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MARCH 11, 2016

Vista City Council changes campaign sign regulations

By Hoa Quach

Veterans practice yoga at the San Marcos Community Center on Feb. 29. The class is sponsored by Connected Warriors, a nonprofit that aims to bring free yoga to service members. Photo by Hoa Quach

Veterans find renewed strength through yoga

By Hoa Quach

REGION — In 1991, Henderson Nugent was one of more than 900,000 service members sent to the Persian Gulf to fight Iraqi forces who had invaded Kuwait.

After more than a month of battle, Operation Desert Storm left 467 U.S. men and women dead, and hundreds of thousands of others from other nations.

Nugent left the U.S. Marines after four years of service, but the attacks left a lasting impression — one he’s now facing with the help of Connected Warriors, a nonprofit that brings free yoga to veterans.

Nugent, who now lives in Fallbrook, is one of roughly 150 veterans who

participate in the weekly vinyasas offered by the nonprofit, which is based in South Florida. More than a dozen certified yoga instructors currently guide the local veterans during seven classes offered throughout the region, including San Marcos, Escondido and Oceanside.

Diane Williams Callan, the Southern California coordinator for Connected Warriors, said the goal of the nonprofit is to help veterans find alternative forms of treatment for the challenges they may be facing.

“We welcome veterans where they are on the mat,” Callan said. “These veterans are facing real trauma, and we can help them address that through yoga. It’s

a physical cure.”

In fact, Callan said she has seen firsthand how yoga has helped veterans.

“My former husband served for 28 years and left with PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder),” Callan said. “He was encouraged to at least try yoga and after three times I saw the biggest positive effect on him —more than any medication he ever took.”

Yoga has also helped Callan, personally, she said.

“It has helped me keep my sanity,” said Callan, who has been practicing for 10 years. “It keeps me emotionally stable.”

Callan, who has worked with the nonprofit for more than two years, said the majority of veterans par-

ticipating in the classes are suffering from PTSD. “Yoga gets (veterans) back into their bodies and breath,” Callan said. “They are able to get control of themselves and really, sleep naturally, which can be very daunting.”

For Nugent, 47, serving in combat left him with challenges such as being able to sleep through the night.

“Stress can tighten your muscles, so yoga has helped me deal with my stress,” said Nugent, who attends the classes with his service dog, Sienna. “It has reduced my anxiety and has helped me sleep a little bit better. It stops the repetiTURN TO VETERANS ON 18

Horn touts finances, public safety in final State of County speech

By Aaron Burgin

REGION — County Supervisor Bill Horn touted the county’s strong fiscal position, its numerous public safety initiatives and efforts to assist the region’s veterans in his final State of the County speech.

Horn, giving the speech for the fifth time, is set to leave his post in 2018 due to term limits. He said the county is in “great condition.”

“We are setting new standards… We’ve set high goals, and we are reaching them,” Horn said.

Horn said an achievement he is most proud of is the county investment pool’s Triple-A credit rating from Standard and Poor’s, which the investment pool has had for 14 straight years, as well

Supervisor Bill Horn touts finances, public safety in his fifth and final State of County speech this week. Courtesy photo

as the county’s Triple-A bond rating.

“I intend to keep this excellent credit rating for as long as I am supervisor,” Horn said. “With term lim-

its, this board will be changing. I challenge the next generation of supervisors to maintain this high standard and protect our pristine credit rating.

It will require fiscal responsibility and the courage to say no,” Horn said.

Following his remarks on the county’s fiscal status, Horn turned his attention to law enforcement, which he said is facing challenges as the result of Proposition 47 and earlier state laws that allowed lower-level offenders to serve their time in county jails as opposed to state prisons.

Horn reaffirmed his commitment to protecting the county from the potential effects of these laws.

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commit this county’s full resources to protect our families, homes and neighborhoods,” Horn said. “We have outstanding deputies working hard to protect us and they deserve our support.”

Horn highlighted the Sheriff’s Department gang intervention programs, as well as the construction of the second phase of the Las Colinas Detention and Re-entry Facility, and the new Lakeside Sheriff’s substation as part of the county’s continuing efforts at strengthening law enforcement.

He also highlighted the county’s efforts at taking care of the region’s large population of veterans, deTURN TO SPEECH ON 18

VISTA — Running for elected office in Vista? Be aware of some changes.

The City Council on March 8 approved a resolution that changes when campaign signs can be displayed.

The new regulations allow for signs to be displayed up to 35 days prior to an election, but signs must be removed within five days following an election.

The previous ordinance allowed for signs 30 days prior to an election and 10 days following an election.

The City Council approved the proposal by a 3-1 vote with Councilman Cody Campbell casting the dissenting vote. Councilman John Aguilera was absent.

Campbell said he thought the change was pointless unless it coincided with the date ballots are sent to absentee voters. He said many cities allow for campaign signs up to 60 days prior to Election Day. “I would rather see it 45 days prior to an election,” Campbell said. “(Signs) play a big difference because they may be the only exposure voters have to the candidates. It does create a more fair environment. It’s important, in my opinion, to allow for more participation in the democratic process.”

However, Campbell did acknowledge the unattractiveness of an abundance of campaign signs.

“No one likes them,” he said. “They are a necessary evil. But, the benefit definitely outweighs the negative.”

Tom Fleming, a candidate for the City Council, spoke during public comment and agreed with Campbell.

“I think the signs all look hideous anyway,” Fleming said. “But what is the purpose (of the proposal)? If the point is to include the mail-in ballots, the mailin ballots have already gone out and returned before the signs even go up.”

Councilman John Franklin said the change in regulations is a compromise.

“Instead of increasing the amount of time, we shifted it,” Franklin said.

“I’m not dead-set against (increasing the amount of time), but I thought the community might not appreciate it. There are always a lot of complaints about the signs. (The signs) are just one of numerous tactics that the candidate uses.”

Mayor Judy Ritter was short in her remarks about the change, calling campaign signs “trashy.”

“This will save us from looking at those signs for too long,” Ritter said.

The change in campaign sign regulations come after the City Council directed staff to examine the idea last year.

The Planning Commission then approved the resolution by a 5-1 vote in February. Planning Commissioner Rick Rosaler voted against the idea.

On top of the length a campaign sign can be displayed, the city also has regulations on the size.

Signs can be placed within the public right-of-way if they do not exceed six square feet in size and may be placed outside the public right-of-way if they do not exceed 16 square feet in size.

In other council business, the City Council approved changes to City Attorney Darold Pieper’s salary.

Under the change, Pieper will receive a five percent salary increase.

His salary will change from $240,038 to $252,396.

The city attorney will also pay the full eight percent to participate in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, a net salary decrease of $7,600. However, the city will establish a Retirement Health Saving Program for Pieper, and will contribute $10,000 each year to the program.

The change comes after a recent compliance audit of the city reporting process conducted by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, according to a staff report.

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Summit details county’s economic outlook Affordable housing remains an issue throughout county

By Steve Puterski

CARLSBAD — Economic, city and business people gathered here last Wednesday to discuss the current economic outlook for North County.

Josh Williams, co-founder of BW Research, gave a presentation to about 400 people at the third annual North County Economic Summit hosted by the North County Economic Development Corporation at the Omni

La Costa Resort.

Williams said the state of the region is healthy even though nationally, the economy has taken a down turn.

Regardless, he said reaction to dips in the stock market have had a minimal impact in North County.

Attendees were given a breakdown of many aspects of the diverse North County economy, which includes Poway, Ramona and Julian west to Del Mar and north up to Oceanside, Fallbrook and east to Borrego Springs.

“We are the fifth most populated county in the United States,” San Diego

County Supervisor Dave Roberts said. “Affordable housing is one of the biggest needs we have.”

Going off of Roberts’ opening remarks, Williams said housing affordability is steadily becoming an issue as 48 percent of renters are spending 35 percent of their income on rent. Compared to Santa Clara County near San Francisco, where those renters spend an average of 40 percent.

In addition, renters spend 48.4 percent of their income, while homeowners average 36.3 percent.

The average office rent, meanwhile, has also steadily risen and is up to about $2.85 per square

foot in 2015, which is 15 cents higher than in 2014 and nearly 30 cents more than in 2010.

“So, we are 8 percent higher than one of the most expensive markets in the country,” Williams said of renters. “That gives you a sense of the challenge and the real need for (the) workforce.”

However, Williams said North County has made massive strides in unemployment in the past three years. From January 2013 until last month, the rate has dropped to 4.4 percent from 7.8 percent.

The region’s employment growth jumped 2.5 percent and created 11,000

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San Diego County Supervisor Dave Roberts speaks about the growth of North County on Wednesday during the third annual North County Economic Summit hosted by the North County Economic Development Corporation at the Omni La Costa Resort. Photo by Steve Puterski

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“It’s a time of transition,” Williams said.

“We’ve gone from a loose labor market to a tight one … it creates challenges for businesses that are growing and finding the talent.”

Breaking down North County’s economy, the region holds 37.2 percent of San Diego County’s population, 31.4 of the jobs, 35 percent of small business (one to nine employees), 34.9 of medium business (10 to 49 employees) and 33.8 of large business (50 or more).

The region’s largest industry is connected tourism and agriculture, although it has the lowest average wage per worker at $25,200. The biotechnology and biomedical field has the highest average wage at $113,300, while information and communications technologies is second at $112,000 with 11,100 and 15,300 workers,

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Healthcare makes up for 36,800 employees with an average wage of $59,900, followed by building and design at 14,600 and $75,700; sports and active lifestyle at 11,200 and $41,400; and clean technology at $84,800 and 6,000.

All but information and communication saw growth from 2010-15 as clean technology lead the way with a 24 percent increase.

“Most of them are growing … and represent one third of our jobs,” Williams said. “They are higher paying and tend to be occupations less vulnerable to automation. Jobs that tend to be creative, design oriented that are really problem solving tend to be less likely to be vulnerable, while things that are more repetitive … are things more likely to be automated.”

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Candidates officially file for supervisor election

By Steve Puterski

The city of San Diego is in negotiations with San Diego Surf Cup to take over the lease of the polo fields. Polo, soccer and other sports will continue on the property but overflow parking for the Del Mar Fairgrounds won’t be allowed. File photo by Bianca Kaplanek

Sport of Kings in, fair parking out as polo field lease goes to Surf Cup

By Bianca Kaplanek

REGION — If the San Diego Polo Club opens its 30th season at an 80-acre field at Via del la Valle and El Camino Real, as it is scheduled to do in a few months, it will be as a tenant as the city of San Diego is currently negotiating with San Diego Surf Cup to take over the lease.

“We’re working on a schedule right now and we’re pretty confident we’ll have a really nice opening day on May 29,” Steve Lewandowski, community relations director for the polo club, said.

But a spokesman for the soccer club could not confirm or deny any such commitment.

“We’re respectful of the historic use of the fields for polo, and we definitely plan to include the sport,” Jim Madaffer said. “But no arrangements have been made with anyone.

“We’re still working on a plan,” he added. “We’re not ruling anything out and we will be talking to them but we’ve also been approached by other polo clubs. Nothing is set in stone with San Diego Polo or any other club.”

The Sport of Kings has been part of local history longer than the Padres or Chargers. This year it will celebrate its 110th anniversary in San Diego, having first been played in the county in 1906 as more of a business venture than an athletic competition.

Hoping to attract more visitors at the turn of the century, Hotel del Coronado owner John D. Spreckels built the nearby Coronado Country Club, which included three polo fields.

Following the first major tournament, which pitted English lords against American Navy officers, interest in the sport exploded, attracting millionaires and movie stars.

The game was played in various locations throughout the county until the San Diego Polo Club was founded in 1986 and made its permanent home in the San Dieguito River Valley.

The 120-acre site was

deeded in 1982 to San Diego as mitigation for open space lost when increased residential development was allowed in the area.

In October 1984 it was divided into two usable parcels. Sixty acres were designated for a polo facility and 20 were authorized for an equestrian center. The other 40 acres were to remain open space.

In 1986 the San Diego Polo Club entered into a 26year lease, which expired March 31, 2012. Since then it has been leasing the site on a month-to-month basis.

Because the property hadn’t been out to bid for more than two decades, city officials felt doing so was appropriate.

Three organizations responded to a request for proposals released late last year.

“Surf Cup presented the best proposal to the city, maximizing the financial return on this site while conforming with the restrictions inherent to this location,” Racquel Vasquez, the city’s senior public information officer, said.

“We gave it our best shot,” Lewandowski said.

“Polo has been an integral part of the San Diego community.

“Right now things are evolving,” he added. “We’re moving forward in the spirit of cooperation and we look forward to a future with Surf to raise more money for charity, which is something we’ve always done.”

While specific terms of the lease will not be available until negotiations are complete, Madaffer said Surf Cup requested a 25year lease that includes $7 million for improvements to the property, contingent on receiving all necessary permits.

“Our proposal mirrors the existing restrictions but we have proposed an extensive capital improvement plan,” he said. “We will restore the Coast-to-Crest Trail and work with the Audubon Society to install bird-watching areas.

“In cooperation with TURN TO POLO FIELDS ON 18

REGION — There will be a three-way race for the District 3 seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in the June primary.

Incumbent Dave Roberts, a Democrat, and republican challengers mayors Sam Abed of Escondido and Kristin Gaspar of Encinitas all filed paperwork with the county making their candidacies official.

Roberts and Abed filed Wednesday, while Gaspar submitted her documents Thursday.

All three have been hitting the fundraising trail, in addition to laying the groundwork for their

campaigns.

Abed has taken Roberts to task in the past several months regarding his alleged treatment of staffers last summer. Three women filed lawsuits against Roberts claiming misuse of county funds for his campaign, creating a hostile workplace and an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.

Abed, in his press conference announcing his candidacy in June, said it boils down to a leadership problem.

Roberts, meanwhile, has repeatedly denied the allegations, saying he hired the wrong personnel.

The county, mean-

while, settled the lawsuits for $310,000, although a statement from the supervisors did not believe all the claims made against Roberts.

Abed, though, has also come under fire in the past several months as he included a link on the city’s website to his supervisor campaign, according to media reports. In addition, he developed land he owns into a parking lot, minus a stormwater treatment system, which saved thousands of dollars.

He installed a system after the California Water Quality Control Board began an investigation. Abed has denied any wrongdoing in both instances.

Roberts’ took over the District 3 seat in 2012 after completing terms as mayor, deputy mayor and city councilman in Solana Beach.

Abed was elected to the Escondido City Council in 2004 and mayor in 2010 and 2014.

Gaspar, meanwhile, was elected to the Encinitas City Council in 2010 and was the city’s first elected mayor in 2014.

The county’s third supervisorial district includes the coastal cities of Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar, a large swath of North San Diego, including Torrey Highlands and Rancho Bernardo, and the city of Escondido.

Students at Orange Glen Elementary School in Escondido participate in Coast 2 Coast’s STEM and soccer after-school program. The soccer-based education program, where coaches use soccer as a tool to reinforce STEM (Science, Techonology, Engineering and Math) is in 82 school districts in California, including three in North County with Carlsbad, Vista and Escondido.

Photo by Steve Puterski

Students kick ideas around with program

By Steve Puterski

REGION — Several times a week, coaches hit the field at three North County elementary schools to provide lunch and after-school programs.

The catch, or the kick, is the coaches use soccer as a tool to reinforce STEM (Science, Techonology, Engineering and Math) on the field.

The soccer-based education program is the brainchild of Nick Telford, an Irishman who grew up loving the sport.

He connected with University of Arizona engineering professor Ricardo Valerdi, who delivered such programs for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer and five Major League Baseball clubs.

Telford, though, figured he could incorporate those aspects into schools to assist the kids with what they learn in the classroom. In 2004, he created Coast 2 Coast, which has exploded its reach to more than 1,000 schools in California, Texas and Florida.

But when Telford connected with Valerdi is when the pieces fell into place.

“We like to think our organization is creating this communal benefit,” Telford said. “The coaches who get to earn a bit of money, the principals who get a quieter school, lunch-recess and the kids who get this extra physical activity each day and STEM.” The company employs mostly college students with a background in soccer, although some coaches come on board, such as Tyson Allen in Carlsbad, who works part-time because he loves coaching kids.

Allen, who works in construction when not coaching, said the program also emphasizes team building.

“It’s teaching kids how to have fun playing soccer and mixing in STEM,” he explained.

“It’s fun because their teammates help. I think they are enjoying the games more. So the kids may have not liked the number game … but now they are excited because they may be good at math and still learning how to play soccer, but the get the advantage.”

Elementary students at Hope and Orange Glen in Carlsbad and Escondi-

do, respectively, flock to the fields to learn about angles, the solar system and much more. In addition, they learn the basics of soccer as well as get some physical activity.

Christian Ridings, a regional manager for Coast 2 Coast, spent a day last week at Orange Glen.

The subject was the solar system where the kids had to navigate the Milky Way. The exercise, he said, started with calling on a pair of kids to run to two specific planets, which were designated by a cone outlining the field’s boundaries. Once they reached said “planets,” the kids engaged in a oneon-one drill.

It’s these types of games Telford and his coaches incorporate to reinforce what the kids learn in school.

“Typically, the games are very simple,” Ridings said. “The educational points are meant to reinforce things they already know. We are building from what their teachers have already developed.”

Funding for the program comes either through grants or out of pocket, in some cases.

As the popularity of the program grew, Telford

said the focus on STEM curriculum began in earnest about two years ago with an added lunch-recess program.

“We realized that STEM was a huge push educationally,” he added.

“We also realized that soccer was a good option for schools to take on board and the educational component was essential for us to grow the company and diversify from other organizations that just offer sports programs.”

All told, Coast 2 Coast is in 82 school districts in California, including three in North County with Carlsbad, Vista and Escondido. They also are in nine school districts in Texas.

The lunch-recess addition, Telford said, has decreased discipline issues with students.

“The kids have this focused structured activity during lunchtime,” he added. “That influence of a college coach there during lunchtime … who is in touch with the youth and being able to create that connection with the kids and providing an environment where they don’t want to misbehave. They just want to play soccer.”

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Opinion&Editorial

Views expressed in Opinion & Editorial do not reflect the views of The Coast News

Community Commentary

Is Encinitas for sale?

By Sheila S. Cameron

Community Commentary

No increase in student to teacher ratios at SDUHSD

By Steven McDowell

The San Dieguito School Board has recently voted and approved salary increases for its teachers that included assurances the certificated staff will be the highest paid in the county.

This binding, voted and approved agreement, the administration has indicated will not result in higher student to teacher ratios to offset its increased cost.

The interim budget, being presented to the board to approve on Thursday, indicates otherwise.

Page 166 of the current board packet shows an additional increase of 201 students to the previously forecasted increase of 133 in 2017 that was

already on top of 255 new students next year.

That’s an increase of 589 students, based on the 12,214 for this year going up to the new total of 12,803 for 2017.

Additional students, mean more revenue, somewhere around $8,000 for every new student based on the LCFF formula.

That would be fine with all the new buildings, if the forecast also reflected 10 to 20 more teachers to keep the district around the same staffing ratios, it does not.

Based on pages 161, 181 and 184 of the board packet, teachers and staff levels are basically the same for the next three years.

Having already ex-

pressed my concerns about the prior increase of almost 400 students, this addition of 201 more students to the forecast makes me even more worried that the student to teacher ratios are going to go up and/or there will be higher deficit spending then want is being forecasting.

Some of the members of the board are also worried and they should be. If you are also concerned, let the board know.

Ask them to put it in writing and put to a vote that the student to teacher ratios will not be raised.

Steven McDowell is a Del Mar resident and former candidate for the SDUHSD school board.

Letters to the Editor Put it on the ballot Dear Mayor and Del Mar Councilmembers, In our small city, the massive Watermark development should be placed on the ballot for the voters to decide its fate.

When the zoning of our Community Plan is being changed from one zone to another with such a drastic effect on our quality of life, it should be left to the voters to decide.

Encinitas passed Prop A and it is working very well.

That proposition simply says that when there is a proposed change in zoning, density or height, the people get to decide if the change goes forward and becomes law.

Please put Watermark on the ballot, or, ask the voters to approve all future major zone changes, including the zoning change

needed for Watermark.

This seems the best way to protect our Community Plan and quality of life. Let the people decide, yes or no.

Hershell Price, Del Mar Time for Prom and Graduation Young people will soon don a tuxedo or dress, and/ or cap and gown. I only wore a cap and gown as I graduated in a wheelchair.

When I was 16 and a Junior at Tracy High in 1992, I was hit head-on by a drunken driver.

I played sports against other San Joaquin county schools.

The crash put me in a coma with brain injuries, paralysis and several broken and dislocated bones.

I was a patient for seven

months in two hospitals followed by therapy for 17 months.

Those challenging months prevented me from school, sports, and prom.

Teenage festivities are coming and I was in their shoes once.

Car crashes caused by alcohol change lives forever. I struggle daily with hearing, talking, walking, and I cannot drive.

I planned to attend a California college. With my disabilities, I could not go to and study at UC San Diego like I did in high school.

Drinking and driving is unwise at any age.

If drinking happens, do not drive. Designate a sober driver before drinking begins. Listen to a victim.

Lori Martin Tracy, California

Is everything in our City for sale? Even our integrity? Why is it that the rich can pay their way onto any building — whether it is a library, community park, or ball field?

Is this not what is partly wrong with Congress today? Lobbyists and people of means can give money and own people as well as places?

I never thought I would see this in Encinitas, but why not?

We are merely a microcosm of the larger picture of the way government unfortunately operates in this country.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, former president of the United States put it this way: “Government

by Organized Money is as dangerous as government by an Organized Mob.” The Encinitas Library went through a controversial ballot initiative over the site for our library.

The current site was chosen overwhelmingly by 66 percent of the voters.

During the construction phase of the library, tours were available to people who paid $500 each for the privilege.

Over $50,000 was raised, along with many other personal generous donations to help make this library a reality.

The grand opening of the library took place in February, 2008.

The Encinitas Library, the citizens’ library, is the “Jewel on the Hill” in our city with a 180 degree view of the Pacific Ocean that can be enjoyed by all who visit it.

Our library has become the second most used library in the county.

The building belongs to us, and is staffed by county library employees!

In October 2015, the Encinitas City Council contracted with Green

Play consultants of Colorado, who wrote up a “Financial Sustainability” report that basically told the city that a way to make money on our city amenities, was through offering “naming rights.”

You give money and your name goes on a trail, a park, the Community/ Senior Center; or in this case, starting with the En-

have its name changed for any amount of money!

It would be very generous for a donation to be made to the Friends of the Library outright — perhaps a plaque on the Friends area to recognize that contribution.

Why does it have to have a caveat attached that the city must sign an agreement to get the do-

Why is a city, who tells its residents over and over that we are in great financial shape, contracting with consultants to tell us how to make money by selling our souls? cinitas Library.

Why is a city, who tells its residents over and over that we are in great financial shape, contracting with consultants to tell us how to make money by selling our souls?

And that is about what naming rights for money donations amounts to when you sell your identity as a city.

A foundation, has come forward and offered $500,000 (in installments) to go to the “Friends of the Library,” which as a 501C-3, the Friends are obligated to spend on the Library.

This foundation is offering another $1 million (in installments) to go into the city’s General Fund to be used as the City Council chooses, for the naming rights to our library.

I do not believe any name should appear on the Encinitas Library, except “Encinitas.”

This library is very special.

It belongs to all of us, and does not deserve to

nation through claiming a “naming right?”

I admit that I have a personal and emotional attachment to this library, having put in more than 11 years to have it become a reality — during my four years on the City Council and eight years following, including six years on the Friends Library Board.

I worked with the architect and a group of dedicated citizen volunteers to bring this about.

It had many hoops to jump and obstacles to overcome, but always the citizens of this city were behind it, in support of it, celebrated with joy at its opening, and enjoy its use today.

This library should not be named for anyone else — for any amount of money — it belongs to the citizens of Encinitas and it should be known as it is now — The Encinitas Library.

Sheila S. Cameron is an Encinitas resident and former city mayor.

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San Marcos restaurant unveils pie delivery with retro food truck

By Aaron Burgin

SAN MARCOS — One of San Marcos’ most popular restaurants, known for its delicious variety of pies, will soon be taking their pies out on the road in a very unique food truck.

Mama Kat’s Restaurant and Pie Shop recently finished renovating the 1967 C10 Step Van that the owners purchased nearly six years ago that was initially going to store the restaurant’s dried goods.

Somewhere along the way, however, the owners realized they had something much more special on their hands.

“It was during the drive from Oregon to San Marcos when my wife and I were driving the van down that we realized, ‘We have got something more than a storage van,’” said Michael Herrera who co-owns the restaurant with his mother, Kat Herrera, as he spun the tail of the two-day trip to bring back the van from the Pacific Northwest to San Diego County.

“We’re driving down and all along the trip, people are sticking their heads out of their cars and snapping pictures of the van. I think we knew then that we had something special,” he said.

Six years, a ton of renovation work and a snazzy custom job courtesy of lo- Co-owners of Mama Kat’s Michael Herrera and mom and Kat Herrera cal Relic Sign Company, in front of their new “Pie Van.” The popular San Marcos restaurant will the Mama Kat’s “Pie Van” soon start delivering their famous pies. Courtesy photo

is ready to hit the streets, delivering the apple, strawberry rhubarb and cherry pies that have made the establishment — which was formerly known as Grandpa Allen’s until the Herrera family rebranded it as Mama Kat’s in 2008 — one of the most popular in the city.

Frequently, Mama Kat’s has a line outside of the restaurant and hourlong waits are the norm on the weekends.

“Now, we will be able to take the food on the road, as it were,” Michael said.

Both mother and son

said they hoped the food truck would capture some of the nostalgia of the old bread delivery trucks they would see in Los Angeles, such as the ones at the Helm’s Bakery in Culver City.

“I grew up just down the street from the Helm’s bakery, and it is one of those places that really brings back memories,” Kat said. “You just don’t see those bread delivery trucks anymore, it is a vestige of a time long past.

“I think the van will give people that warm, nostalgic feeling, which is what

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Deb Bostwick, the general manager of Relic Signs, said that nostalgia is what attracted them to work with the Herreras on the custom job.

“They stand for everything that we stand for,” she said. “We saw the truck and immediately said, ‘We’re in.’”

Michael said the van will probably make its public debut on St. Patrick’s Day, giving the family a couple of weeks to work out all of the logistics.

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Police cadet program reaches out to city’s youth

By Steve Puterski

ESCONDIDO — Every year the Escondido Police Department reaches out to youths interested in a law enforcement career.

This year was no different, as 23 applicants from ages 16 to 21 participated in Monday’s orientation at police headquarters with 17 opting in to the program, according to Lt. Ed Varso.

The program, which is similar to the national Explorer’s venture, recruits youths who show drive and intelligence to become a police cadet.

“It’s a volunteer program that gives young men and women exposure to, really, all aspects of a career in law enforcement,” Varso said.

“They have a whole slew of things.”

Each candidate is required to go through a three-month probation period and upon graduating, which can take up to one year, receives their badge.

Duties include training on department policies and procedures as well as community events, traffic control, observing sworn officers in a ride along and assisting in the crime lab.

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The EPD expects to fill its positions early next month.

In addition, every summer each law enforcement agency gathers for its annual San Diego County Law Enforcement Explorer Academy, which is held on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.

“People throughout the county state send people there for a week,” Varso said. “They live on the campus and they are able to get additional training.

They have some physical fitness type stuff.”

Escondido’s cadet program began in the 1970s, Varso said, and has a success rate of nearly 50 percent. The rate, Varso added, means about 50 percent of those individuals who participate in the program eventually take on a career in law enforcement, whether in Escondido or elsewhere.

“I think it’s very positive all around,” he said. “Even if your son or daughter doesn’t become a police officer, what they get in learning how to speak to people in the public, have leadership skills and how to interview, those are traits that are transferrable to any career path.”

As for the benefits, there are several avenues for each party, he added.

For the EPD, it’s the community service, for the cadets it’s leadership and law enforcement training, and the city also saves about $100,000 from its police budget due to the volunteer efforts of the cadets.

“If there is an example of a perfect program that government is involved in, this is probably it,” Varso concluded. “These young men and women are gaining valuable life skills from the program.”

25 YEARS FOR SCOUT TROOP From left, Scout Master Geoff Sheffield, former Scout Masters Jim Hunter, Jim Boettcher, Craig Cotton, and Jim Dunphy were honored as BSA Troop 799 celebrate 25 years of service Feb. 29 at a gathering at First Lutheran Church in Vista. The dinner welcomed 117 people, including County Supervisor Bill Horn, Vista Mayor Judy Ritter, scout masters, former scouts, as well as current scouts and their families. Founded in 1991, BSA Troop 799 is chartered by the Vista Sunrise Kiwanis. The troop has helped 37 boys attain the rank of Eagle Scout, logged more than 15,000 service hours, and built miles of trails throughout the county. To learn more, contact Geoff Sheffield at (760) 271-3605 or info@troop799.net. Courtesy photo

Retired Marine gets new operation: BBQ

By Hoa Quach

Watch out Phil’s BBQ — there’s a challenger in town.

Devil Dogs BBQ, a Vista-based catering company and food truck, is rising in the ranks in the local food industry. The company prides itself in delivering fine, Southern-inspired dishes to San Diego County.

But, Devil Dogs BBQ is unlike any other food truck one may see driving through the region. It’s owned by retired Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Putts, who named his business after the nickname given to Marines.

Putts, who retired from the U.S. Marine Corp after 20 years of service, said he grew up eating barbecue as a child in Eureka Springs, Ark. “Being from the south, it’s just something you do whether you’re out or at home,” Putts said.

After joining the military as an 18-year-old, he traveled and sampled some of the best barbecue the country had to offer.

Jeremy Putts stands with his food truck, Devil Dogs BBQ. The retired service member named his business after the nickname given to Marines. Photo by Hoa Quach

He said the best barbecue he had was in North Carolina.

Using the knowledge he gained from his travels, Putts said he created his own recipes.

In fact, the retired Marine even participated in barbecue competitions before opening his business.

Now, Putts serves his dishes through Devil Dogs BBQ. “Everything I serve is something I’ve come up with on my own,” said Putts, who even grows his

own chile plants for his recipes. “I’ve been barbecuing for the last 15 years now.”

Putts, who also served in Iraq and Afghanistan during the war, said he didn’t just want to deliver good food to San Diego County residents.

He said he chose to retire locally after being stationed at Camp Pendleton because he wanted to expose people to high quality barbecue, which is rare in Southern California.

“I wanted to bring good barbecue here,” Putts said. “There just isn’t good barbecue around. The technique is really in the cooking. We use real wood smokers, while most barbecue places don’t.”

But the lack of Southern-inspired barbecue in San Diego County also presents challenges, Putts said.

“The biggest challenge is being able to get the business going,” Putts said. “This market isn’t used to good barbecue.

People mostly want Mexican food. So, it’s a lot hard-

er to promote my business and get people to try my type of food at my price point.”

Despite the challenges he may face, Putts is using the values he learned from being in the U.S. Marines to drive his business forward.

“The Marines taught me a lot about hard work,” said Putts, who started his business in 2013 and purchased the food truck in 2015. “It taught me about leadership, time management and drive. I do everything for this business.

I do the cooking. I do the marketing. I do everything that needs to be done to keep the business going.”

Using that determination, Putts hopes to one day expand his business and open his own restaurant in North County.

“That would be my ultimate goal —to have a successful restaurant,” Putts said. “I just want people to try good barbecue.”

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Nipping future Nobel laureates in the bud

small talk jean gillette Jean Gillette strained her writing hand offering champagne toasts. This is a throw-back column from early motherhood. Enjoy.

know about Shakespeare and the Wyf of Bathe. I know about children’s books and authors.

I can spell pretty well. I can pronounce and use big words and can even get around (signs, menus and such) in German I spent a full college span learning about language, literature, poetry, plot and pentameter. I then spent 15 years as a journalist. So then, I volunteered to help in my children’s classrooms, and what was I asked to do?

Teach science.

It could be worse. It could be math, but the feeling of extreme ineptness that swept over me is something I would just as soon skip.

Besides, it is rubbing salt in old wounds. (Did I just mix a metaphor?) My older brother was the science whiz.

He kept tarantulas, piranhas, iguanas and bugs on pins in his room. He became a marine biologist and knew his phylum

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California Pacific Airlines CEO and Chairman Ted Vallas says his company is expected to begin flights in three months out of Carlsbad’s McClellan-Palomar Airport. File photo

Airline expects to begin flights soon

By Steve Puterski

CARLSBAD — A local airline will be wheels up in a matter of months.

California Pacific Airlines CEO and Chairman Ted Vallas said his company is expected to begin flights in three months with a small fleet, and then expand with larger aircraft in another two months.

In addition, he said CP Air will bring in another airline to begin service to Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson.

Those routes are part of Phase I, Vallas said, which will transport passengers on three, 30-seat ERJ-135 twinjets.

Phase II, he added, is expected to launch in about four months delivering service to cities in Texas such as Dallas and Washington State, which will also allow for access to Vancouver, Canada.

Those routes will consist of flights aboard the EMB-170, a 70-seat passenger plane.

As for pricing, Vallas said CP Air will offer competitive services and will be about $600 cheaper per landing for the larger aircraft than at Lindbergh Field, also known as San Diego International Airport.

“We will be developing new routes all the time,” Vallas said. “We are going to give good service and space between the seats.”

Vallas added flights will begin at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad once the negative declaration report is filed, which is expected in the next one to two months.

He said the need for a local carrier is important as Carlsbad and North County continues to grow its businesses.

“It’s something that’s definitely needed in the area,” Vallas said. “This is probably the best area you could run an airline out of.”

CP Air’s application is working through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s approval process, according to Vallas.

The airline began its work toward establishing flights from its home base of McClellan-Palomar Airport in 2011, when its business plan received preliminary approval. One of the many bumps included the initial application had to be resubmitted after it was deemed “incomplete” and “inaccurate” by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2013. The company also was victim of budget sequestration of the FAA. Despite the setbacks, Vallas kept the airline alive, although it has yet to conduct a flight.

Once established and certified as a FAR Part 121 carrier, the airline plans to expand its fleet to 20 aircraft in three to four years.

When the expanded fleet arrives, CP Air will comprise of 25 domestic and international destinations including Acapulco, Mexico.

A press conference is expected in the next two weeks to detail more about CP Air’s plans, Vallas concluded.

Open space set aside in Carlsbad

By Steve Puterski

CARLSBAD — Nearly 6,000 acres of open space has been set aside as preserves for plants and animals through an environmental program called the Habitat Management Plan, according to the city of Carlsbad’s plan’s draft annual report.

City staff recently released the Habitat Management Plan’s report for 2014-15 and held a meeting last week to discuss its findings.

Established in 2004, the Habitat Management Plan completed its 11th year in 2015 with 5,970 acres of natural lands preserved for plants and animals. The city’s goal is to reserve 6,478 acres of natural open space when all development has occurred, and the city has surpassed 92 percent of its target acreage so far. The plan improves Carlsbad residents’ quality of life by protecting sensitive plant and animal species, while preserving natural open space.

Last year, the city and

preserve managers completed a two-year study using cameras to observe wildlife through and between the preserves, and outside the city to other natural lands. The city and

We want animals to be able to go east-west, from Lake Hodges to the lagoons.”

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preserve managers wanted to see how animals pass through constricted areas, or “pinch points,” in corridors connecting different parts of the preserve with the aim of improving these linkages. There are about 100 potential pinch points within the city.

“The study showed widespread distribution of bobcat and coyote throughout the city,” said Carlsbad Senior Planner Mike Grim, who manages the city’s Habitat Management Plan.

“It also showed deer in parts of the city where we didn’t expect to see them.”

Carlsbad’s Habitat Management Plan is part of a wider Multiple Habitat Conservation Program including Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Solana Beach and Vista. The wildlife movement study can also be used to assist regional studies to see how easily animals cross between Carlsbad and these neighboring cities.

“We want animals to be able to go east-west, from Lake Hodges to the lagoons,” Grim said. “Movement to Agua Hedionda Lagoon and Batiquitos Lagoon is good. And they can travel inside the city easily, generally speaking.”

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like the back of his hand. I would get the same biology teachers, being one year younger.

Their eyes would light up when they first saw my name on their roll sheet.

That light snuffed right out once they graded my first test. I was interested, but lacked that scientist’s curiosity and precision.

I was one of those winsome artists who was content that the sun simply comes up every morning. I never needed to know why.

Things just happen and it is all magic and wonderful, and that was enough for me.

I prefer to describe them with metaphor and analogy rather than dissect and categorize them.

In the past few months, I have been asked to make pretend rocks out of sand, flour and aquarium gravel.

I am supposed to help third- and fourth-graders understand how to tell a mineral from a rock. I will help them spot parame-

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cium, volvox and rotifers in pond water.

Then I am supposed to teach them why water runs downhill and why surface tension keeps water stuck on a penny until you add soap. I was supposed to know all this already, for starters, which I mostly didn’t.

I watched the video. I read the teachers manual.

We did the experiments.

I think it made sense to them.

Am I discouraged?

Well, heck yes, but the water module has three more segments. Tomorrow I will go in toting a thermos of TURN TO SMALL TALK ON 18

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A soldier’s home

By Tony Cagala

VISTA — The soldiers stood frozen in time — a Napoleon Bonaparte standing posed vaingloriously; a U.S. Cavalryman on his horse midcharge; a World War I doughboy raising a rifle in preparation for war.

Craig McClain’s Vista home seems a veritable museum for the imagination, filled with old toy soldiers and other figures frozen in moments of history that have helped shape the world.

“It’s history,” McClain, the toy soldier collector and seller, said.

“Figures are made for every period of history you can imagine, from the ancient

times until now,” he said.

And that’s what continues to be the draw for people interested in collecting the toy soldiers and other historical figures.

“For a lot of the people that collect the toys that they had as a child is pure nostalgia, it brings back your childhood memories,” McClain said. “But then when you get into the fine military miniatures it’s history — history takes over — your love of history.”

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Having originally started in the ‘80s with a small group of toy soldier collectors getting together in living rooms, Bob Fisher, a retired Marines captain, and Scott Morlan, a surfer in Newport Beach, got the idea of putting the show together.

They decided to call it the “West Coaster,” McClain explained, with its mascot featuring a toy soldier standing next to a surfboard, which came to be called the “surfing soldier.”

The show has since become the Comic-Con for toy soldier collectors, continually outgrowing venues until its present location at the Irvine Marriott.

“In the earlier times… there were a lot of older, professional business types — everybody from Malcolm Forbes down to the janitor from your school — that’s who collects.

It’s everybody; anybody with a

Craig McClain at his Vista home, which is filled with toy soldier collectibles. McClain just finished co-hosting the 27th annual West Coaster Toy Soldier Show in Anaheim last weekend. Photo by Tony Cagala

love of history,” McClain said.

McClain came to discover the toy soldier figures more than 25 years ago, when the former heavy construction worker suffered a spinal cord injury, which left him in a body cast and doctors telling him he’d be bed-ridden for life.

“For me, the toy soldiers were the difference between being told my life was over and having a life — that’s a pretty big difference,” McClain said.

He began painting toy sol-

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This year, he expected about a thousand people to turnout.

“When you see the stock markets go up and down, that can have an effect on collectors coming out, even through 9/11 and all the tragedies, and war and everything, we keep putting the show on and people keep coming,” McClain said.

In his 26 years of going to shows, McClain said he always expects to see something rare come up at the show.

McClain has a personal love for collecting composition figures, sawdust and glue figures that were made in the early 1900s up until the ‘60s.

Still, it isn’t necessarily age that can make a figure collectible.

Demand is a leading factor, McClain explained, adding that the rarity of the figure can also determine the cost.

“But a figure can still be a 100 years old and be worth only $20 to $50. The age doesn’t necessarily give it value,” McClain said. “It’s the quality of the figure and the demand for that figure.”

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dier figures while in the body cast, painting at least 1,000 of them, which, he said, kept him from going insane.

A friend of his mentioned that he might be able to sell the figures. And on that prompting, he went to a show in San Francisco where he sold about $800 worth of the toy soldiers his first day.

In 2000, he bought and took over The Old Toy Soldier Home store in Vista. The brick and mortar store ended up closing, but McClain still runs the online store.

Almost every weekend he would go to a show, selling and showing his figures. That was all before eBay, which ultimately changed the dynamics, he said.

“After eBay, shows became less of a means to sell your figures,” he said. “It’s harder to get people to get out today, since the Internet, but people still like to get out and hold them in their hands and look at them. And that’s why the show’s still important.”

He calls the show an “international gathering” as people from all over the world, including France, Germany, Ireland, England, Hong Kong attended.

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The elusive designation known as ‘the Berkshires’ hit the road e’louise ondash “What state are we in now?” I ask my cousin, Joe, more than once as he navigates the backroads in the corner where New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut come together.

I can be forgiven for not knowing where we are for several reasons.

The roads here continually crisscross the three borders, and cell phone coverage is spotty to non-existent, so there’s no checking Google Maps.

Before our four-day road trip finishes, we will have explored or traveled through the picture-postcard towns and villages of Stockbridge, Mass.; Sharon, Conn.; Millerton, N.Y.; Great Barrington, Mass.; Lakeville, Conn.; Copake, N.Y.; Lenox, Mass.; Salisbury, Conn.; and Pittsfield, Mass.

It’s a strange sensation for us Westerners who can drive for hours without crossing state borders.

And the most confusing thing of all?

The elusive designation known as “the Berkshires.”

During our five-day trip, we are in and out of “the Berkshires,” a phrase that generally refers to the highly visited north-south strip of land on Massachusetts’ western border that also touches

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You won’t find a more scenic trail in October than the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in New York, an abandoned rail line that was converted to a public park in 1989. The trail has been continually expanded and will eventually reach 46 miles of unbroken trail for hiking and cycling.

The scenic Bash Bish Falls, in the Taconic Mountains in western Massachusetts (near the New York border), are the highest in the state. A series of cascades sends water down about 200 feet into a serene pool. It’s a picturesque reward for hikers on the Bash Bish Brook Trail. Autumn is the ideal time to visit this area because of the cooler temperatures, the brilliant colors and the lack of mosquitoes. Photos by Jerry Ondash

Vermont, New York and Connecticut. It’s a place where you start out hiking in New York and 10 minutes later you are in Massachusetts.

But here’s where it gets even trickier.

The Berkshires or the Berkshire Mountains are only known by that name in western Massachusetts. In Connecticut, they become, among other names, Litchfield Hills — perhaps a more accurate description because these so-called (very old) mountains are more akin to (very big) rolling hills. The Berkshires does have a highest peak — more of a summit, I would say. At 3,492 feet, Mount Greylock does afford quite a spectacular view of up to 80 miles of countryside

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that encompasses Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

Another thing: When Massachusetts locals refer to “the Berkshires,” they mean Berkshire County in the western part of the state that was founded in 1761, but (get this) its governing body was abolished in 2000. So today, Berkshire County exists as only a geographical entity, but a much beloved one.

Lastly, don’t confuse the phrase “the Berkshires” with Berkshire, Conn., an unincorporated community in Fairfield County; or Berkshire, N.Y.; or Berkshire, Ohio; or Berkshire, Vt. Confusing for sure, but the bottom line is that this is a beautiful piece of America, especially in the fall.

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It is the visual definition of the Norman Rockwell America many of us remember from the covers of the Saturday Evening Post because, well, this is where the artist/ illustrator lived and worked.

A collection of his sketches, paintings and photographs, as well as his studio, can be seen at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., which is where we serendipitously came across my brother, Charles, and his wife, Margaret, from St. Louis. (What are the odds?) They

Encinitas - Gerald “Jerry” Macchia passed away on Sunday, January 31 with his wife of 62 years, Wanda, at his side.

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After a period of recovery, Jerry purchased the Green Tiger Press (WJT Enterprises) which he operated until he sold to Simon and Schuster.

Jerry and his wife, Wanda, were two of the original founders of California State University, San Marcos, and remained active in civic affairs.

Jerry was a kind and generous man who bore his disabilities with dignity and courage. He is survived by his devoted wife, Wanda; two sons, Jeffrey of Washington, GA. and Tyrone, of Encinitas, CA; Jeffrey’s wife, Stephanie; grandchildren, Candace and Tony and great grandchildren, Aiden and Autumn.

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Travels to Tijuana for less than $100 Northbound vince vasquez

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French Master Chef Patrick Ponsaty will open his signature restaurant Ponsaty’s in Rancho Santa Fe this summer, filling the site of the former Delicias restaurant. Courtesy photo

French master chef to get signature restaurant in the Ranch

By Christina Macone-Greene

RANCHO SANTA FE — On the radar for Rancho Santa Fe residents and neighboring communities is a new summertime restaurant debut with a menu drawing inspiration from French Master Chef Patrick Ponsaty.

Ponsaty and the Grand Restaurant Group are partnering together to unveil, “Ponsaty’s,” which will be located in the heart of the Village.

Ponsaty’s will be making its own culinary history at the former site of Delicias. To date, Patrick holds one of the two French Master Chef distinctions in San Diego County.

Sandra DiCicco, the founder of Grand Restaurant Group, is delighted about this venture and also described that having

a French Master Chef in Rancho Santa Fe is a great asset. According to DiCicco, an Internet search of Patrick will reveal his significant achievements.

“We are making this Chef Patrick’s Signature Restaurant allowing him the freedom to create from five generations of chefs in his family,” said DiCicco, adding how their unique menu will be served in a casual yet comfortable setting. “Chef Patrick enjoys visiting with his guests as he does today at Bellamy’s.

You can expect him to visit the tables seeking the guests’ comments and suggestions, which he thrives on.”

DiCicco wants everyone to know that they are planning to open the new TURN TO CHEF ON 18

midst all the rancor over Measure A in Carlsbad, I forgot to mention I traveled to Tijuana recently.

Like most North County residents, I haven’t visited TJ in years.

My lapse has nothing to do with concerns about personal safety; in fact I travel a few times a year to other Baja spots (Mexicali, Ensenada).

Reasons to travel to Tijuana simply hadn’t popped onto my radar, until now.

A friend recently opened up a brewery tasting room in an area called Plaza Fiesta, and had invited me to come visit.

Mexican hospitality is legendary, so I couldn’t pass up the offer.

A few articles in the U.S. have been written about Plaza Fiesta as an up-and-coming craft beer destination in Tijuana’s

Zona Rio district, so, as a craft beer enthusiast, I was intrigued.

I recruited a San Diego friend to join me, and we headed out into the unknown on an early Friday afternoon.

From Carlsbad Village, I took a southbound Coaster train to the Santa Fe Train Depot, then transferred over to the southbound Trolley Blue Line to the San Ysidro border crossing, in all taking a little under two hours (total transportation costs: $8.50).

We walked across the border, and used Uber to get to our hotels and later destinations.

The devalued Mexican peso is a prime reason to visit — everything is a bargain by American standards.

Upon a friend’s recommendation, I booked a no-frills room at the Hotel Fiesta Tijuana for $28 a night. Craft beers were generally $2 to $2.50 each, and food was equally cheap. In all, I spent less than $100 on my overnight trip.

Try to match that in downtown San Diego.

There’s nothing quite like Plaza Fiesta in San

Diego — certainly not in North County. Thousands of young people milling through 13 Baja brewery tasting rooms, as well as other bars and restaurants, until all hours of the nights.

We were among the handful of Americans there, but it didn’t matter — everyone was friendly, and many of the servers spoke English (though a basic understanding of Spanish is recommended).

It was a late night for us, to say the least.

My top picks to visit at Plaza Fiesta are Bad Brew Bar, Fauna, and Insurgente.

The next day, we went on an impromptu walking tour of Tijuana, ending up at Mamut Brewery, which is right off of Revolucion in the Zona Centro district. Its location was hidden — there was no sign or door, just a street address we knew was correct.

We took a chance and headed up a colorful staircase, which led to a sprawling tasting room, complete with patio, numerous rooms and bars.

Among the beers we sampled, we enjoyed the Mamut White IPA the most (recommend).

Chamber spotlights women in business VISTA — Area business and civic leaders are invited to attend the Vista Chamber of Commerce first annual Business Women’s Event titled “Women Who Will: The Power & Purpose of Phenomenal Women; Stories that Inspire, Educate & Elevate” from 1 to 4 p.m.

March 12 at the Vista Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Drive.

“This will be a great chance for business women to connect, network, socialize and celebrate,”

said Paula Waring, membership director of the Vista Chamber.

“We have some amazing guest speakers that will definitely inspire.”

The event will feature vendors, hors d’oeuvres, wine, chocolate, networking and three guest speakers: — “Human Potential & Our Creative Self” by Anne Fennell, Grammy-nominated music teacher from Mission Vista High School.

— “Jumpstart Your Health

in 2016” by Tania Williams, Doctor of Chiropractic from Health From Within Family Wellness Center.

— “The Miracle of Your Life in Action” by Madeleine Hoang, transformative coach and owner, Yoga Munkey.

Tickets are $50 per person and tables for nine can be purchased $400.

For tickets, contact the Vista Chamber of Commerce at (760) 726-1122 or info@vistachamber.org.

With staycations now the rage, why not do something different and head to Tijuana for a night this spring?

It’s not a bad idea to have street addresses and print-outs/smart phone photos of your destinations, but besides that it’s impossible to get lost, especially with a smart phone with a data plan.

I look forward to visiting again with more friends, and I encourage all of my North County readers to explore the unknown. You’ll be glad you did.

Travelling to Tijuana is safe and easy. Coaster and Trolley schedules can be found online, and overnight vehicle parking is available on the American side of the San Ysidro border crossing. Hotel Fiesta Tijuana is bookable online at Expedia.com.

More information on Plaza Fiesta and Mamut Brewery can be found on their Facebook pages, htfacebook.com /plazafiestatijuana and facebook. com/MamutBreweryCo. Vince Vasquez is a think tank analyst based in Torrey Pines. He is a Carlsbad resident.

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I was in drama club and musical arts.”

He and guitarist Ryan Roelen, whom he’s known since preschool, and two other friends decided to start a band in high school.

As heavy metal fans they tried emulating bands such as Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden and KISS. But Maddox said the

high operatic tones were out of his range.

“We were a little bummed,” he said. “But I told Ryan we needed to find an excuse to get me onstage because if I could get up there everything will be fine.”

Maddox was drawn to singers who were also entertainers, such as Mi-

chael Jackson and Sammy Davis Jr. “That was the part of the music that I always identified with,” he said.

He had heard songs by “studio Elvis” but discovered “jumpsuit Elvis” after watching an episode of TV’s “Full House.”

“John Stamos was in an Elvis outfit, doing the

MARCH 11 JUST LIKE CANNES MiraCosta College’s International Languages Department presents “Dogtooth” (Greece 2009) at 7 p.m.

March 11: in the MiraCosta College Little Theatre (Room 3601) at 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. The films will be presented in the original languages with English subtitles. Admission is free.

ROYAL DRAG SHOW The MiraCosta Community College Gay Straight Alliance hosts the Royal Drag Show from 6 to 8 p.m. March 11, in building 3400 Student Center - OC3423 with lip-syncing performances by drag kings and queens and a special performance

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FOREIGN FILMS MiraCosta College’s International Languages Department presents “Dogtooth” (Greece 2009) at 7 p.m.

March 11 in the MiraCosta College Little Theatre (Room 3601) at 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. The film will be presented in the original language with English subtitles. Admission

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crazy kicks and I’m thinking, ‘What is this?’” Maddox said.

He found a recording of Elvis live at Madison Square Garden and a 1972 concert documentary.

“I saw the actual guy do it and it was really breathtaking,” he said. “It totally blew my mind. It was something I had never seen before.

“I didn’t care about old Elvis,” Maddox added.

“I certainly didn’t care about studio Elvis, which is consistent with my general approach to music because I don’t really like studio music. I love to hear people play live.”

When a school carnival provided an opportunity to record a song he opted for “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”

A few days later he found a way to play it over the public address system during lunch.

“The girls liked it and I thought, ‘This is it. We’re forming an Elvis band,’” he said.

Roelen’s mother sewed a costume, which they decorated with rhinestones, and the band “practiced wherever there was an A/C outlet.”

Their first gig was in a neighborhood bowling

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SOLANA BEACH — Shortly after moving to San Diego, Chris Maddox attended a Super Diamond concert at the Belly Up. “I should be playing here,” and said to his wife, Heather. “I could kill it here. Get me on that stage. … I would walk by there and say, ‘Man if I could just play there I would be satisfied.”

About a decade later Maddox was not only onstage at the Solana Beach venue, he was the opening act for Super Diamond “doing Pilates in a 20-pound jumpsuit” as the front man for Graceband, a 12-piece Elvis Presley tribute ensemble.

“To play the Belly Up is a dream for me — I think for all of us,” he said.

“That place is steeped in tradition. For that club to take us in is amazing.”

Graceband returns to Belly Up March 19, beginning at 8:30 p.m., again opening for Super Diamond, a Neil Diamond tribute band.

Maddox said he was a bit of a “showoff” while growing up in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

“I was always entertaining and it served me pretty well,” he said.

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MARCH 11 LOVE TO FISH The Senior Anglers of Escondido, an over-50 club of men and women, will meet at 9:30 a.m. March 11 at the Park Avenue Community Center, 210 Park Ave. The event will feature sport fishing Capt. Ernie Prieto. Shirts and shoes are required. For more information, visit senioranglersofescondido.net or call Ron Casapulla at (760) 736-4009.

GET A FRIEND FOR FREE All adoption fees will be waived to celebrate Day of Giving — Give a Home on March 11, March 12 and March 13 at the San Diego Humane Society, 576 Airport Road, Oceanside.

RACE FOR WRESTLERS Register now for the North County Roadrunners March Madness 5K held at 7:30 a.m. March 12 at Rancho Bernardo

Park, 18448 West Bernardo Drive, San Diego, to benefit Vista’s Guajome Park Academy wrestling program. For more information, visit joecrossw h it e 9 8 3 @ r o ad r u n ne r. com.

LIFE LECTURES “The Story of the Harp” and “A Day in the Life of a Gold Rush Physician” will be the LIFE Lectures at MiraCosta College starting at 1 p.m. March 11, Admin.

Bldg. #1000, 1 Barnard Drive. Purchase a $1 parking permit at the machine in Lot 1A, and park in lots 1A or 1B. Visit miracosta. edu/life or call (760) 7572121, ext. 6972.

MARCH 12 BATTLE OF BUGS A Kids in the Garden class on “Battle of the Bugs” with Garit Imhof is from 10 a.m. to noon March 12 at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, 1270 Vale Terrace Dr Vista. Preregister by email farmerjones@altavistagardens.org or call (760) 822-6824.

TALE OF FOREFATHERS The members of

the American Association of University Women will meet at 10 a.m. March 12 at the Encinitas Community Center Ballroom, 1140 Oakcrest Park, to hear member Mary Jefferson’s talk, “Sally, Thomas, Oprah, and Me: A Family Story.” Tickets are $20 at delmarleucadia-ca.aauw. net. For more information, contact President Linda Quinby at (760) 931-9789.

SALUTE TO WOMEN Vista Chamber of Commerce 1st Annual Business Women’s Event titled “Women Who Will” is at 1 p.m. March 12 at the Vista Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Vista. Tickets are $50 per person at (760) 726-1122 or info@vistachamber.org.

CANDIDATE DEBATE Make reservations

by March 12 for the Del Mar Seacoast Republican Women’s Federation “Politics and Wine” reception and debate between Jacquie Atkinson and Denise Gitsham, candidates for the 52nd Congressional District, from 6 to 8 p.m.

March 17 at the Del Mar Country Club, 6001 Club House Drive, Rancho Santa Fe. Contact Terry Minasian at tminasian@ sbcglobal.net or (858) 4818904.

SAN MARCOS DEMOCRATS The March meeting of the Lake San Marcos Democratic Club will be held at 12:30 p.m. March 12 at Lake San Marcos Convention Center, 1105 La Bonita Drive, San Marcos, with speaker Farouk Al-Nasser to speak on ISIS.

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LIBRARY LONGEVITY The Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library celebrate the library’s 102nd birthday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 12 at 2081 Newcastle Ave. The Book Nook will offer all materials and books, including collectibles, for half price. And of course, there will be cake.

TEEN READ Escondido Public Library Teen Book Club Discusses “The Story of Owen: Dragon slayer of Trondheim” by E. K. Johnston at noon March 12 at the library, 239 S. Kalmia St., Escondido.

MAKING NEW FRIENDS The Catholic Widows and Widowers of North County support group for those who desire to foster friendships through various social activities, will walk the Highland Valley Trail and lunch at Cordiano Winery, Escondido on March 12.

March 13, the group will meet for a Pot Luck at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Poway. March 15, will be dinner at Nucci’s Italian Café, Carlsbad and March 18, a Fish Fry dinner at St. Francis Catholic Church, Vista. Reservations are required at (858) 674-4324.

MEET THE CANDIDATES You are invited to a North County Meet The Candidates event with Phil Graham running in the 76th Assembly District, Paul Ware for the Superior Court Seat 25 and Bob Larivee for the US Senate, at 10:30 a.m. March 12 in the Green Dragon Tavern, 6115 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad.

Cost is $20 with breakfast, at the door. RSVP to meetthecandidatessd @gmail. com.

of Carlsbad-Encinitas, a North County networking group, has started a new scholarship program for future entrepreneurs.

High schools qualified for the scholarship include Carlsbad High School, Sage Creek High School, Canyon Crest Academy, La Costa Canyon High School, San Dieguito High Academy and Torrey Pines High School. For more information, contact Susan Carter, susan@cartercrofttax.com or call (310) 893-4010.

AUTHOR AT CHABAD Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho Santa Fe will host Rabbi Marvin Tokeyer, former Rabbi of Japan and author of ”Pepper, Silk and Ivory - The Exotic Jews of China, Japan and India” at 7 p.m.

March 13, at the Morgan Run Resort, 5690 Cancha de Golf, Rancho Santa Fe. Suggested donation $18 per person. To RSVP and for more information email jewishRSF.com or call (858) 756-7571.

MARCH 14 AFRICAN VIOLETS San Diego North County African Violet Society Meets at 10:30 a.m. March 14, in the Vista Library, 700 Eucalyptus Ave., in the community room. Mix your own soil and starter mix.

Ingredients and instruction provided. Contact Pauline Mueller, at (760) 433-4641 or paulinemueller520@yahoo.com

MARCH 15 Bonsai and Beyond will meet at 6 p.m. March 15 at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. They will discuss what plants can be use in terrariums and build them. Bring your pot/ tray, terrarium, soil, rocks, plants, for the project, and some extras to share. For MARCH 13 NORTH COUNTY more information, call Phil SCHOLARSHIPS LeTip at (858) 259-9598

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MARCH 17 Celebrate “St. Pitty’s Day,” March 17: All pit bulls/pit bull mixes will be available for adoption for $4 at the San Diego Humane Society, 576 Airport Road, Oceanside. Thursdays are also Fur Fix Day from 3 to 5 p.m. Come and hug a pet.

PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT The Young Del Mar Committee of the Del Mar Foundation invites you to a Parents’ Night Out NoHost Happy Hour from 6 to 9 p.m. March 17 at Hotel Indigo, 710 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar. Register at su r vey.consta ntcontact. c o m / s u r ve y / a 0 7e c c jop qsilbls3ms/a01o7ile9v6i6/ questions.

MEET THE CLUB Escondido Republican Women, Federated will introduce its leadership and benefits of membership from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

March 17. For location, RSVP to Lauri Milville at lauri@reagan.com or (858) 248-5118.

LIFE, LOSS AND CHANGE The North County Jewish Seniors Club will host “Is it More Than The Blues? How to handle loss, life and change” at 12:30 p.m. March 17 at the Oceanside Senior Center, 455 Country Club Lane, Oceanside. The club meets on the third Thursday of each month.

MARK THE CALENDAR RAILWAY CLOSURES The North County Transit District, along with Amtrak and Metrolink, will undergo a complete coastal rail service closure between Oceanside and San Diego.

Passenger rail service will not be available on March 19-20. For more information about these projects, visit KeepSanDiegoMoving.com.

These improvements to the rail infrastructure are part of a longer-term program that will double-track the rail lines and complete on-going maintenance for enhanced service for transit users.

GATHER UP YOUR PAPERS St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church will hold a document shredding and electronic recycling event from 9 a.m. to noon March 19 in the lower parking lot at 6628 Santa Isabel, Carlsbad.

There is no limit. Call Bianca at (760) 419-9243 for more information.

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MARCH 16 TUTORS NEEDED North County Lifeline is looking for volunteer tutors. Visit Volunteer Match or email cguminski@ nclifeline.org.

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Soroptimists present awards to area women SAN MARCOS — One single mother, four local non-profits and two nursing students were honored at Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland’s annual Soroptimist Women’s Award Gala on Feb. 27.

More than $11,000 from Soroptimist’s Service Fund was then distributed to four grant applicants.

This year’s recipients were: Boys and Girls Club of Vista for their “Smart Moves” program; Leap to Success for their “Leap to Confidence” program, Welcome Home Ministries for women transitioning from incarceration, and Casa de

Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland President Dee Dee Timmons, left, poses with Vicki Gonzalez, winner of this year’s Live Your Dream award. Photo by Jackie Piro Huyck

Amparo for their “Creating Future of Hope for Pregnant & Parenting Foster Youth”

program.

The club’s “Live Your Dream” award went to Vic-

ki Gonzalez of Escondido, a single mother who lost her 4-year-old child to neuroblastoma cancer in 2010.

The “Live Your Dream” award assists women like Gonzalez, who have overcome great obstacles and are the primary source of financial support for their families, by giving them the resources they need to improve their education and employment prospects.

The club’s foundation, a separate entity established as a testamentary trust when long-time Soroptimist Lucille Strachan died in 1983, awarded $5,000 apiece to graduate nursing students Christine Dukovich and Sasha Luecke.

Children’s Chorus to sing poems of Emily Dickinson ESCONDIDO —The Center Children’s and Youth Chorus will perform songs of all seasons featuring critters and crawlers in all kinds of weather.

They will sing texts from the poetry of Emily Dickinson expressing hope for new beginnings and songs of empathy for countries affected by severe climate conditions and trauma.

A dramatic Stormscape and songs of wonderful sunshine will send the audience out toe tapping.

Come join the chorus as they combine their voices

and share their choral experience in the beautiful CCAE Center Theater.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students, and are available through the CCAE Box Office: (800) 988-4253, or online atartcenter.org.

The Center Children’s and Youth Chorus is a part the CCAE endorsed Escondido Choral Arts program at the Center.

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Players, coach selected to inaugural All Coast News team sion 5 playoffs before losing 53-52 to Saddleback Valley Christian.

Famber previously was an assistant coach at Horizon.

By Aaron Burgin

REGION — From the first time Johnny McWilliams set foot on a court at San Marcos High School, teammates and coaches knew he was a special talent.

“We all knew he would be probably one of, if not the best player to don a San Marcos jersey,” Head Coach Dante Carey said. “He hasn’t disappointed.”

Four years later, McWilliams has lived up to the promise he showed as a lanky 6-3 freshman, willing his undermanned Knights team to a 22-8 record and to the cusp of a CIF Division 1 title and a state playoff appearance for the second straight year.

For these reasons, McWilliams is The Coast News Player of the Year.

The Fresno State signee averaged 23.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game for the co-champions of the Avocado East League. The son of former NFL tight end Johnny McWilliams Sr., was named the league Player of the Year as a senior, and is a two-time all-league first team selection and will likely finish his career as a three-time all-CIF selection when the teams are announced later this month. McWilliams led the Knights to the CIF Division 1 Semifinals, where he scored 36 points in his final game in San Diego, a loss to eventual Division 1 champions Kearny.

COACH OF THE YEAR: Davion Famber, Mission Vista

San Marcos High’s Johnny McWilliams is named to the inaugural All Coast News team for his time with the Knights.

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In his first season at the helm of the downtrodden Timberwolves program, Famber led the team to a historic season, more than doubling the previous high for wins in a season (16), and winning the school’s first CIF basketball title with a 67-55 triumph over top-seed Brawley in the CIF Division 4 championship. The Timberwolves nearly pulled off another upset in the state Divi-

First Team Sean Birk, 6-0 Sr. PG, El Camino- Birk averaged a teamhigh 19 points per game for the Wildcats, which were runners up in CIF Division 1 and are currently playing in the state Division 4 playoffs. Birk was named Avocado West Player of the Year and is a two-time all-league first team performer.

Taurus Samuels, 5-11 So. PG, Vista- The sophomore became the most prolific scorer in the region in his second varsity season, averaging 23.6 points and 4 assists per game, leading the diminutive Panthers to an 18-11 record and a CIF Division 1 quarterfinal appearance. Samuels was named to the All Avo West First Team for his exploits.

Michael Diaz, 6-2 Jr. PG, Orange Glen- The versatile point guard, whose game is reminiscent of a young Russell Westbrook, averaged 17 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 4.1 steals per game and led the injury-plagued Patriots to a CIF Division 2 quarterfinal appearance. Diaz was named to the All-Valley League first team and was league player of the year as a sophomore.

Keegan Cummins, 6-9 Sr. C, Escondido- For a second straight season, Cummins averaged a double double for the Cougars and

was named to the All Avocado East first team, all while leading the Cougars to a CIF Division 1 quarterfinal appearance.

Jackson Strong, 6-4 Sr. SG, Torrey Pines- The senior sniper averaged a team-high 16 points per game and contributed 5.4 rebounds per game, leading the Falcons to a third-place finish in the CIF Open Division and a state Division 1 playoff appearance.

Strong was the Palomar League Player of the Year.

Burke Twyman, 6-7 Sr. PF, Mission Vista- The two-time All-Valley League first team selection put up a ridiculous statistical line: 17.2 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4 blocks per game, leading the Timberwolves to the school’s first CIF title and state playoff appearance in school history.

Warren Washington, 6-9 So. PF, Escondido- One of the region’s most promising big men, the versatile Washington averaged 13 points and 7 rebounds per game for the Cougars while starting at center, power forward and point guard for the team during the season. Washington was named to the All-Avocado East Second Team.

Jake Gilliam, 6-10 Jr. C, Torrey Pines- Gilliam was perhaps the breakout star of the region, going from a seldom-used player to an All-Palomar League First Team selection in a year, averaging 12.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2 blocks per game.

Luke Arvidson, 6-2 Sr. SG, El Camino- The All-Avocado West First Team selection averaged 16.4 points per game in his expanded role as a senior.

Second Team Jalen Flanagan, 6-2 So. G, El Camino- Sophomore averaged 15 points per game during Avocado West league play and made allleague second team.

Marcus Hentley, 6-1 Sr. G, Escondido- Missed time to start the year, but rebounded to lead Cougars to co-league title and was named to the all-league first team.

Jason Simmrin, 6-5 Sr. PF, San Marcos- All-Avocado East First team performer averaged 14.6 points and 7.1 rebounds.

Drew Mead, 6-3 Jr. SG, La Costa Canyon- All-Avocado West Second teamer was the Mavericks leading scorer.

Eric Pierce, 6-5 Sr. W, El Camino- Versatile senior forward was named to the All-Avocado West first team.

Jordan Hilstock, 6-2 Fr. G, Vista- The lone freshman to make the All-Avocado League first team, Hilstock averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game for the Panthers.

Xavier Allison, 5-10 Jr. PG, Sage Creek- the unquestioned leader for the Bobcats led them to a CIF Divsion 4 semifinal appearance in their first varsity season.

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SDSU will be A-OK if it prevails in MW Tournament sports talk jay paris

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teve Fisher knows it all and that doesn’t come as a sur-

prise.

One doesn’t roam a basketball sideline as long as San Diego State’s coach and not learn a thing or two.

So while the Aztecs get cozy in Las Vegas this week, we wonder: must SDSU win the Mountain West Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament?

“I have no clue,’’ Fisher said. “I have no idea.’’

If he doesn’t, who the heck does?

San Diego State (238) won its conference by three games, an impressive margin regardless of where a team hangs its shingle. But with the MW being P-U, save the Aztecs, it’s a crown that comes with roses and thorns.

It figures that this year the MW will send but one school to the Big Dance.

With most of its squads waltzing with two left feet that could leave the Aztecs left out, if not running the table in Las Vegas.

Sure they had a sweet non-conference win over California.

But those stinkers to the University of San Diego and Grand

Canyon present a schism that requires a leap of faith to think SDSU will gain an at-large berth.

By storming through the MW, the Aztecs gained a first-round bye. They hit the floor on Thursday, facing the winner of the Utah State-Wyoming game. Win there, and twice more, and the question posed to Fisher becomes moot.

“Our goal is to go in and win the tournament and we aren’t the lone ranger in wanting to do that,’’ Del Mar’s Fisher said. “We will go in prepared. We are playing good basketball right now. Our goal is to continue doing so and if we do we will have a great chance to be successful.’’

The Aztecs, coming off decisive wins over New Mexico and UNLV, are humming. That would have Fisher leaning on a saying from his coaching idol, the late John Wooden: “Perform at your best when your best is required.”

To go where Wooden was regularly — the NCAA Tournament — the Aztecs are peaking at the perfect time.

“Everything is starting to come together,’’ guard Trey Kell said. “Everyone is starting to know their roles. Everyone is starting to have that confidence. Everyone is starting to shoot the ball really well. We are letting our defense fuel our offense.

I think it’s just a mixture of those things. Everyone

is feeling good and we are playing well right now.”

SDSU seldom scuffles with defense and rebounding. It’s getting points where the mojo on the Mesa is often derailed.

Recently, that hasn’t been a problem. So if the Aztecs stay in front of those with the ball, clean the glass and move the scoreboard under their name, that about covers it.

“Lately the last two games (the shots) have gone in with great regularity and that is why there has been a big difference with the scores,’’ Fisher said. “Our defense has

been solid all year and I have no doubt that it will remain that way. We are cautiously optimistic that our offense will stay the way it has been the last two games.”

What goes on in Vegas hopefully doesn’t stay there.

If the Aztecs claim their first MW Tournament title since 2011, those scissors to cut the nets will shred many a projected NCAA Tournament bracket as well.

“We haven’t played well enough, it is probably that simple,’’ Fisher said of SDSU stumbling near

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The Strip. “We thought we were the best team last year and got beat by Wyoming in the finals. We got beat the year before by New Mexico, who was really good. When we’ve won it in the past we had close games.’’

Fisher embraces winning it and heading straight for the NCAA Tournament. That much he knows.

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Educational Opportunities The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego...

Focusing on academic success The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego (BGCGSD) is committed to helping kids of all backgrounds and interests develop into well-rounded, successful young adults.

“Our clubs are an age-appropriate place of physical and emotional safety and stability for our club members, where they have structure and clearly defined boundaries,” said Brandon Horrocks, Vice President of Operations.

Brandon Horrocks “Our youth can build Vice President of Operations strong, positive connections with adult role models and club feel like a home where their peers. members can be free to be The staff makes the themselves and enjoy being

The staff makes the club feel like a home where members can be free to be themselves and enjoy being kids.”

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Eight low-income San Diegans without health insurance will receive pro bono hernia repairs, thanks to Business news and special the San Diego County Medachievements for North San Diego County. Send information ical Society Foundation, in partnership with Carlsbad via email to community@ Surgery Center, and physicoastnewsgroup.com. cian volunteers Adam Fierer, MD, and Karen Hanna, NORTH COAST Y MD. SUPPORTS ARMED SERVICES North Coast Y Service YOUTH OF THE YEAR Boys & Girls Club Club, Encinitas, presented the Armed Services member Julie Hernandez YMCA, Camp Pendleton was named Boys & Girls with $8,000 for the Hospi- Club Countywide Youth of tal Child Watch and Fish- the Year title, receiving a er Children's Center pro- $5,000 college scholarship grams. These programs from Boys & Girls Clubs offer medical support of America. The Youth of to armed services fam- the Year program honors ilies. Child Watch pro- young people on their path vides immediate childcare to great futures. service for Marine and Navy personnel and SURFING MADONNA spouses when they must BACKS STARFISH Last November, Encinsee doctors. Fisher children’s Center program itas 101 MainStreet had 30 provides drop-in child- starfish lights made and incare. It also supports sev- stalled on light poles along eral children’s camp and several blocks of South family support programs. Coast Highway. Residents For more information, vis- have asked that they stay it North Coast Y Service up year around. Dedicated to bringing the communiClub on Facebook. ty together to “Save the Ocean” and protect our PRO BONO SURGERY coastline, the Surfing MaDAY On March 12, Satur- donna Oceans Project doday Surgery Day will pro- nated $2,000 from its Surfvide life-changing medical ing Madonna Beach Run, care, at Carlsbad Surgery to E101’s Starfish Lighting Center, 6121 Paseo Del Project. Businesses and

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BGCGSD focuses on programs that promote academic success, character development, and healthy lifestyles.

The Clubs offer an Ultimate Summer Camp for all ages.

A Summer Adventure Club for middle-schoolers is available at select sites, including 4S Ranch and Poway.

A typical camp week includes arts and crafts, computer lab time, physical fitness activities, game room time, and field trips.

Learn more about the programs at SDyouth.org.

individuals can sponsor a starfish light by calling the Encinitas 101MainStreet Association office at (760) 943-1950 or by emailing info@encinitas101.com.

MOTO DELI OPENS FOOD TRUCK In preparation for the opening of its April brickand-mortar location, Chef Alex Carballo and his crew have launched a Moto Deli food truck at 810 N. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas.

Starting March 3, the Moto Deli truck will be parked outside the impending eatery (currently under construction) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., slinging gourmet sandwiches and housemade sides.

GREEN RIBBON WINNER The Grauer School was honored with the Silver Green Ribbon Schools award during its silver 25th anniversary year. The U.S. Department of Education created its Green Ribbon Schools recognition program to honor schools that conserve resources while promoting health and environmental literacy.

GOLD AWARD Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad has received a Gold Green Ribbon Schools award from the U.S. Department of Education’s California Green Ribbon School’s Awards for its sustainability efforts. PRS is the only San Diego County School to receive award.

EARTH, SCIENCE AND ART Sherry Bauer, left, director of education for the Roynon Museum of Earth Science and Paleontology in Escondido, joins Linda Luisi, muralist and fine art instructor for the new art classes being offered at the museum March 21, April 25 and May 23 at 457 E. Grand Ave., #2, Escondido. Registration is due by March 14. Teens or adults 1 to 4 p.m., $35 per date. Teens or child with adult, 4:30 to 5:25 p.m., both for $25 per date. Create abstract amethysts designs or develop drawing skills with plants, fossils and museum subjects. Questions? What to bring?

Call (760) 944-8991. Register at the museum or call (442) 999-4449 or visit RoynonMuseum. org. Courtesy photo

Odd Files

By Chuck Shepherd Take That, Portland!

Seattle’s ambitious Office of Arts & Culture has allocated $10,000 this year to pay a poet or writer to create a work while present on the city’s Fremont Bridge drawbridge.

The office’s deputy director told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in Jan-

uary that the city wants to encourage “public art” and that the grant will oblige the recipient to create a work of prose or poetry from the bridge’s northwest tower, to help the people of Seattle understand the function of art in the city.

(The artist will not be “in residence,” for the tower has no running water.)

The Continuing Crisis The dominant-submissive lifestyle soared to higher-brow status in February when The New York Times reported on the recent marriage of the celebrated composer of “moody, queasy” works (and compulsive dominant) Georg Friedrich Haas to Mollena Williams, who blogs introspectively about her own kinky bondage as “The Perverted Negress.” Friedrich had introduced himself to her on a dating site with the note, “I would like to tame you,” and credits her acceptance for his improved productivity — because, he said, “I am not (any longer) disturbed by unful-

filled thoughts.” Although Williams-Haas is a black woman submitting to a white man, she explained that, “To say I can’t play my personal psychodrama out just because I’m black, that’s racist.”

New World Order Exasperated, Columbia County (Pennsylvania) District Judge Craig Long felt the need to post a sign outside his courtroom in January informing visitors that they should not wear pajamas to court.

However, even Judge Long acknowledged that his admonition was not enforceable and that he was merely trying to encourage minimal standards.

• “Microaggression”: In its brand-new communications stylebook this year for city workers, San Diego officials noted that the city’s then-upcoming Presidents’ Day announcements should, to be bias-free and inoffensive, never refer to America’s “Founding Fathers” — even though they were all males — but only to “founders.”

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bout the Wine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A tribute wine to the late owner/ winemaker John Pedroncelli, harvested in the ideal 2012 season it has a full expression of Cabernet, with a touch of Malbec.

Wisdom is barreled in small French oak for 16 months aging to extract the mellow qualities that mark this wineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pedigree and complexity.

An additional eight months in bottle give it smooth drinkability. Black plum, warm spice and currants will have you asking for more.

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down with foggy nights in the summer, and preserves the right combination of acid and sugar for unparalleled and rich Wisdom.

The Cost â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pedroncelli wines are found in finer restaurants and on their website at pedroncelli.com.

Wisdom is their premium wine and is listed at $36.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking 2016 is the year Leucadia could officially come into itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own as a San Diego foodie dining destination.

With the addition of several new restaurants and coffee shops since last there

year, really is something for everyone in this stretch of coastal cool.

From fine dining to funky taco joints and everything in between, the Taste of Leucadia is your opportunity to sample this eclectic dining scene.

I had a conversation with Leucadia 101 Main Street Association Executive Director Carris Rhodes to find out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event.

This event getâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigger and better every year.

Who are the new participating restaurants this year?

We are lucky enough to have had a variety of new restaurants open up in Leucadia in the last year! New participants include Birdseye Kitch-

What is the Platinum Plate Award and how would a restaurant qualify for that?

There is some fierce competition for our 2016 Platinum Plate Award!

This award is chosen by attendees who vote for their favorite taste of the evening. Only one vote per ticket holder is allowed. Options to consider when voting are: quality of the Taste provided, atmosphere, staff and overall enthusiasm from the restaurant. Each participating restaurant is eligible to be the winner!

Past winners have included Vigilucciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trattoria Italiana (2014) and Pandoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza (2015).

Ticket holders will have a unique voting code sent to their email the evening of the event to vote.

Only 1,000 tickets to the annual Taste of Lecuadia are available. They go on sale March 16 at leucadia101.com. Courtesy image

en (Vietnamese and Thai food), The Lanai (Hawaiian plate lunch and fish),

The Sandwich Spot Encinitas, French Corner and the soon to open Moto

And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just restaurants; you have the very fun sip stops as well.

Select Leucadia businesses along Vulcan and N Coast Hwy 101 will be opening their doors to sip stop ticket holders for wine and beer sampling from San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best homegrown brands.

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The new Gelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Markets are introducing wine tasting bars next to their wine departments. The Del Mar location is shown. Photo by Frank Mangio

Gelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;top shelfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wines

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he subject has been kicked around like an old can ever since I started writing on wine. Large chain markets are moving into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;try before you buyâ&#x20AC;? format in their wine departments, with in-store wine bars boosting traffic and sales on the weekend.

It seemed like idle talk, until a series of market turnovers brought a

new name to the San Diego area, with bright new ideas about wine.

Gelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Markets, a Southern California market chain, most recently opened in Del Mar and Carlsbad to much fanfare.

When the Gelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Del Mar opened in January, its grand opening direct mail piece came out with several pages devoted to what I call â&#x20AC;&#x153;top shelfâ&#x20AC;? wines. In most wine retailers, the top shelf, at eye level, shows their premium inventory of well known, acclaimed wines. The bottom shelves usually show inexpensive, high volume, even â&#x20AC;&#x153;jugâ&#x20AC;? wines.

Gelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to hold to that old ritual.

A personal message from their senior director of wine buying cheerfully lays out a policy of distinctive wine selections with â&#x20AC;&#x153;high marks, craftsmanship and value.â&#x20AC;? The message points out that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;if you need help, you can rely on Gelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Certified Wine Specialists to assist in selecting the perfect wines.â&#x20AC;?

That help is eveident at the Del Mar location with the sight of a handsome wine bar offering free tasting and wine education Fridays from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m. The Carlsbad location, which opened on Feb 18, will have its wine TURN TO TASTE OF WINE ON 18 PAL_004877_02_Safecracker_WAC_Local_Print_5.075x7.5_Coast_News_R5_FINAL_CFR.indd 1

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craft beer pavilion with 12 craft breweries, live music, a photo booth and Leucadia charm. Each sip stop ticket holder will receive a commemorative taster glass as well.

And what do you have in store for the beer drinkers?

You can’t have an event without craft beer in San Diego anymore! I have to say, all of the craft breweries are incredible to work with and there is a real sense of team spirit among them. Look for unique tasters from 15 different breweries, many of whom have storefronts in Coastal North County! Fun fact: Duckfoot Brewing Co. will be featured in the Craft Beer Pavilion and they started in a garage off of Phoebe Street in Leucadia before they opened their official brewery!

And what would Taste of Leucadia be without killer music. What is the lineup this year?

The music line up is going to be a delight for your ear! Look for beer pavilion performances from Wish and the Well and

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bar open soon.

A closer look at some “top shelf” names included: Banfi, Duckhorn, Grgich, Frank Family, Opus One, Raymond, Justin and last month’s TASTE OF WINE, wine of the month, Stone Street.

Gelson’s also has a buy six, mix or match, and get 10 percent off the lowest marked price on the bottle. A nice touch is the wood-crafted Gelson’s wine gift boxes.

Visit their site at gelsons.com.

Napa Valley Vintners raise $5 million at annual auction

The Napa Valley Vintners recently presented its 20th annual Premier Napa Valley barrel tasting and auction resulting in a $5 million fundraising total, among the biggest amounts raised in its history. Interest was high for the 2014 harvest, which would be the third consecutive premium vintage, which includes 2012 and 2013.

There were 226 lots sold, mostly 2014’s from some top names. A new feature

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restaurant within the next five months.

The dining establishment will be serving lunch and dinner.

The new restaurant impetus for DiCicco was her relocation to the Ranch.

“I recently moved to Rancho Santa Fe and found that our food style, quality and selection were missing,” she said. “The demographic for not only restaurant dining, but also in home catering, which we also specialize in, has a clear need that we can easi-

T he C oast News - I nland E dition Jack Loban and performances along N Coast Hwy 101 from Emily Afton, Kiki Halliday, Boaz Roberts and Cordelia Degher. We have a real California folk influence in the lineup this year.

And in the spirit of Leucadia being an eco-friendly community, you have a shuttle happening to ease parking concerns?

We have two shuttle busses power by bio fuel that will transport attendees from City Hall (505 N. Vulcan Ave) from 5 to 9 p.m. Since the Taste of Leucadia can be a bit of a trek the will also have designated stops along the event route to give your feet a rest too.

Beside yourself, who else is responsible for making this cool event happen?

In addition to the Leucadia Main Street Staff, there is a great sense of team spirit with regards to this event. All of the restaurants put their best face forward during the event and are thrilled to welcome both loyal customers and new customers to their establishments! We have a dedicated 15 person volunteer Board of Directors this year was the opportunity for a vast viewing audience to place their bids online at the auction for an exclusive number of wine offerings.

Some names you’ll know at the auction included: Rombauer, Shafer, Duckhorn, Silver Oak and ZD. Napa Valley Vintners is a nonprofit trade association of 525 members producing wines of the highest quality. Learn more at napavintners.com.

Wine Bytes Il Fornaio in Coronado presents a Westerly Wine Dinner March 17 at 6 p.m.

A five-course feast includes paired wine and wine education. Cost is $55. RSVP at (619) 437-4911.

Monte De Oro Winery & Vineyards in Temecula is offering a Zinfandel Blind Tasting March 18 with a reception at 7 p.m. and tasting at 7:30 p.m. At least 10 Zins to compare, with appetizers included; $60 for the public; $55 for the Synergy Club and $50 for the Black Label Club.

Details by calling (951) 491-6551.

RELM Wine & Beer Bistro in Carlsbad’s Village ly fulfill.”

Vice President of Collier International, Bill Shrader, represents the Millar Family who has owned the 5,800-square foot locale for more than 70 years.

When Delicias closed, Shrader said it was the intention of the Millar Family to keep the space as a restaurant in order to give residents dining options.

“We’re really excited to have Chef Patrick Ponsaty and his team take over the Delicias space and continuing the tradition of a fine dining establishment,” he said.

Shrader also noted

at the Leucadia 101 Main Street who host sip stops, pass out posters, promote the event and volunteer at the event. Restaurants and breweries are donating their volunteer time and product to make this event an incredible fundraiser for the Leucadia 101 Main Street Association and a fantastic promotion for our brick and mortar businesses.

How do folks get tickets and any thing else you would like to add?

Tickets go on sale March 16 and we only sell 1,000 so get them while they are available! Taste tickets are $20, Taste and Sip Stop tickets are $35 and Sip Stop only Tickets are $20 (we have very limited quantities of these) Ticket can be purchased online at leucadia101.com and in our office at 386 N. Coast Hwy 101.

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. district brings you an Italian Wine, Food, Travel and Cultural event March 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. Taste the differences between four old world Tuscan wines and two harvested here in the new world. Travel information from Tuscany’s towns and countryside; $32 in advance. Call the event line at (760) 814-1198. RELM now has a Happy Hour Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. with 25 percent off food, wine and beer.

Italian wine flavors abound at Seasalt Seafood Bistro during Italian wine night with celebrity presenter Marco Barat, March 23 at 6 p.m. Feudi Di San Gregorio in Southern Italy is spotlighted in this fivecourse Mediterranean flavored menu.

This is an enchanting night, for just $55.

Call (858) 755-7100 for an RSVP. Frank Mangio is a renowned wine connoisseur certified

by Wine Spectator.

He is one of the leading wine commentators on the web.

View his columns at tasteofwinetv.com and reach him at mangiompc@aol.com.

Follow him on Facebook. that an informal casual bar menu will also be available, which will appeal more to families in the community.

DiCicco said that both she and Patrick wish to create a friendly, yet comfortable bar and dining experience. In doing so, the needs and desires of their customers are heard and satisfied.

“Perhaps we will be known as the, ‘Yes, we can do that restaurant and bar,’” she said. “We have already been very well received by the community and there seems to be great excitement about the opening. We are very excited about our new place.”

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tive thoughts in my head.”

Nugent said yoga has also encouraged him to communicate with other veterans and people.

“It was becoming difficult for me to connect with other people so yoga has helped me get out more,” Nugent said. “It keeps me from going through withdrawals.”

The same benefits are true for Vietnam veteran Lou Leach. Leach, who

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claring 2016 the “year of the veteran” and outlining several projects throughout the county aimed at serving the veteran population.

These include the new county Military and Veterans Department, the new North Inland Family Re-

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Ryan Michaels, 6-1 Jr. SG, Canyon Crest- The sharpshooter averaged 20 points per game for the Ravens and made the All-Palomar League First Team.

Honorable mention: Taylor Padilla, Fallbrook;

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mouth-watering barbecue dishes like brisket, ribs, pulled pork, and even hog. But, Putts said his biggest crowd pleaser is his macaroni and cheese.

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hot water, a bag of ice, thermometers and one tray full of blue-dyed ice cubes. We will figure out what water does when it gets hot and when it gets cold — and why.

I’ll do my best, but I think the real learning about hot and cold liquids will come to them as it did

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graphed a bobcat with an ear tag that apparently traveled to Carlsbad from either Bonsall or Rancho Peñasquitos, showing it is possible for animals to traverse such long distances.

Grim said such discoveries are encouraging, although the city wants to optimize such connections.

The study recommended several options, most commonly by clearing vegetation at the entrances and approaches to pinch points. Preserve managers are acting on those recommendations at several locations.

The report found that the city’s natural preserves are recovering from the 2014 Poinsettia Fire, which burned 317 acres of open space, 295 acres of which were either existing or future Habitat Management Plan preserve. The canyons in central Carlsbad had not burned in 50 to 100 years,

MARCH 11, 2016 served in the Marines, said he began taking yoga to improve his health.

“I wanted to do something for my health,” said Leach, 70. “Yoga helps you concentrate and be loyal to yourself.”

The knowledge that yoga has helped so many veterans is driving Callan to further expand the practice in Southern California, where there’s a high concentration of military personnel.

Veterans make up more than 13 percent of the popula-

tion in the region, according to the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

In March, Connected Warriors will be training 25 more certified yoga instructors into working with veterans. She also hopes to help train veterans who want to become instructors themselves.

“We want to create a new lifestyle for the veterans so they can be their own advocates,” Callan said. “We want to give them peace of mind.”

source Center and Veterans Resource Center scheduled to open in Escondido this summer, the county’s partnership with the successful “25 Cities Initiative” with a goal to end veteran homelessness and chronic homelessness; and two initiatives spearheaded by board members Dianne Jacob and Greg Cox in their respective

districts.

Horn began his speech by honoring Fallbrook resident Vince Moss for his 50 years of volunteer service to the North County community.

Moss, known as “Mr. Fallbrook,” received the “Guardian of the Water” award, for his various community activities.

Emmanuel Grandison, Oceanside; Graham Cook, LCC; Matt DeRoos, TriCity Christian; Connor Ramirez, RBV; Cameron Wager, Mission Hills; Josh Ramirez, San Marcos; Jack Heller, Torrey Pines; Garrett Stone, San Dieguito Academy; Luke Oldham, San Dieguito

Academy; Jon Shetler, Escondido Adventist Academy; Cameron Henry, Vista; Isaiah Morris, Vista; Tristan Hixon, Mission Hills; Trevor Owens, Orange Glen; Noah Kuo, Pacific Ridge; Josh Brown, Escondido Charter; Kyle Grant, Guajome Park Academy.

“I get more compliments about my macaroni and cheese than anything else I have,” Putts said. “I like to have a little spice, a little heat in my food.”

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to me. It will happen when they accidentally stick a can of cola in the freezer and forget about it, or when they take a gulp of cocoa from the insulated mug. They’ll learn about boiling when making their first batch of deviled eggs but forget about the pan on the stove. I learned about steam when I went to my first drive-in movie.

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and the fire affected many different vegetation types and sensitive species.

The city continued to work last year with open space property owners affected by the Poinsettia Fire, focusing on treating for invasive species, limiting access to the burn area to aid recovery and controlling erosion. Habitats have shown early signs of recovery, with species sprouting and providing seedlings. The city and preserve managers have implemented the Carlsbad HMP Post-Fire Monitoring Protocol to watch the area for at least four years to follow how the habitat naturally rebounds from the fire.

City officials worked for almost 15 years to perfect the Habitat Management Plan, and it was approved by state and federal environmental agencies in 2004. Carlsbad is the only city in North San Diego County with an approved Habitat Management Plan. The

Habitat Management Plan serves a dual purpose of preserving land for environmentally sensitive species while providing clear guidelines to developers who wish to build in Carlsbad.

Developers agree to set aside land for preservation and endow the preserves to be managed and monitored in perpetuity.

In this way, natural open space is preserved without taxpayers paying to buy the land.

The city-owned, natural open space preserves are managed by the Center for Natural Land Management, a nonprofit organization specializing in overseeing natural open spaces. The Fallbrook-based center also manages privately owned preserves in Carlsbad. Habitat Restorations Sciences, Helix Environmental, San Diego Habitat Conservancy and San Diego Urban Corps Habitat Services also manage some private preserves.

Jean Hart Gillette is a freelance writer who admits reluctantly that she is never too old to learn.

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a costume, which they decorated with rhinestones, and the band “practiced wherever there was an A/C outlet.”

Their first gig was in a neighborhood bowling alley.

“It was packed and that’s been the history of Graceband,” Maddox said.

The group played local clubs while in high school and college but broke up in 1998 after graduating to pursue other careers.

“I never had this dream of going and making it in the big city,” said Maddox, a senior sales director for Kyocera in Sorrento Valley. “I had all this creative energy and

desire to entertain, but I was always a very practical guy. I majored in economics.”

He met Heather in 2000 on a blind date. They married five years later and eventually settled in Carlsbad, where they are raising their 8-yearold son, Ryder.

In 2013 Maddox invited Roelen, whom he hadn’t seen in years, to San Diego.

“The first night we’re hanging out and I told him if he wanted to get the band back together I wouldn’t be opposed,” Maddox said.

“Within two weeks of that conversation the guys we last played with were all back.”

In addition to the original four, which also includes drummer George Steele

and bass player Danny Behringer, Graceband features The Horns o’ Plenty -- John Saffery, Jugo Vazquez, Robert Mukai, Jimmie Williams – guitarists Scott May and Eric Durham and backup singers Kate Walker and Caroline McLean, also known as The Gracenotes.

Maddox said the band is more about celebrating Elvis than being profitable.

“When you’re dividing by 12, nobody makes any money,” he said. “Here’s my pitch. If you want to have the most fun you’ve ever had in your life, give up 10 or 15 percent of your free time and join a money-losing proposition we’re you’re band.

“If you want to have stardom, fame and fortune we’re not the band for you,”

he added. “It’s truly like a band of brothers. We have camaraderie and a love and a joy within the group that makes the whole thing go.”

Maddox said Graceband plays about two gigs a month, mostly around his old stomping grounds in South Bay. In addition to shows at the Belly Up they performed locally at the Del Mar Fairgrounds during the San Diego County Fair, a show that allowed his son in the audience. “He’s really good,” Ryder said, adding that he’s more “into tech stuff” and doesn’t see himself having a career onstage.

His favorite Graceband song is “C.C. Rider.” His father’s is “Suspicious Minds.”

“It shows off the band,” Maddox said. “It’s stepped up. It’s more dynamic.”

Audience interaction is a big part of the show, with Maddox giving out scarves – about 20 per show -- and kissing women from age 20 to 90, which doesn’t bother Heather, whom he calls his Priscilla.

“I think it’s great,” she said. “I wasn’t quite sure when I first saw the outfit.

But when I see him up there it’s like he was made to do that. Most of the time I’m cracking up.”

“When I go out in the crowd and kiss girls and I give out scarves and do the whole shtick they love it,” Maddox said.” I get people going all kinds of crazy on me.

“When the show’s over, the magic’s done,” he added.

“I don’t hang out as Elvis.

I hide the suit. I put on my

street clothes and nobody would look at me twice.”

Maddox stresses the goal of Graceband is not to impersonate Elvis.

“We make it clear pretty early that we are celebrating what Elvis is about and his music,” he said. “The thing that can’t be lost is we love Elvis and we’re honoring him.

“I get Facebook comments that I don’t look anything like Elvis, but I’m not trying to,” he added. “I’m not trying to repeat the exact motions that Elvis did. My goal is to put on a great Elvis show and to spread the love of Elvis and the love of Graceband.

“If Elvis were to come down on a spaceship and bless us with his presence once again I think he’d love us,” he said.

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other Southern California artists are $45 in advance and $65 at the door at 262 E. Grand Ave., Escondido.

Reservations at he gallery, by calling (760) 4804101 or at escondidoarts. org.

CREATE YOUR OWN MASTERPIECE The Oceanside Museum of Art presents “Palate To Palette” from 6 to 9 p.m.

March 11. Cost is $45 to create a masterpiece based on Monet’s “Poplars” in a fun and creative atmosphere. All supplies and the first glass of wine included. Register online or call (760) 435-2728.

try swing band, The Wild Oats, will perform at 3 p.m. March 12 at the Escondido Public Library in the Turrentine Room, 239 S. Kalmia St., Escondido.

For more information, visit library.escondido.org.

PUT ON YOUR DANCIN’ BOOTS Join the Feeding the Soul Foundation’s Sixth Birthday Bash & Dance Party from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. March 12 at Moose Lodge, 2017 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside, with music by the Vibrometers, Barnwell Shift and Friends. The concert benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oceanside.

MARCH 12 COUNTRY SWING Judy Taylor and her coun-

MARCH 13 THROWBACK ACTION Vista’s Broadway Theater, 340 East Broadway, Vista, presents “Bullshot Crummond,” March 27, a throwback to the “Bulldog Drummond” films of the 1930s. Appropriate for all ages. For tickets and show times, call (760) 806-7905 or order online at broadwayvista.com

Drive. Special features begin at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free with optional post-film discussion. For more information, call (760) 602-2026.

KRUGLAK EXHIBIT MiraCosta College presents an exhibit featuring the paintings of artists incarcerated at Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, through April 14 in the college’s Kruglak Gallery on the Oceanside Campus Student Center, Bldg. 3400, 1 Barnard Drive.

A panel discussion with the curators and a reception will be held 6 to 8 p.m. March 16. Admission to the gallery, panel discussion and reception is free.

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CLASSICS COLLIDE Tribute bands present “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Shoot Out” at 9 p.m. March 11 at the Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach. Tickets, $19-$21, at bellyup. com, at (858) 481-8140 or at the Belly Up box office. The Belly Up is a 21+ club.

ARTWORK AUCTION GALA Artwork for the Panache 2016 Art Auction March 19, can be previewed online March 11 at escondidoarts. org. Reservations celebrating the work of artist Niki de Saint Phalle and

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MARCH 14 ART FOR INNER MIND Del Mar Art Center Gallery presents a seminar workshop on “Mandala Wu-Shin Art TM – A Gate to Your Inner Mind” 6 to 8 p.m. March 14 at DMAC Gallery, 1555 Camino Del Mar, Suite 314, Del Mar. Cost is $30.

Sign up at the gallery or call (858) 481-1678.

MARCH 16 ‘WAITING FOR GUFFMAN’ Carlsbad City Library Film Series features “Waiting for Guffman” at 6 p.m. March 16, part of Cult Classics films at Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village

(service times)

MARCH 17 CHILDREN OF WWII The San Dieguito Academy Drama Production class will present “Kindertransport” March 17 through March 19, about the British rescue mission of WWII to relocate Jewish children from Nazi Germany.

All proceeds will benefit Casa de Amparo. All shows start at 7 p.m. at the Clayton E. Liggett Theater, San Dieguito Academy Campus, 800 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas. Tickets are $15 at seatyourself. biz/sandieguito.

MARCH 18 FOREIGN FILMS Carlsbad Foreign Film Fridays presents “Shower,” (China, PG-13, 1999, 92 min.) screened at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, 700 Pine Ave., in its original language with English subtitles.

Seating is limited and first come, first served.

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