstanding history dating back to 1926. It officially became a nonprofit California corporation in 1937. “Funds secured from the event help support our grant program, which, in less than two years, has awarded $100,000 to nonprofit organizations in need of funding for horticulture projects. The RSF Garden Fair & Market is the Garden Club’s ‘give back’ to the community,” she said. Rancho Santa Fe Garden Fair & Market will be held Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the RSF Association parking lot located at 17022 Avenida de Acacias. For more information please visit rsfgardenclub.org.
RSF residents awarded director of the year honors By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Corporate Director Forum recently announced its six recipients who will be receiving its “Director of the Year” distinctions. Two of its receivers are Rancho Santa Fe residents David Hale and Jim Buechler. According to the Corporate Director Forum, each honoree was nominated by their peers and has made a significant positive contribution in the boardroom and behind the scenes. Hale has been honored with a Lifetime Contribution to Life Sciences recognition. The Corporate Director Forum, a San Diego-based nonprofit established in 1991, indicated that this was a special award for 2016. The nonprofit conveyed that over the years Hale has embodied and demonstrated superior leadership. Serving board roles he has displayed ethics, board discipline, and has helped navigate organizations to exceptional levels of “creativity and performance.” The Corporate Director Forum shared that Jim Buechler has received their Companies in Transition Award since it acknowledges directors who help companies in their early phases such as mergers and acquisitions, startups or managerial transitions to a “positive and productive conclusion.” Celebrating its 26th year in honoring directors in San Diego County, the Sept. 22 Director of the Year awards dinner will be held at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. While Buechler served as former chair and chief executive officer of Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits,
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Hale has served as chair and chief executive officer of Hale BioPharma Ventures. He was the former chair organizations such as Santarus and SkinMedica. For each recipient, they have shared contributions to organizations that they have been most proud of. “When I started five years ago, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits had 30 employees,” Buechler said. “The company now employs close to 700 employees – it’s nice to make a difference in people’s lives.” For Hale, his personal contribution that shines was during his tenure at Chairman of the Board of Rady Children’s Hospital. “I conceived the idea
of a research institute that would be focused on the application of genomics for pediatric healthcare. That has led to the creation of the Rady Institute of Pediatric Genomics with a special gift of $120 million from the Rady family,” he said. “The Institute, with a great management team and Board of Directors and with the significant cooperation of the Rady Hospital team, is up and running and applying genomics to pediatric medicine. The Institute will have an effect on the future of pediatric healthcare around the world.” In terms of corporate governance and the importance it plays in an organization, both men agree it is vital. Buechler shared that leadership makes a difference because it sets the tone, strategy and culture. He added, “With that said, however, it’s really the team that counts. Ballast Point has an amazing team dedicated to the craft with employees who work hard and have fun each and every day.” For Hale, he said that having a strong, involved Board has always been important in helping to build and protect long-term shareholder value. “In today’s business environment, corporate governance plays a key role in the operation of most successful companies,” he said. “It helps ensure that companies are operating with best
practices in terms of how the business is operated and helps ensure the company’s strategy is focused on longterm shareholder value.”
he first week of kindergarten had a different atmosphere at my school this year. Most years, from my post between K classrooms and the office, I see students in several mind-sets, from hysteria or wide-eyed panic to glazed-over sensory overload. The kinder teachers usually bring their classes through the library and introduce me, to familiarize them with their new digs. I am generally gazed at with quiet puzzlement, as they know what a library is, but don’t really understand what the heck I do there or whether, at that point, I am friend or foe. Mostly I am just one more thing in the first-week kaleidoscope. This year we had kinders with some swagger goin’ on. This year, a good many of the newbies looked at me calmly, smiled and some even waved. From whence came their confidence? They were the ones with old-
er siblings, already in grades ahead of them. This meant that most of them had been cruising the campus for several years, had hung out while mom volunteered in the classroom and sometimes played with my coloring books in a corner of the library. They did not hesitate to let me know just who they were and that meeting me was kind of old news. They weren’t rude. They were just relaxed. They knew the lay of the land, they knew at least one of the teachers, several of the PTA moms and where to find the Dr. Seuss books. I chuckled as one teacher read aloud the kindergarten class mission statements, posted on the library wall. They were pretty simple and straightforward at the kinder level. Mrs. Jones’ class would “Work to treat others as you want to be treated. Do your best every day. Keep your school clean,” and the like. But the younger siblings had heard it all before, and now wanted to know what the sixth-grade mission statements said. The minute the teacher complied, reading from the more complex statements, she was bombarded with more TURN TO SMALL TALK ON 21
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e knew Trevor Cahill could pitch. But a juggler, too?
Cahill, the former Vista High star, was in the Cubs clubhouse this week doing just that. Quite well. Cahill was keeping in touch, via phone, with his 6-month-old Rylee. When it’s your first kid, those that have been there understand the tugging of the heartstrings. At the same time his cell was buzzing — his old
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Vista crew tugging at him for some tickets. Welcome home Trevor and it’s nice to see you with a winner. “It’s so different this year,’’ Cahill said. “I’m not with a spoiler.’’ Nope, it’s with the rip-roaring Cubs. The North Side has become the Fun Side this summer, with the Cubs leading the Majors in wins and glorious thoughts of the Fall Classic. Cahill (3-3, 2.66 ERA) is constantly reminded of Chicago’s thirsting for that elusive World Series trip. “No matter where we go there are Cubs fans,’’ Cahill said. “It’s like we are never on the road.’’ That was true at Petco Park, where the Cubs Nation set up camp with the fever of Dead Heads. What a long, strange trip it’s been for Cahill
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since playing for Vista’s In his eight major-league seasons he has stops in Oakland (200911), Arizona (2012-14), Atlanta (2015) and finally to the Cubs last year. “It’s really fun,’’ Cahill said, and there goes his phone again. “I don’t want to say we were counting down the season at the other places this time of the year, but it is a good vibe here.” Everything is usually groovy in manager Joe Maddon’s world. The Cubs’ innovative manager said Cahill is unique. “His ball moves so much,’’ Maddon said. “And he has different weapons for righties and lefties.’’ But his sinker wasn’t getting much bite earlier in the year. So Cahill went to Triple-A, where he produced instead of pouting. That punched his ticket back to Chicago’s 1060 W. Addison, where the outfield walls are covered with ivy. “It’s been a weird year,’’ said Cahill, who’s morphed into a reliever and has held rivals scoreless in 25 of his 35 appearances. Maddon asked Cahill to start on Aug. 16 and he blanked the Brewers for five innings. This after spending time on the disabled list with a bum knee. “I had to eat up some innings,’’ Cahill, 28, said of working the first game of a day-night doubleheader. “I was happy to get five innings and save the bullpen a little bit for us.’’ Madden promised TURN TO CAHILL ON 23
The Carlsbad Classic Women’s Tennis Association tournament will not be in operation this year as the tournament moved to Hawaii and rebranded as the Hawaii Open. File photo by Steve Puterski
Carlsbad Classic leaves town, heads to Hawaii By Steve Puterski
CARLSBAD — Quietly the city has lost its only professional tennis tournament. The Carlsbad Classic, for the second time, has uprooted and has moved off the mainland. According to media reports, the tournament will become the Hawaii Open and will be played the week of Thanksgiving; the same week the Carlsbad tournament took place last year. This year the Hawaii Open will take place on the island of Oahu, Hawaiian media reported in June. A message left with a spokesperson for the former Carlsbad tournament was not returned. The event is a Women’s Tennis Association
(WTA) 125K tournament and featured nearly three-dozen players last year, including Carlsbad teen standout Brett Berger and was won by Yanina Wickmayer. According to reports, the Hawaii Open’s structure will remain as it was last year in Carlsbad. There will be a 32-player singles draw, an eight-player qualifying and an eight-team doubles draw. As for the local event, tournament Director Ben Goldsmith said last year his goal for the tournament was to become one of the top draws on the circuit and, eventually, lead into the Indian Wells event. He said the Indian Wells tournament is the largest in the world “by volume” and with an aggressive approach; the Carlsbad Classic would be an ideal warm-up tournament for the WTA’s top talent going into Indian Wells. Last season’s event was the first in two years for Carlsbad after the WTA left for Japan. The Carlsbad Classic brought a mixed bag of ranked players, although one of the main attractions came from a budding California teenager. CiCi Bellis, who captured national headlines three years ago with a first-round upset over 12th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, at the 2014 U.S. Open, was part of the 32-player singles draw. The San Francisco native and Southern California resident, just 17, has been climbing the ranks and is one player local fans were drawn to, according to Goldsmith.
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Solana Beach resident John Spence, a customized travel planner, rescues cows with the locals in Lake Natron in Tanzania. Courtesy photo
Creating custom vacations is a trip for Solana Beach man By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — When Solana Beach resident John Spence entered the workforce he had one objective. “My goal was never to make money,” he said. “I wanted to have a job that I was passionate about.” A “farmer’s boy” born and raised in England, Spence said he always liked the outdoors so he moved to Cape Town, South Africa, at 22. To supplement his income from tending bar, he served as a “guide,” showing visitors the local scenery. “I love that frontier spirit, just packing up and driving into the bush to look for animals,” he said. “I didn’t know it then but a lot of people would fly from all around the world to go on safaris. “To get paid to canoe people down the Zambezi River or drive a land rover packed with goodies to the middle of the Okavango Delta and Botswana is pretty cool,” he added. One of his clients was an investor from La Jolla. “He told me if I came up with a decent business plan he might be interested.” In 1999 Spence founded Aardvark Safaris, with offices in the United Kingdom, offering customized vacations in African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zanzibar. After making presentations to promote the company in San Diego, Spence knew he wanted to someday expand the business here. “I was arrogantly confident I had a good following of clients in the area who knew me,” he said. “And no one in the area was providing custom safaris, which is often a bucket list item.” In 2009 he moved his family — wife and vice president of operations, Emma, and children, Jack and Lily — to Del Mar and opened an office on Cedros Avenue. A few months ago Spence announced the sale of Aardvark to Scott Dunn,
a London-based high-end travel company considered a favorite by readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. The business was looking to expand its operations to the United States and chose Solana Beach for its location and Spence as president of Scott Dunn USA. “It was flattering to have Scott Dunn pick San Diego,” Spence said. “It’s a sexy opportunity for the high-end traveler.” With about 80 percent of his business coming by word-of-mouth from previous clients, he contacted about 750 people who had traveled through Aardvark to let them know about the change. With access to Scott Dunn resources, Spence is now beginning to offer customized vacations throughout the world. He is looking to increase his staff by Christmas and find a larger office space in Solana Beach, where he and his family recently moved. To plan a trip, Spence said he first conducts an indepth interview with potential clients. He said he wants to know when, where and why people want to travel, if anyone has special needs such as health or dietary issues and what they want to see and do. For example, he can tell people when and where the best time to see elephants in the wild is. If clients want to visit Italy, he wants to know if they want to focus on food, wine, historic landmarks or all of the above. “We customize everything around who you are traveling with,” he said. “I want to know the best and worst holiday you’ve ever had and why. Do you want to camp? Or do you prefer Cadillac camping and want someone to put up the tent and make sure your gin and tonic has ice in it?” Spence said he then creates a “turnkey” vacation. “We hold your hand, from the planning process to you getting on the airplane,”
he said. “And from the moment you’re there we pay someone to hold your hand.” A 24/7 phone answering service is also available should something go wrong, such as getting stuck at the airport, to provide “peace of mind,” Spence said. He said a two-week personalized African safari costs about $10,000 per person, plus airfare and tips. But the cost varies depending on the destination, with Europe and Asia likely to be a little less expensive. Spence said contrary to popular belief, it’s not necessarily cheaper to travel in a group or better to use a travel agency. His employees are required to visit and familiarize themselves with each destination so they can make recommendations. Each agent specializes in a particular area. “They get paid to go on holiday,” he said, noting that travel agents “can’t possibly go everywhere in the world.” Many of the vacations Spence plans are “normally a bucket-list thing,” he said. “But they’re not just all rich people. “I had a lovely lady that had terminal cancer who wanted to take her grandchild on a trip,” he added. “The Make-A-Wish Foundation called us up and said they had a child who wanted to see a cheetah so we came up with a trip that could accommodate his health limitations.” Despite his many travels, Spence said he doesn’t have a favorite location. But the acquisition by Scott Dunn allows him to check off a few destinations on his bucket list, such as “Galapagos to see the wildlife there and Patagonia because it sounds wild and wonderful and India.” “Back in the day I was sort of winging it, making it up as I went along and got away with it,” he said. “And here I am now, making a living out of it. So it’s worked out pretty well for me.”
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An artist’s rendering shows the front of a Stone Brewing-themed hotel, which is expected to open in the first quarter of 2018 in Escondido. Courtesy rendering
Beer-themed hotel coming to Escondido
By Steve Puterski
ESCONDIDO — Stone Brewing is taking its beer to the next level. More accurately, the craft brewer announced in a press release a partnership with Untitled Hospitality to develop Stone Hotel. Expectations are for the hotel to open in the first quarter of 2018 and will be constructed, owned and managed by Untitled Hospitality. It will be located on
13 acres of land adjacent to Stone Brewing’s headquarters in Escondido. According to the brewer, an artistic display of beer flowing from a tap down to Citracado Parkway. In addition a gargoyle will be on display and Stone beers, obviously, will be readily available. Archived special release beers and unique casks will be periodically available at a trio of on-site bars.
Upon check in, guest may receive a complimentary beer and an in-room growler delivery service. “You can’t rush a good thing,” said co-founder Greg Koch. “After originally envisioning a hotel on the property more than six years ago, we had put the project on permanent hold due to our need to focus on our core obsession of brewing.” The hotel is estimated to cost $26 million with 100,000
square feet. Paul Basile of Basile Studio in San Diego will take charge of the interior design. In addition, the hotel will feature a bar-style lobby check-in, oversized guest rooms, 99 rooms and six suites. Other highlights include an 8,000 square-foot ballroom, 10,000 square-foot rooftop garden adjacent to the pool deck and nearly an acre of outdoor event space. “When Robert (Cartwright) and Untitled Hospitality approached us with the idea of them taking the ball and running with it, we found a partner who was fully engaged in the idea of executing on the Stone ideals, ethos and creativity,” Koch added. “I can’t wait to give our fans this amazing extension of the Stone experience.”
arlier this month, Stone Brewing announced plans to partner with a local developer and hospitality company to build a 99-room boutique hotel in Escondido. What promises to be a unique “craft beer experience” gives North County an opportunity to support an emerging tourism sector. Hops heads around the country are surely rejoicing at the news. According to the official company release, the $26 million, four-story hotel will be built on 13 acres across the street from the Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens location. Special amenities include oversized guest rooms, walking trails, priority seating at the brewery, and beer brewed exclusively for hotel guests. Construction could begin as early as next year, with doors opening in 2018. Kudos to Stone. I’ve visited all of their tasting rooms in San Diego County over the years (including the ones in PETCO Park and Lindbergh Field), and they clearly hold a high standard for service, sus-
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tainability and brewing excellence. Most notably, their hotel is another sign that craft beer tourism is an emerging market, which our part of the region can cultivate and support as part of a broader economic development initiative. Beer tourism is real. In 2013, I had the pleasure of visiting the fabled Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland. I witnessed beer tourism first hand; thousands of visitors from all over the world, spending time and money to learn more about local beer and the history of the people and community that brew it. While I’m well versed in the brewing process, I still had fun learning how to pour the perfect pint at the Guinness Academy. It’s no surprise the Guinness brewery is in fact the most popular tourist attraction in all of Ireland — more than 1.25 million people visit each year. Locally, we don’t have much data on how many out-of-towners visit our local breweries, but a 2012 survey of North Carolina breweries and brewpubs found about 40 percent of patrons were tourists, of which about a quarter were “beer-focused” (others were visiting principally to see friends and loved ones, or to attend conferences and other events). North County is probably experiencing something similar, with mostly drive-market visitors (Las Vegas, Phoenix, greater Southern California) dropping by our local tap rooms for tours, brews, and unique experiences. With more lodging options, activities and options for visiting craft beer tourists, it’s likely more will opt to stay an additional night or two in North County, spending more money for local goods and services, which in turn generates jobs, sales tax revenue, and greater economic growth. Supporting the development of more high-quality visitor amenities in North County is good for the local economy. The 250-room LEGOLAND hotel in Carlsbad is complementary to the visitor experience at LEGOLAND, generates hotel tax revenue, and helps keep more tourism dollars in North County. So too will the Stone Hotel once it’s built and open to the public. Already, approximately half a million people visit Stone’s Escondido-based brewery and restaurant each year. More are headed their way. Vince Vasquez is an economist based in Torrey Pines. He is a Carlsbad resident.
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The Taco Stand in Encinitas is a solid option with good food in a town overflowing with Mexican options. Photo by David Boylan
Encinitas is all the rage street and let the line die down that is consistently out the door. Well, that never happened so we were a few beers in before we decided we better bust a move and get over there before
they closed. I figured out as we moved forward that the line out the door could be a clever marketing strategy as there really is no room inside for the line to form, hence creating a line out the door that really never goes away. As a marketer, I can appreciate that.
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ell, the T a c o Stand certainly secured a prime location in the heart of Encinitas and there is definitely a buzz happening around this place as I witnessed first hand recently. I went on a Monday night with a chef friend known for his appetite and thought we would kill some time over a beer at Biergarden across the
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Co-owner Giacomo Pizzigoni rings up another dinner at Ambrogio 15 in Pacific Beach that opened this month to rave reviews for its authentic Milan–style Italian menu. Photo by Frank Mangio
Ambrogio 15 — A new Milano pizza and wine experience
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iacomo Pizzigoni is now the co-founder and owner of a new authentic Milanese gourmet pizza bistro and bar in cool, north Pacific Beach, called Ambrogio 15. I know authentic has
been worked around a lot, but this pizza format is unlike anything I have seen and tasted. The food, the wines, the ambience is as natural as it gets. Pizzagoni learned from master Italian restaurateur Roberto Vigilucci at his Coronado location, all the while achieving marketing degrees at San Diego State University. In 2014, he traveled Europe to learn the natural secrets of organic produce, cooking and small production wines that are made without artificial ad-
ing oven. The pizzas and Focacce are 100 percent Italian wheat, with only 1/10th of the fat found in traditional pizza dough.� I noticed that a large number of diners had a bottle of Ambrogio 15’s small production, all-natural hand picked reds and whites that Pizzigoni personally has brought to San Diego. My best recommendation is the Voltumna Zeno 2013 from Tuscany. It is a perfect marriage of 85
ditives. Ambrogio’s beer list is all-local. All the hip, local names are there, including Ballast Point, Stone, Alesmith, Pizza Port and Green Flash. Pizzigoni revealed to me his goal in opening Ambrogio 15: “I want my restaurant to be the first pizza fine dining experience in San Diego. The dough is the main thing. It is thin, flavorful, easy to digest and the ingredients come direct from Milan, along with cold cut meats and cheeses, even our rotating turbo gas-fir-
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SEPT. 2 SEEING STARS Join the MiraCosta Astronomy Department for a star-watching party from 8 to 10 p.m. Sept. 2 on the Oceanside campus baseball field, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. The free astronomical observing is held the first Friday and Saturday of each month. For more information, visit miracosta.edu/ and click on Observing. LABOR DAY FUN The U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge & Dimensional Art Expo returns to San Diego on Labor Day weekend Sept. 2 through Sept. 5. More than 300 tons of sand will be brought onto the B Street Pier for World Master Sand Sculptors. SEPT. 3 GOLF FOR FIRST STEP There is still time to register for the First Step House of North County Golf Classic teeing off at 1 p.m. followed by a 6 p.m. dinner Sept. 14 at Shadow Ridge Golf Club, 1980 Gateway Drive, Vista. The event is a four-person Best Shot (Scramble) and will benefit the First Step House North County, to be used for construction and operation of a detox facility. To register, visit firststephousegolfclassic.com. SEPT. 5 Garden supporters and local residents for San Diego Botanic Garden’s 17th annual Gala in the Garden from 4:30 – 9 pm. Sept. 10. This year’s theme is Grow with Passion, reflecting this year’s Paul Ecke, Jr. Award honoree, author and TV host Nan Sterman. For more information, visit SDBGarden. org/gala. Tickets are $200 per person online at SDBGarden.org/gala. Proceeds benefit the public garden
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T he R ancho S anta F e News SEPT. 6 Bake Challah for the holidays with Glen Brodowsky at 11 a.m. Sept. 6 at the JFS Coastal Club at Temple Solel, 3575 Manchester Ave., Cardiff by the Sea. Ben Secrist, vice president of sales and marketing for Accurate Fishing Products, will be the speaker at the September meeting of the Oceanside Senior Anglers at 9 a.m. Sept. 6, at the Oceanside Senior Center, 455 Country Club Lane. Open to all anglers age 50 and above. For more information, visit OSAnglers.org. SEPT. 7 GET THE GRAND TOUR The community is invited to the Solana Beach Community Senior Center’s 29th annual Open House 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 7 in Debin Hall at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, 120 Stevens Ave., Solana Beach. Hawaiian dancers and music by Tropical Breeze, a free lunch, door prizes and more. For more information, call (858) 509-2587. WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS The Catholic Widows and Widowers of North County, support group for those who desire to foster friendships through various social activities, will attend the “A Penny A Kiss” concert at California Center for the Arts, Escondido on Sept. 7. On Sept. 10, they gather for dinner at Olive Garden and see a play at Scripps Ranch Theater, Scripps Ranch. Reservations are required at (858) 674-4324 NEWCOMERS MEET The Carlsbad Newcomer Club will meet at 9:45 a.m. Sept. 7, at Heritage Hall, Magee Park, 2859 Garfield St., Carlsbad, with speaker and dog trainer, Laura Christiansen. For more information, visit carlsbadca. gov/cityhall/academy.asp. SEPT. 8 VICTORY
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lana Beach Presbyterian Church, 120 Stevens Ave., Solana Beach. For more information call (858) 5092587. JOIN LUX As a member of Lux, you can welcome the first Artist in Residence of the 10th season, Camilo Restrepo, at 1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas. Mingle with the artist, enjoy a coffee bar with specialty drinks, hosted valet and the unveiling of the new Lux Store concept. For more information, call (760) 436-6611 or visit luxartinstitute.org. LOOK AT PROPOSITIONS The Lake San Marcos Democratic Club will host Professor Seena Trigas from Palomar College to discuss the 18 propositions on the November ballot at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Conference Center, 1105 La Bonita Dr., San Marcos. For more information, call (760) 743-2990, or email president@lsmdem. org. SEPT. 10 TEENS, JEANS AND DREAMS Get tickets now for Teens, Jeans and Dreams, the team-penning event, benefitting foster teens from San Pasqual Academy. The evening of horsemanship and fun begins at 6 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Sponsorships at several levels are available. General admission is $30, $15 for children under 12. Visit friendsofsanpasqual.org or send check to Friends of San Pasqual Academy at P.O. Box 8202, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. For questions, call
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MARK THE CALENDAR GOOD EARTH/ GREAT CHEFS The Good Earth / Great Chefs series and the Chino Family Farm invite the community to a book launch celebration, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 11, for author Tershia d'Elgin and her book “The Man Who Thought He Owned Water: On the Brink with American Farms, Water, and Food.” at The Chino Farm, 6123 Calzada del Bosque, Rancho Santa Fe. Join them for food, drink, music at one of San Diego's best-known farms. HOMECOMING Attention, Oceanside Pirate alumni. Save the weekend of Oct. 14 and Oct. 15 for the Homecoming celebrating its 110th anniversary of the school, 1906-2016. Oct. 14 will be a game on Simcox Field at John Carroll Stadium on campus, JV at 4:30 pm and varsity at 7 p.m. vs. Torrey Pines. Oct. 15, the OHS Foundation will host the 11th annual Hall of Fame Ceremony in Wally Molifua Gym, 10 a.m., celebrating six outstanding Pirate alums for their services to the
nation and/or community. For more information, email Lydia@visitoceanside.org. FACE TIME Foundation for Animal Care and Education, FACE, is celebrating its 1,500th animal saved and its 10-year anniversary with a weekend of festivities, Sept. 24 and Sept. 25, including a movie screening of “The Champions” at The Illumina Theatre, 10996 Torreyana Road, La Jolla. The screening will be followed by the annual Doggie Dash 5K at Road Runner Sports, 5553 Copley Drive, Kearny Mesa. Register at face4pets. org / 4t h-a n nua l- dog g ie dash-5k/. For more information, visit face4pets. org or contact FACE at (858) 450-3223.
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In 1984 Peters came to San Diego, renting a garage in Carmel Valley for $200. He had a motorbike that got him around. He earned $225 a week to start, working at Seabreeze Farms breaking horses. What he didn’t spend on rent, he used to make sure his horse had food and for his own meals — usually a carne asada burrito from Roberto’s on Carmel Valley Road. “I ate there most of the time twice a day,” he said. And he still goes there once in a while. “The carne asada burrito is amazing. I think it’s the best in town,” he said. In the Atlanta games, his parents were able to witness his son’s dream become reality, competing and winning the Bronze medal. His father passed away shortly after the games, Peters said. Following the games,
though, Peters thought that was his first and last Olympics. But crediting the people that supported him, he was able to attend the London games in 2012 and most recently, this year’s Rio Olympics. As for his Rio experience: “I loved it.” He got a sense that Team USA was going to earn a medal while sitting in the stands, watching his teammate Laura Graves compete. “I was sitting in the stands crying like a 10-year-old guy because it meant so much to me. It was 20 years ago that we won a medal.” Riding his horse, Legolas 92, Peters and the team would go on to compete and win the Bronze. “We didn’t lose the Gold. We didn’t lose the Silver. But we won the Bronze medal,” Peters said. At 52, Peters admits that he’s in the downturn of his career. Though he already has another horse, a 9-yearold they nicknamed Rosy, in the wings for a possible run at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It would be a matter of whether, at the age of 56 when the next games are held, that he’d be fit and ready. “Honestly, the last experience in Rio was so good, if somebody were to have to tell me, ‘Look that’s it for you,’ I would have been perfectly fine with that,” he said. Prior to going to Rio, though, he’d heard all the media reports about the Zika Virus and mosquitoes. He said there were concerns about going over with the horses. But at the venue, Peters said he didn’t see one single mosquito — he couldn’t even recall seeing a single fly. His Olympic experience also included walking in the opening ceremonies, taking photos with Team USA swimmer Michael Phelps and his friend, Golden State Warrior and Team USA basketball play-
er Karl Thompson. Over his stay at the Olympics, he described one moment where he saw two athletes from North and South Korea take a selfie together. “Just cool stuff like that where politics disappears for a moment completely,” he said. “You see this incredible tool, the sport itself, how much it can bring people together. To experience that, is just incredible.” Though even after his earlier Olympic experiences, the pressure to compete in Rio was still there. In the ’96 Olympics, Peters said he remembered the pressure being just incredible. “Somehow I dealt with it, but I had a hard time eating, a hard time sleeping in 1996. To be honest, the pressure is still exactly the same,” he said. However, after the first performance during the Rio games, Legolas produced one of the best scores of his career. “There was this huge relief,” Peters said. “Some people say there’s a monkey on your shoulders. Honestly it was a 350-pound orangutan that’s on your shoulders.” Being a veteran competitor at the Olympics, Peters said he’s learned to deal with the pressure. He was able to eat and sleep better this time around. “And anybody who tells you they’re less nervous or they’re not nervous, they’re not telling the truth.” Since the Olympics, Legolas has been rewarded with a vacation in Europe before coming back home where he’ll still be able to take it easy with another two weeks off, to get ready for the next season. In the meantime, Peters will be riding Rosy for a little while, getting ready for the National Championships later this October. His next two goals he said: The World Cup in Omaha, Neb., next year, and the World Games in 2018.
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Know something that’s going on? Send it to calendar@ coastnewsgroup.com SEPT. 2 FOREIGN FILM FRIDAYS The city of Carlsbad begins its free Foreign Film Fridays, with “The Second Mother” (Brazil, R, 2015) Sept. 2 at Carlsbad City Library’s newly renovated Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium, 1775 Dove Lane. Films are screened at 4 and 7 p.m. in their original language with English subtitles. SEPT. 4 CANYON BLUEGRASS Friends of the Encinitas Library present the bluegrass Box Canyon Band in a free concert from 2 to 3 p.m. Sept. 4, Encinitas Library Community Room, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas. For more information, call (760) 753-7376 or visit encinitaslibfriends.org.
SEPT. 5 ‘OKLAHOMA!’ Running through Sept. 25, tickets are available now for New Village Arts production of “Oklahoma!” at 2787 State St., Carlsbad. You can guarantee reserved seats for $25 at newvillagearts. org or show up one hour before curtain time and pay what you can for any remaining seats ($10 recommended minimum). Call (760) 433-3245 for more information. SEPT. 7 PRESENTING ADRIENNE The Friends of the Cardiff Library will be hosting a free concert at 7 p.m. Sept. 7, at the Cardiff Library Community Room, 2081 Newcastle Ave., Cardiff, featuring Adrienne Nims playing soprano, alto, and tenor saxes, as well as traditional & international flutes and her band, Spirit Wind. AT THE REP North Coast Repertory Theatre presents “The Cocktail Hour,” by A.R. Gurney, from Sept. 7 through Oct. 2. Sign up now for "Drawing: Pencil Plus Any Media with Linda Luisi" from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 20 through Oct. 11, or register for Paint with Linda Luisi from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Sept. 22 through Oct. 13, both at the Art Lounge on 101, 816 S. Coast Highway. Cost is $135 for all four sessions. Beginners are welcome. Register at Artloungeon101.com or call (858) 442-8666. SEPT. 8 CITY SEEKS ART Encinitas Arts Division invites artists to apply by Sept. 15 to exhibit their work in revolving exhibits in the city’s three art galleries: Civic Center Gallery, Encinitas Library Gallery and the Encinitas Community Center Gallery. For additional information, contact cehlers@encinitasca.gov or (760) 633-2748.
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ESCONDIDO — The force has awakened throughout the county, and strong it is. With the return of the “Star Wars” saga to theaters recently, fans are bringing the stories from a galaxy far, far away closer and closer to home. On a Friday evening in Escondido’s Kit Carson Park, Genevieve Edge was walking her class through a series of moves that looked as though they were performing a martial arts routine — but except for one thing: They all had lightsabers — well, actually not this time. Usually they train with lightsaber weapons, Edge explained, but this time they were using PVC pipes about 5-feet long and wrapped half way with black tape. On the nights they do use the sabers, though, which light up and make sounds, the group tends to gain a lot of attention. Edge, an Escondido resident, said she’s been seeing a huge influx of people becoming interested in lightsabers, something she credits to the new “Star Wars” movies coming out, beginning with last year’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” It was the first film out of the franchise since 1999. Edge is the founder of the Escondido chapter of the Lightsaber Team. The class ranges in size from three to four lightsaber enthusiasts, but having formed just a few months ago, they’re hoping membership starts to grow. The Lightsaber Team
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soon,” Swamberg said. “What I can do on my end is make sure that I am extremely visible when I am on the road. It is not the coolest factor, and it can be a little obnoxious, but we need to be seen.” Swamberg said that all people can do their part to make the roadway a safer place, the onus shouldn’t fall solely on motorists. “This isn’t a cyclist versus motorist conversation,” he said. “This is about the community getting to and from where they want to go safely. How
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id family recipes and a fridge stocked with Mexican Coca-Cola.” That’s somewhat accurate I guess, except it felt more like a clean, franchise replica of a taqueria, and not sure what the allure of Mexican Coke is — as it can be found in just about every restaurant and convenience store in San Diego. I’m also thinking there are a dozen, if not more taco shops, in North County that look and feel more like an “authentic” Tijuana taqueria but will never play to the masses or expand beyond their neighborhood. But hey, I get it and the Taco Stand has tapped into a mass appeal — so more power to them. I’ll get off my high horse now and really, I am much more sensitive to this stuff than the general public. And what really matters when it comes down to it is the food and we had a very satisfying meal at Taco Stand. The high school kid cranking out fresh corn tortillas was a nice touch, though they did not seem to know where the flour tortillas came from. Either way, they were both solid foundations for a nice variety of tacos and burritos. The taco Al Pastor seems to be their signature taco with the large visible rotisserie marinated pork slowly rotating and sliced
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chicken matzah ball soup, award-winning challah bread, chocolate rugelach and more. Each class will be given in Hebrew encouraging students to practice their Hebrew vocabulary in a fun and non-pressuring way,” she said. Students then donate their baked goods to a special organization of their
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the classroom. He scarcely spoke and turned down both recess and Sometimes in life, especially that first week of kindergarten, less is just enough.
do we do that? We all have to be accountable.” Swamberg also credited Abate’s wearing of a helmet as potentially lifesaving. While some in the community have taken the incident as a call for the city to continue to improve bike and pedestrian lanes in the roadway, Noyola said that it might not have made a difference in this case, because Abate and Swamberg were riding on one of the widest bike lanes in the city. “I am not sure the city has the resources to make completely separate bike paths across the city,”
she said. “But we need to continue raise awareness about distracted driving.” Noyola said she believes that drivers should be required to put away their mobile devices entirely, including hands-free devices, which she said could still be a distraction. Ultimately, both agreed that the key word to take away from the tragedy is awareness. “My friend is going to live,” Swamberg said. “And he is some day going to be back on a bike. But I think if we can just take away from this is the fact that all of us have to be aware and accountable.”
to order. It was a good one for sure. Also tried the Camaron taco that had spicy grilled shrimp, cheese, avocado, cabbage, tomato and chipotle sauce. The Baja taco was a decent battered fish option though it could have used a bit more crunch. Next trip I’m looking forward to trying the Nopal taco that has flamed grilled cactus, melted cheese, cilantro sauce, tomato and avocado with beans available. I’ve never had cactus and am curious to try it. In a move reminiscent of PF Chang’s or In-N-Out, they offer any taco protein style served on lettuce instead of a tortilla. As somewhat of a taco purist I find that a bit appalling but they are playing to their Southern California health conscious crowd perfectly with that move. Burritos were part of our sampling and we had to give the California a shot. It has all the required ingredients including flamegrilled beef though in their case it’s certified Angus, cheese, fries, guacamole, tomato salsa and sour cream. We both devoured our halves in a couple bites so a thumbs up on the Cali burrito for sure. The Pescado burrito with grilled Mahi-Mahi, cabbage, cilantro, onions, tomato, avocado and chipotle sauce was a delight as well. Most all of the tacos come in burrito form though I did not see a protein style burrito...and
I am perfectly fine with that, might be a bit of a mess anyway. The chips and guacamole with fresh made chips were on the nice crunchy side, but the really fun one was the grilled corn on the cob coated in mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese and chili powder. Loved that option and could have eaten a couple of those. A range of sides is available including Carne Asada fries, Mar Y Tierra fries translated means surf and turf fries with shrimp and steak, that’s another I will have to come back and try. Hot fresh churros and paletas are the dessert options and a full line of breakfast burritos. The Taco Stand is a solid option with good food in a town overflowing with Mexican options. In fact, another Mexican restaurant opened right across the street in the space formerly occupied by my beloved Ogata. Change is happening in Encinitas and this is just part of it. Find them at 642 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas (760) 230-2061 or letstaco. com
choice. Raskin noted how their alumni often request to continue their studies and give back by volunteering their time at the Hebrew school. “We feel incredibly fortunate to have a very warm Hebrew school family, where everyone takes an active role in committing to their child’s education,” she said. “It may be through volunteering at
the Hebrew school, hosting school events at their home, participating in ‘out of school’ community building events, or being Hebrew school ambassadors.” For those who would like to learn more, Raskin extends a personal invitation for a meeting and a tour. To learn more, contact Raskin at Devorah@ jewishRSF.com or call (858) 756-7571.
Jean Gillette is a freelance writer, who enjoys watching tomorrow’s leaders take that first step. Contact her at jgillette@ coastnewsgroup.com.
David Boylan is the founder of Artichoke Creative an Encinitas based integrated marketing firm. He also hosts Lick the Plate Radio that airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. on FM94/9, Easy 98.1, and KSON. Reach him at david@artichoke-creative.com or (858) 395-6905.
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ful for, the details in things, to relax, be quiet for a day and find that inner silence. “A day of silence can help soften that inner self,” she said. “It also awakens our clarity and to help make bet-
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$339,000. “All three landscaping options included the removal of the 54 queen palms — the community was not given the option of saving the palm trees,” Margolin-Feher said.
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percent Sangiovese and 15 percent Pinot Noir, with grapes grown along the Meramma coast, similar to the fancifully named “Super Tuscans.” Ambrogio is the ultimate Milano Pizza Experience. It’s a dining experience not to be missed. Rotary Brewfest Coming to Carlsbad he Carlsbad Rotary Club, which has been successful with a long-running Oktoberfest in Carlsbad’s Holiday Park, will present their third annual Brewfest, Sept. 10 from noon to 4:30 p.m. in the same location, off Interstate 5 at the Carlsbad Village Drive exit. Craft beers, especially in San Diego, have exponentially exploded in sales and popularity and as I pointed out last month. TASTE OF
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thrown away. They give it to nonprofits like mine,” Pearl said. Additionally, she holds fundraisers to buy whatever else is needed but not donated. The teens are solely responsible for soliciting funding or donations. “We help a teen tap into something that they’re passionate about and put action behind it,” Hernholm said. “We can’t want it more than you. That’s one of our 11 tips. “Our whole mission is, if you’re passionate about something don’t just talk about it. Do something about it,” she added. “I want more than anything for every teen to be successful and to tap into their potential and their passion. “But it’s not my job to do that for them,” Hernholm said. “I can provide the tools, the platform, the space but they have to step into their greatness and make a choice if they want something or not. When a teen experiences a win they earn it’s much more gratifying.” Pearl said she struggled at first to get donations because she thought it would be easier and more productive to ask the big corporations. “I had to scale down and I learned the smaller, local companies are more likely to donate,” she said.
ter choices.” This avenue helps simplify things, she said, raising awareness on what’s important in life and what is not. Silence helps promote inner reflection which helps with meditation, she said. Baugh also noted that retreating back to nature can be
grounding. “Sitting on the grass or under a tree can melt you back into who you are,” she said. Baugh said that meditation can be a pivotal aspect in one’s life and encourages people to do it daily.
Since that time, Margolin & Associates has created an awareness campaign as well as encouraging members of the community to participate in future CSD meetings to share their viewpoints on the matter. “Additionally, we are very pleased that the issue
will come to a public vote, especially because three of the CSD board seats are open for reelection in November,” she said. “It would be a travesty to remove these beautiful trees, only to have some of the board members who voted to cut them down leave office a month later.”
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Calling to invite families to the distributions was also a challenge at first. “A lot of the families were primarily Spanish-speaking households so when I called them it was very difficult,” said Pearl, who was learning Spanish in school, but not enough to be fluent. “I learned from that experience. “For my second distribution I got volunteers that spoke Spanish and I wrote a script out before I called the families,” she added. What happened when she read her script and people responded in Spanish? “Oh, that was difficult,” she said. “But I also had a list of phrases, like ‘Please speak slower.’” Pearl said one of her most gratifying experiences was when a grandmother who wasn’t on the list arrived at her first distribution. “She was telling me how she had to raise her grandkids alone,” Pearl said. “So I told her to take what she needed. She seemed so happy. She was shocked. She couldn’t believe she could get that much food for free.” WIT charges $2,200 for a nine-month session. Hernholm said financial aid is available to ensure the program is accessible to all. “It is essential that we have our teens mixing from different walks of life and building things together and not just staying in their
silos,” she said. “It’s very important that we expose people to different neighborhoods.” Other WIT projects include a financial literacy program for middle school students, a newspaper that runs stories written by elementary school students and bracelet sales that commit the purchasers to not engaging in body shaming or bullying conversations. “We ask the teens what they’re curious or passionate about and a cause they care about,” Hernholm said. “We help a teen combine that to create an enterprise. “It’s my belief that if more people were walking around in this world doing what they’re passionate about, and that passion led to serving others and was profitable, we’d have much happier people because you’d be of service to others and honoring yourself and doing something you’re passionate about and you’re making money,” she added. “I’m just really thankful for having WIT in my life,” said Pearl, who hopes to attend the University of Pennsylvania or Columbia University next year. “It’s helped me improve my business literacy skills and professional skills, public speaking skills and personally learning more about time management and having discipline and putting my own passion to use.”
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(ULF). The ULF got its start, he explained, piggybacking off of a one-time lightsaber gathering for fans meant as a promotional event coinciding with the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” last December. “I invited some people to come keep playing with lightsabers and it just exploded,” Murico said. “And now there are a couple hundred of us.” The meet up is monthly and takes place in a portion of Balboa Park. The ULF is family-friendly, he said, and its meet ups are often attended by coplayers and people of all ages. And while some are there to see hundreds of fellow lightsaber enthusiasts gather, others take it more seriously. Case in point: the ULF has its own top nine “best combat tested fighters,” all of whom come from martial arts backgrounds, Murico explained. “All of those top nine fighters they have some kind of background,” Murico said. “Some of them are former fencers, and their martial arts all meet with their fandom of ‘Star Wars,’” he said
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there’s more in the Oceanside native’s lively arm. “He is still a young man,’’ Maddon said. “If he just really focuses on knowing where that fastball is going he could pitch
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found it and talked with the District Attorney’s office, and they are good with us issuing that citation,” King said. “We leave it to the deputy’s discretion to determine what they feel is appropriate.” The City Council voted for staff to return at a future meeting with information about what the actual penalties are before deciding whether to move forward with Muir’s recommendation. Councilwoman Lisa Shaffer in her newsletter to supporters said that she felt Muir’s proposal sent the message that the city is condoning trespassing, which
Though not one of the top nine, Murico, 28, is a former fencer — something he picked up 10 years ago while at college. Other things he lists to his background: archery, cage fighting, firearm instructor and instructor at the Lionheart Academy in El Cajon. Murico, who is a security professional for his main line of work, was featured in a channel 10News report, credited with preventing a woman from being sexually assaulted back in February 2012. Still, Murico is very surprised by how much the event has taken off and seemingly grown overnight. “I thought I was going to make five or six new friends who liked lightsabers,” Murico said. “And then there was 200 people who attended the first event and confirmed going (on the Facebook page) within a week.” Murico does take part in the lightsaber battles, too. “It doesn’t matter what color lightsaber you have, it’s like, ‘Hey, you want to fight?’ And then they go at it,” Murico said. Most do wear safety equipment, especially those that take it seriously. Murico said those that do, wear fencing masks and lacrosse gloves apart from other ar-
mor they might have. Their group isn’t affiliated with Lucasfilm Ltd. Back in Escondido, the big news the Lightsaber Team recently received was that they are now officially recognized by Lucasfilms Ltd. That means they have to follow strict guidelines such as no training of young Padawans (those under the age of 18). But they now have access to a library of Jedi styles from the Lucasfilm Ltd., archives from which to learn new choreographies, and they can officially use the lexicon of terms from the “Star Wars” universe. One caveat though, they can’t use the “Star Wars” brand to make money off of it. Edge said that they’re not looking to make money. “Our end goal is to basically do choreographies and present them to people. But we want choreographies that are done with sabers that are different — the ones that you don’t see very much.” The Lightsaber Team, Escondido meets at Kit Carson Park on Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. Information can be found on their Facebook page. More information on the ULF is available online at ulfsandiego.com.
for many more years at a very high level because his ball moves that much.’’ Now Cahill is on the go. He says so long to his family and looks forward to saying hello to his pals. “That was why playing at Vista was so fun,’’ he
said. “Most of the guys on the team were guys I knew since kindergarten.’’ Cahill will learn that young Rylee will be there soon enough.
she called “an unsafe and illegal activity.” “I would rather see all the Council members working together to focus on the design, approval, and funding of safe rail crossings and a city-wide quiet zone, and rail safety education,” Shaffer said. “I think any effort that diminishes the seriousness of illegal rail crossings is irresponsible.” The punishment for illegal train crossings has been a sore point in Encinitas, where the railroad essentially divides the community outside of several rail crossings. Residents, business owners and others have complained they have been penalized for trying to access businesses and the beach on the other side of
the tracks. In some cases, people have complained that the misdemeanor offenses have cost them employment opportunities. Muir said that he recently was speaking with a boy scout who did not know that crossing the tracks was a misdemeanor. “A lot of people don’t understand that it can go on your record, that it could affect your career,” Muir said. “I feel that the punishment needs to fit the crime.” Muir said he was not aware of the shift in policy, but said it sounded as if law enforcement was moving in the right direction. “If they can do that, we are looking good,” Muir said of infractions.
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3 at this payment GM388076, GM382635, GM390184 Includes For highly qualified customers through Volkswagen Credit. Excluding title, tax, options and dealer fees. On approved above average credit. At lease end lessees responsible for $0.20/mile over 20,000 miles and excessive wear and tear. Lessee responsible for insurance. Closed-end lease offered to highly qualified lessees on approved credit by Volkswagen Credit. Offer expires 9/4/16
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 9-4-2016. CoastNews_9_2_16.indd 1
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