The Rancho Santa Fe News, May 17, 2013

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RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS

MAY 17, 2013

TPHS students place well at fair

SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Santa Fe Christian Schools Eagle Scholarship winner Caleb Phillips gets congratulations from Chairman of SFCS Board of Directors Bill Littlejohn. Encinitas resident Phillips, an incoming freshman, was selected for his character, academic promise and leadership ability. He is looking most forward to playing football for Santa Fe. The Eagle Scholarship is valued at $70,000, covering full tuition and most expenses for four years of high school. Courtesy photo

CARMEL VALLEY — Torrey Pines High School Science Teacher Julia Newman announced the 11 TPHS winners in the San Diego County Science and Engineering Fair. The winners included: — Junior Noa Glaser, AFCA Sweepstakes Award winner and first place in Computer Science — Juniors Justin Wang and Alex Deng, Sweepstakes Runners–up and first place pairs project in Medicine and Health — Senior Alka Munshi, first place Animal Science — Junior Joshua Send, first place Computer Science — Sophomore Eric Chen, first place Mathematics — Junior Pin – Cheng

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A quickie to Puerto Vallarta JOE MORIS Baby Boomer Peace My friends from La Mesa just got back from a quick trip to Puerto Vallarta. They have the condo two doors down from mine. They said the weather was perfect and the 18-story bay front condo building was filled with college students. They were there on some kind of multi-college science conference or something like that. These were all bright students with typical college student desires when away from home; conferences in the early day and party the rest of the time. I’m glad I wasn’t there. Cheerleading Championships are coming in next at the end of May. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing all those pretty young ladies but I imagine the noise and partying won’t be any different than the college students. So, maybe it’s best I can’t make it down there yet. Besides, anyone in the real estate related businesses right now understand why. It’s like the gold rush is on again seeing multiple offers within hours of a property hitting the market. But, I really need to go to have my knees checked up. I had double knee Chronoplasty surgery in December and it always takes me seven months to heal from surgeries. Prior to this surgery I had had one previous knee scoping when I was in my forties. My other surgeries, all when I was in my forties was “surfer’s ear” surgery, wrist from a car accident and back surgery when I thought I could play superman and lift a credenza drawer filled with files. Unfortunately, I thought I was superman again this time too. Six weeks after my double knee surgery I began walking eighteen holes of golf again. Not just once a week but two and three days in a row, one day off and another two or three on. My knees began blowing up like

balloons and they hurt. So, I took time off to let them calm down again with the help of returning to my physical therapy routine as well. They’re feeling much better but because there is some lingering puffiness I need to go see my surgeon, Dr. MarronMcNaught, at the Amerimed Hospital in Puerto Vallarta. In my last two columns I wrote about all the new Amerimed Centers being built to USA Health Standards by the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim. Here is another testimonial from someone who went to a different medical center in Puerto Vallarta but with the same great results. This is Canadian, Shirley Patterson’s testimonial: Six weeks after my left hip replacement surgery in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I was on the driving range hitting golf balls and quite well I must say. I just felt so great. I had not hit a ball in two years because of my contracting osteoarthritis in both hips. Thanks to Dr. Greig I will soon be back in my world of golf. I hope to be competing back in lady golf tournaments and playing to the capacity I worked so hard to reach. My right hip had the replacement surgery in January of 2011 and the left hip in July of the same year. In both cases I would have had to wait for two years for surgery, because of the long wait lists in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. This situation in Canada, having to wait forever to have surgery, still has not improved. I was very lucky to have my surgeries scheduled very quickly with Dr. Greig who schedules the surgeries for Puerto Vallarta through Med to Go in Phoenix. They provide all the professional detailed arrangements. My Wait time was approximately one month for each of my surgeries. I received the same great care both in January and July by Dr. Greig and the staff at the Premiere private hospital in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Premiere is a beautiful and clean hospital with private rooms complete with wide

screen TV’s. The Physio Therapy and the follow up with nursing care after surgery was incredible. I was pain free in less than three months following each surgery. I cannot believe how my flexibility has returned. Dr. Greig received orthopedic training in USA, Germany and Mexico. The cost of the hip replacement surgery was considerably less in Mexico than in the USA by nearly 66 percent and my accommodations on the 18th floor of the bayside Holiday Inn/Sea River Tower turned the whole ordeal into a one-month vacation as well. Had I relied upon the Canadian Health Care System, I wouldn’t be writing this letter. Golfing, swimming and even tennis have returned to my life. I can’t say enough about the care, savings and change in the quality of my life since taking advantage of the opportunities afforded me by coming to Mexico. Any person in the condition I was in, which was basically an invalid, should heed my testimony. Socialized medicine sounds good in campaign ads and commercials but reality is so, so different. I am a new woman again by seeking out high quality/low cost medical care in Puerto Vallarta. Shirley Patterson’s testimonial is not out of the ordinary. Oh, did say my double knee surgery cost me for $4,000? By the way, Chronoplasty meant injecting my own stem cells into bone in order to grow back cartilage on the Tibias where I was basically bone on bone. It is an alternative to complete knee replacement surgery. My surgeon said I’m good to go for another 15 years (if I learn that I’m not superman). Shirley says to go to MedToGoInternational.com for more information on the Physician Group in Phoenix that she used. She says it’s worth the call or Internet visit. Stay healthy Boomers!! We’re not 19 anymore. Joe Moris may be contacted at (760) 500-6755 or by email at joe@coastalcountry.net.

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along that corridor tremendously. It’s going to become a very desirable place to be.” Try telling that to some of the merchants along the route. Many are downright angry. Others more understanding. But just about everyone agrees that tearing up the street and rebuilding it has cost them beaucoup Benjamins. One called it “an absolute nightmare,” adding that his earnings fell to zero after construction began late last June. Down the street at Yummy Yogurt, manager Charles Pinady said that at the height of construction, the entrance to the eatery was blocked, the sidewalk torn up and street parking eliminated.The company had to lay off two part-time work-

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McCarthy fosters with her students, Burstein said. “You can tell that it’s more than just a class,” Burstein said. “It’s a community.” And through the stories and experiences she relates from her own life, McCarthy brings a charismatic authenticity to the

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ter than expected results this year, said Assistant Superintendent Cindy Schaub. “Kids are in fact communicating more and more with their teachers,” Schaub said. “We've definitely seen an increased volume in reading and writing.” Giving every student an iPad allows teachers to expand their use of Canvas, a software tool teachers use to coordinate online learning. Without an individually assigned iPad, some students have limited access to Canvas features at home, Schaub said. “We see them as an organization tool,” Schaub said. "(Students) know exactly what they're working on. The learning is definitely being extended

Placing first in a pairs project for Medicine and Health at the San Diego County Science and Engineering Fair, from left, Torrey Pines High School student Alex Deng gets congratulations from proud teacher Julia Newman, along with fellow TPHS winner Justin Wang. Courtesy photo

(Leonard) Chen, first place Chemistry — Sophommores Gha Young Lee and Hope Chen, first place pairs project Chemistry — Freshman Chris Lu,

first place Computer Science — Freshman Hersh Gupta, first place Materials and Bioengineering In addition, among them the students have received 14 professional awards.

ers and one full-time employee because business had fallen off so much. Sue Kelly owns Fairbanks Interiors and Something MADD Boutique. While Kelly’s interior design business hardly suffered because she mainly meets clients at their homes, construction nearly killed her boutique store on Coast Highway. I talked to her about two months after the street project was launched when I worked for a daily newspaper in the area. She said at the time she didn’t know if she could survive past Christmas. She did. But she also estimated her losses exceeded $30,000. “We all knew it was going to be painful, but we also knew it was going to look wonderful when they were done,” Kelly said.

Over at Pearlwear Beads, owner Xini Martin said she had to draw heavily from her savings account to stay afloat. “I don’t think I’ll ever make up for the money that I lost,” she said. “But what is lost is lost. We have to look forward. And we see a lot of hope.” Heebner notes the project will be completed some four months ahead of schedule.The city also met regularly with businesses and sent out timely email updates after construction got underway. “We are very sensitive to our businesses in town,” she said. “It’s not our aim to hurt anyone or negatively affect their pocketbook, but when you have a major construction project like that, unfortunately it’s going to have an impact. We’ve done everything we could to minimize that impact.”

room that keeps people coming back, said Jessica Lamphere, another yoga teacher whom McCarthy mentored. “She leads the lifestyle that she’s teaching and really embodies yoga,” Lamphere said. “She’s just a really warm, kind person who likes to give back to her community.” Back on the trail in the San Dieguito River Park,

McCarthy and her group for the day — a blur of pink, purple, turquoise, black and white — are on their way back from the beach. They head to the bBar, a Del Mar juice bar McCarthy has invested in, where they will take a break to sample “superfood” salads and smoothies. The motto of the store is “Be Beaming,” and McCarthy certainly is.

beyond the classroom.” Schaub said she hopes to see lighter backpacks as classrooms transition to iPads, but some elementary and middle school educational content is not yet available in an iPad format. Administrators said most teachers and parents have reacted positively to the program, but not everyone is satisfied. Parent Beth Nelson said software updates and technological glitches caused unnecessary distress and confusion for her seventh-grade daughter, who twice suffered a total loss of data on her iPad despite backup attempts. “I feel like this year would have been more productive and less stressful with the old-fashioned paper and pencil,” Nelson said. She also questioned whether younger students

have the maturity necessary to stay focused on their learning when the iPad provides so many opportunities for distraction. Superintendent Delaney said she felt “horrible” about the data losses, but those kinds of technical issues were isolated. She also said she asks teachers not to penalize students when they cannot complete their work due to unavoidable technical glitches. To prevent students from accessing inappropriate content, the iPads are configured so that only administrators at the school can install new apps. Internet access is automatically filtered to age-appropriate content, and students and parents are required to agree to an “acceptable use” policy before they can take home an iPad.


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