January 2014
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Volume XX – Number 1
CITY PLANS FOR MAYORAL ELECTION IN EARLY 2014 By Jeremy Ogul Mission Times Courier
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he date is set for the election of San Diego’s next mayor: Tuesday, Feb. 11. The ballot will list two names: Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez, the two city councilmembers who won the most votes in the Nov. 19 special election to fill the remainder of the term from
which Bob Filner resigned. In the November election, Kevin Faulconer won 101,953 votes, or 42.08 percent, and David Alvarez won 65,740 votes, or 27.13 percent, according to the certified vote totals approved by the City Council. Nathan Fletcher’s total of 58,355, or 24.09 percent, was not enough for him to advance to the runoff. The winner of February’s elec-
tion will be sworn in after the vote totals are certified, which could be as late as March 11. The winner will serve the remainder of the term that expires in December 2016. City Councilmember Scott Sherman said he and the rest of the city were eager to move forward. “It’s been a tough year,” See MAYOR page 19
Grantville’s Hidden Brewery Corner By Doug Curlee Editor
Discovery of new and delicious beer and food just off Friars Road
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wo enterprising groups of friends and family are quietly turning what’s been called an industrial zone just off Friars Road into a mini- hotbed of custom-brewed beer. Groundswell Brewing Company and Benchmark Brewery are up and operating in locations that might be a little hard to find, but are well worth the search. The family-owned Benchmark and the group-offriends-owned Groundswell share a lot of things that much of San Diego’s booming craft beer scene don’t. Groundswell’s operation at 6304 Riverdale Street is run by several friends (and a pair of brothers) who are all firmly grounded in the food and restaurant business, and their beers are created with food compat-
Benchmark Brewing and Groundswell Brewing are all about delicious beer, beer that you want to take home and drink with food.
ibility in mind. Groundswell president Kevin Rhodes is a graduate of the Culinary school at the Art Institute, as are some of the others. “We try to make beers that go well with food”, says Rhodes. “We’re not in this to compete with some of the other, more outthere breweries around. We’re not looking to turn out beers
with super-high alcohol content. We don’t want people to have a pint of our beer, and find themselves unable to walk to the door. If you’re looking for jalapenoflavored beer, or something that tastes like grain alcohol, you’re probably better off going somewhere else.” The small but comfortable bar See BREWERY page 12
STREET PARKING EMERGENCY By Jeremy Ogul Mission Times Courier
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hen Kaiser Permanente first proposed building a hospital on Zion Avenue in Allied Gardens in the early 1960s, Ralph Richardson was among the small group of nearby residents who spoke out against it at Planning Commission and City Council meetings. Richardson, who in 1963 bought his home on Archwood Avenue across from what was then a dirt lot, told city leaders that the hospital would cause severe traffic and parking impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. To Richardson and his neigh-
bors today, that prediction turned out to be accurate. Residents on Archwood Avenue, Crawford Street and Rainier Avenue — all just steps away from the hospital property — have complained for years about their inability to find
street parking in front of their own homes at certain hours of the day. The residents say they see Kaiser employees, contractors, See PARKING page 4
OURWATER FUTURE IN JUDGE’S HANDS
Decision on County Water Authority lawsuit may come after New Year’s By Doug Curlee Editor
The ongoing legal battle over water rates between the San Diego County Water Authority and the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is now being considered by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow, who heard a week-long case presentation from both sides, ending December 23rd. The issues in question are simple enough, even though both sides disagree on what’s simple. To Metropolitan, the question is: “Are our rates charged to San Diego reasonable and appropriate?” To San Diego, the question is: “Are those rates even legal?” All of this is the culmination of years of ever-increasing alienation between the agency that See WATER page 22
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LOCAL News
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THE KAISERS’ 27th THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE A HUGE SUCCESS! The Salvation Army extends its gratitude to the Del Cerro community and to Kassy, Lindy and Tom Kaiser for organizing and overseeing the Kaisers’ 27th Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The drive is successful due to the wonderful volunteers and the generosity of the Del Cerro Community. This year over 3 1/2 tons of food was collected and a new high of 94 families received a huge box of food containing a turkey and all the Thanksgiving dinner trimmings: dressing, jello, pumpkin, cake mix, many cans of vegetables and fruits, dinner rolls, bags of potatoes, apples, and onions, dinner napkins and even a roasting pan and recipes for roasting a turkey, and making dressing and gravy. Kassy and Lindy want to thank Windmill Farms and Matt Mann for providing the turkeys, Phil Franklin for purchasing the produce, Mike Kull from Home Depot for providing the boxes, Pat and Chuck McGregor
for providing the roasting pans, Nancy Losek for collecting food at Pizazz Salon and Spa, and Jack and Candy Kirchner for the use of their garage. Each of these donors along with over 50 volunteers and donors from around San Diego all made this possible. The Salvation Army selects the recipient families and picks up the large boxes of food on Tuesday before Thanksgiving in time to either deliver them to or have them picked up by the selected families. The Salvation Army says that this is the only drive of its kind in
San Diego where food is provided for the entire dinner. Actually there is enough food for the family for a week. The Salvation Army honored the Kaiser Family as their 2012 Community Volunteer of the Year Award for their continued support for 26 years in helping The Salvation Army provide food for less fortunate families for Thanksgiving. Kassy says this is only possible because of the generosity and caring of the Del Cerro Community and friends.
Local Girl Scouts earn Silver Award By Josie Balkowski Volunteer In a ceremony in Balboa Park on November 16, 2013, Cadette Girl Scouts from Mission Trails Troop 3916 were awarded the Silver Award for their work in renovating the Fletcher Hills Elementary School garden. The coveted Silver Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Cadette can earn for making a difference in her community and the world around her. In a project that took over 9 months and 70 hours of community service and fundraising, the scouts were able to rehabilitate the elementary school garden which had previously been abandoned to weeds due to loss of funding. Fundraising efforts by the Cadettes yielded over $900 and made the renovation a reality for the school community. When the girls first saw the abandoned garden, its 11 planter boxes were filled with 4 feet
Fletcher Hills Elementary School
of weeds and brush. Without hesitation, the girls met with both the principal and teachers of Fletcher Hills Elementary to work out a sustainable plan for the garden which now features California natives (Coastal, Mountain and Desert) along with cacti from around the world. The garden is easily maintained with all of the plants being drought tolerant and requiring little water.
“The school now has a garden it can be proud of as well as a place for learning,” said Cadettes Analisa Reynoso and Megan Ruggles. “The results [of the project] are so gratifying.” But Cadette Troop 3916 is not alone in its service this year. Last month, the Mission Trails Girl Scout Troops pulled together to hand make warm blankets for needy children in Tijuana, Mexico. Recently more than 50 blankets were distributed in coordination with Centro Shalom just in time for the holiday season.
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Local Team Makes History at Junior Team Tennis Nationals
By Karen Ronney Tennis Coach, Author, Educator Like their namesake, Team Top Gun finished first nationally living up to their motto, “The best of the best.” A group of ten junior tennis players were inspired by the 1986 movie and rose to the top of the 14 and Under Advanced ranks recently in the Junior Team Tennis Nationals hosted by the U.S. Tennis Association in South Carolina. This accomplishment was a first for that division from Southern California. The concept was inspired by Commander “Ace” Coach Solomon Liu, who aptly nicknamed his junior squad four years ago. The Top Gun style monikers stuck as did the unity among these top players. The crew consisted of Julia “Lil J” Ronney, a freshman at Patrick Henry High, who received All-Eastern League Honors for the Lady Patriots. She was joined by Jennifer “Crouton” Kerr, Nicole “Hammy” Mossmer, Olia “Powerpuff” Javadi, Robert “Vegas” Liu, Andy “Cassanova” Hu, Kiev “Megaman’ Moores, Ryan “Iceman” Seggerman, Tomothy “Tornado” Sah and Nicholas “Nighthawk” Appel. “It was so great to be a part of a team that accomplished so much at a national level,” said Ronney, who also helped lead
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Pictured: Front row left to right: Olia Javidi, Nicole Mossmer, Julia Ronney, Solomon Liu. Back row left to right: Timothy Sah, Ryan Seggerman, Kiev Moores, Nicholas Appel, Robet Liu, Andy Hu Patrick Henry to its 6th consecutive league title. “It felt like we were a family and we were representing all of the kids who played Junior Team Tennis in Southern California.” For more than a decade, the USTA Jr. Team Tennis 14U National Championships has brought together the top teams from the 17 USTA sections for a weekend of fun. Reaching this pinnacle was an honor because the best of the best arrived from among 13,000 teams and nearly 100,000 kids playing under the Jr. Team Tennis banner in the United States. Then the field was reduced to 16 elite teams in the 14 Advanced draw, who vied for the title in three days of fierce competition. “I am so proud of this team in
the way they played and how they behaved with honor and sportsmanship throughout the tournament,” said Commander “Ace” Liu. “They are all stars but were willing to do what was best for the team. Sometimes they played, but sometimes they had to cheer from the sidelines. That is what defines this group as the best of the best.” “I’ve never seen such great junior players who have stuck together and played outstanding tennis showed fantastic sportsmanship for years,” said Ken Grassel, the Junior Team Tennis Coordinator for the Southern California Tennis Association. “They are humble but talented and that’s a perfect fit. They made history for our section and that’s something to be proud of.”
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LOCAL NEWS
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Study: gang members say friends, family are biggest influence By David Ogul Seaside Courier
San Diego County is home to an estimated 158 different gangs and roughly 7,500 documented gang members who, on average, began associating with the criminal organizations when they were 13 years old, according to a new SANDAG study based on a survey of gang members. Almost half of those questioned for the study said they had been involved in an auto theft, 56 percent said they had been involved in a robbery or other theft, and 58 percent said they had engaged in graffiti or tagging. Some 91 percent said they get high or drunk and 77 percent said they got into fights. Seventy-one percent said their criminal activity increased after joining a gang. The most common reason given for joining a gang (65 percent) was that friends were involved. Almost two-thirds said that other family members also were in a gang. The results were published in a San Diego Association of Governments study entitled, Gang Involvement Among San Diego County Arrestees in 2012, that was released in December. The study began by questionings 567 men, 282 women, 95 male
juveniles and 25 female juveniles who were arrested in 2012. Some 25 percent of the men, 19 percent of the women, 36 percent of the juvenile males and 40 percent of the juvenile females said they had been or were involved with a gang. Nearly every juvenile with gang ties agreed to be further interviewed for the study, while roughly half of the adults did. About two-thirds of the adults and about 80 percent of the juveniles said they were still involved with gangs as either an associate or member. Of those who are no longer involved with gangs, 56 percent said they had grown out of it or had tired of the activity, 31 percent said they wanted to get
out of the justice system, 11 percent cited family intervention, 8 percent said it had become too dangerous, and 6 percent said they left for financial reasons. The study says most are able to leave without violence. Nearly 30 percent of gang members who were questioned are Hispanic and 28 percent are white. More than 60 percent said they had been homeless at one time or another. The study is part of SANDAG’s Substance Abuse Monitoring program in which arrestees are approached within 48 hours of being booked and asked to participate in an interview regarding their drug use and other recent behaviors.
Shirley Richardson, who is married to Ralph. An extra couple minutes of walking did not break their backs, but many of the Richardsons’ neighbors are in their 80s or 90s and struggle with mobility, making a three-block walk more of a burden than a breeze. With the help of City Councilmember Marti Emerald,
the city a couple years ago took some steps to address the parking problem, painting some curbs red and putting up signs restricting parking to accommodate street sweeping. It helped some, but for a group of about 35 residents, those measures were not enough. This year they came up with
Parking, from page 1 patients and guests park their cars on the street instead of in Kaiser’s parking lots. That leaves little or no parking for guests of the residents, including their service providers such as gardeners and plumbers. The hospital is not the only source of traffic to the area. Parked cars often spill over from the nearby Mission Knolls apartment complex on Zion, especially at night and on weekends when the apartment residents have guests. “We came home one evening from a community council meeting and we had to park three blocks away from our house because we were having work done on our driveway,” said
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Former City Councilman Fred Schnaubelt to Headline NO STOP SIGN NEEDED, SAYS CITY Award-Winning Republican Women’s Club in January By Dave Schwab Mission Times Courier Navajo Community Planners, Inc. (NCPI) balked at a proposal by a neighborhood group to put a stop sign in at the intersection of Laurelridge and Ofria Avenue, opting instead to write a letter to city engineers advocating that a full evaluation of other viable traffic-calming alternatives be conducted. Neighbors in the area of the intersection for and against a stop sign there turned out to present their case at the advisory group’s Dec. 16 monthly meeting. Greg Magnuson, A third-generation San Carlosian who is leading a drive to get a stop sign installed at the intersection some consider to be troublesome, said cars zooming by have created the “the sense of a speedway,” noting double-yellow lines painted by the city to alleviate the situation has “made the problem worse.” Arlen Staggs agreed with Magnuson, noting his dog was hit in the intersection adding “that woke me up to people going too fast on our street,” pointing out “that could have just as easily been a child as a dog.” Other neighbors complained that a stop sign there would not slow traffic and instead be an imposition on them making it harder to enter and exit their
By Judy McCarty Public Relations
driveways. Ryley Webb of Councilman Scott Sherman’s office said a recent engineering study of the Laurelridge/Ofria Avenue intersection fell far short of recommending placement of a stop sign there. He said the dangerousness of the intersection was assessed on a point system in a recent engineering study which considered factors such as average speed and accidents. NCPI board members, though sympathetic to neighbors’ concerns near the intersection, were not convinced a new stop sign was warranted. “Stop signs are not meant to slow speed but control right-ofway,” said NCPI board member Jay Wilson. “God forbid we recommend something that makes it (traffic) worse,” said NCPI chair Matt Adams. Adams then suggested writing the letter seeking further engineering evaluation, which the advisory group approved unanimously.
Former San Diego City Councilman Fred Schnaubelt (1977-81) will be the featured speaker as NCRWF returns to its regular meeting schedule January 14 at The Brigantine restaurant in La Mesa. Schnaubelt, who has been a successful businessman and commentator in San Diego for nearly 40 years, is wellknown for his pointed political opinions which he shares with good humor. His latest book, Romancing the Voters, will be the subject of his talk. Check-in time begins at 10:30 am for the 11 am meeting; a full-course luncheon is served at noon, followed by the speaker. Cost is $20 and reservations are required. Please RSVP to NCRWF99@gmail.com or call Kit at 619-286-2835. Once again, Navajo Canyon Republican Women, Fed., is the recipient of the Diamond Award – the highest award in this national organization – for its outstanding work in civic education, promoting active citizenship and supporting Republican principles and candidates. Our efforts are recognized locally too, as indicated by our winning the top
Sworn in as NCRWF officers for 2014 by Judge Robert Amador are (from left, back row) Eileen Rugg, Irene Hancock, Carol Sebastian, Diane Randolph, Judge Robert Amador, Nancy Amador, Susie Cates, Kathryn Riesgo, and Sally Steele. In front, President Emeritus Phyllis Hinshaw; new President Marjie Siekerka and Immediate Past President Waskah Whelan. Membership Award in southern California again this past year. We are proud that our immediate past president, Waskah Whelan, has been elected president of the County Federation of Republican Women. *Our satellite club, Downtown Republican Women, will welcome Tony Krvaric, Chairman of the San Diego Republican Party,
Thursday, January 16, at 5:30 pm at The Athens Market, at First and F streets downtown. Cost is $15. The restaurant’s regular hors d’oeuvres buffet will be served along with a no-host bar. RSVP to dmcrsd@gmail.com. Downtown Republican Women meet every third Thursday of the month and all Republicans are welcome.
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COUNCIL NEWS
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Allied Gardens Community Council By Anthony Wagner President
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It’s jarring just to type it. What happened to 2013? We were just getting started! The Allied Gardens Community Council brought the community together in many different facets last year, including facilitating community discussions on our community plan, housing density, transportation, senior scams and challenges with parking around Kaiser, just to name a few. The Allied Gardens Community Council also worked behind the scenes to bolster our online outreach. In 2013, we revamped our website alliedgardens.org, to make it more viewer-friendly and attempted to become more interactive. We boosted our status from a couple hits per month to hundreds. Moreover, we’ve done a better job of communicating with you via e-mail while not abandon-
ing our non-computer neighbors. Also, we streamlined our newsletter to make it more cost effective while not passing that cost on to you.
The Allied Gardens Community Council worked behind the scenes to bolster our online outreach. All this was accomplished by a team of volunteers who made Allied Gardens a priority. We need you and your skills. Please think about joining our Board in 2014. We’re looking for diversity
to reflect our best assets. Lastly, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank Betty Torre. Betty is responsible for facilitating all of our holiday festivities from the lights on our bridge, to the Christmas tree and lights at the clock tower. Moreover, Betty is responsible for the yearly Holiday Festival at Lewis Middle School, where kids from Lewis, Marvin, and Foster come to sing and celebrate the season. After the singing comes the Allied Gardens Community Council- sponsored raffle for reading books and other gifts. Betty has worked tirelessly every holiday season for the past 16 years to ensure our community is that much brighter. Make sure you thank her when you see her. I’m Anthony Wagner, president of Allied Gardens Community Council. We represent the community interests of Allied Gardens and Grantville. Check out our new website atAlliedGardens. org. Feel free to call me at (619) 253-4989 or write me a note at AnthonyJohnWagner@gmail.com or tweet @AnthonyWagnerSD.
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The next San Carlos Area Council (SCAC) meeting will be Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 6 PM at the San Carlos Branch Library, 7265 Jackson Dr. (main library area). Due to Wednesday, January 1st being a National Holiday our meeting will be on the following week. Our speaker will be Doug Curlee, the Editor of the Mission Times Courier and former KUSI Newsman. Mr. Curlee has a lot of interesting and provocative stories to share with us from his work as a Broadcast Journalist and a Newspaper Journalist. WE’VE GONE TECHNO! Friend us on FaceBook: “San Carlos Area Council” and stay connected to what is happening in our San Carlos and surrounding areas. San Carlos Community Garden (corner of Boulder Lake and Lake Adlon) is a wonderful and relaxing place to spend a few minutes out
of a hectic schedule. It is amazing to see the variety of gardens that are blooming. The SCAC garden is starting to really blossom. We have planted herbs (Rosemary, Thyme, Sweet Basil, and Oregano) and onions, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and turnips. If you look on our Facebook page we will post when these items are available for picking. I had the privilege of attending the first forum of the “Mayoral Contenders Face Off” which was held at Congregation Beth El in La Jolla. Neither David Alvarez nor Kevin Faulconer is wasting any time in trying to frame a narrative that will give them the edge in the coming February runoff.
Alvarez seems to be focusing on neighborhoods while Faulconer is focusing more on downtown business establishments. They have experience in the public forum, have fiscal savvy, and can “hit the ground running” once in the Mayor’s office. During the Forum both displayed a positive attitude, no jabs made at each other, and both seem to be highly principled and have a strong desire to make America’s Finest City an (onceagain) attractive place for small businesses and boost tourism. I have been trying to work out a schedule with both candidates to come to our January meeting See SAN CARLOS page 18
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Del Cerro Action Council By Jay Wilson President San Diego voters will be electing a new mayor in February. At the time of publication, I am working to secure a candidate forum with our two mayoral candidates, Kevin Faulconer and David Alvarez, for January 23rd, the fourth Thursday in January. This will be in lieu of the regularly scheduled quarterly meeting of the Del Cerro Action Council (DCAC). Since I have not yet had confirmation of the candidate forum, please check our website for further information at delcerroactioncouncil.org. The current City Council, and whichever of the two candidates is elected, have a lot of work ahead of them. Get involved; your vote does count. We are still waiting to hear from the city regarding planting of the three trees in the Del Cerro Boulevard median between College Avenue and Marne Avenue. I hope to have an update and plan from the city by the end of January. There is new-and-growing criminal activity, occurring primarily
at service stations, known as “sliders.” While you are filling your gas tank, individuals are opening the car door on the opposite side from you, and removing valuables such as purses from the front seat. Here is a link to a YouTube video showing you how quickly and efficiently this crime can be committed: http://www.youtube. com/watch_popup?v=A3txI0goxrI. I will also post a direct link on our webpage. The police are again urging everyone to keep valuables out of site and remember to lock your car. There have not been any reported “slider” crimes in our area, but this is still something to be aware of so you can take the necessary precautions. During the holiday and winter seasons, fire and electrical safety is very important. Heaters are turned on, fireplaces are in use, and extra extension cords are plugged in. The City of San Diego’s Fire-Rescue Department has safety tips on their website, and I urge you to take a few minutes and run down their check lists. The city website is sandiego.gov. Click on Fire-Rescue Department on the left-hand side, and then on Safety Tips on the right-hand side. If you use your fireplace frequently, make sure it has been checked out to ensure there is no exces-
While you are filling your gas tank, individuals are opening the car door on the opposite side from you, and removing valuables.
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College Area Community Council and Planning Board By Rhea Kuhlman President At our November meeting, the CACC allocated $2,000 from budget reserves to purchase and equip a bicycle for the C-Squad of the Eastern Division of the San Diego Police Department. The C-Squad needs five bikes in all, in order to enhance its public safety mission here in the College Area and other parts of the Eastern Division. A proposal to send a letter of support in favor of a lawsuit filed by Rolandans for Quality Infill Development against the Centerpoint project (now BLVD63) at 63rd and El Cajon Blvd. was continued until the January meeting, in order to obtain more information regarding the lawsuit. The CACC board did, however, endorse measures proposed by the Rolando Community Council to prevent a recurrence of the situation that resulted in the BLVD 63 multifamily housing complex being approved by City staff with no community input. Specifically, the board supported the idea that the City should seek community review for any proposed multifamily residential project that
would contain 30 or more units within 1,000 feet of a single family residential neighborhood, even if allowed by right in the zone, and even if reviewed previously (in the event of a design change). The board also agreed that alternate preventive measures proposed by the Rolando Community Council, such as more accurate descriptions of student housing within the City zoning code, merit further investigation. The CACC Board shares with the Rolando Community Council and other neighborhood groups a strong interest in implementing improvements to El Cajon Boulevard. A mobility study to define needed improvements to this long neglected corridor, especially between 54th Street and 73rd, was the top priority of the College Area Community Planning Board during the City’s annual Capital Improvement Program budget process. In other actions at the November 13 meeting, the board voted to file
a protest against an application for an alcohol license at a hookah lounge on El Cajon Blvd. Also at the meeting, a representative and two alternates were chosen to represent the CACC at monthly meetings set up by the Police Department’s Eastern Division to engage in problem solving with the College Area community. Because of its unique situation within the Eastern Division, wherein two Police Departments operate side by side in one community, the College Area has been fortunate to have been selected for concentrated attention. The purpose of the monthly meetings, which are being held in collaboration with the SDSU Police Department, is to help coordinate enforcement between the two entities, and to address public safety issues unique to the College Area. Each neighborhood within the College Area has appointed representatives to See COLLEGE AREA page 18
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Mission Trails Regional Park Arbor Day, Music, and Children’s Classes
It Was Just a Walk in the Park
Looking for that ultimate hike in Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP)? On a partly cloudy day in December, Greg Dunne, and his hiking friend, Mark, completed a leisurely hike traversing the perimeter of MTRP. Greg and Mark began with a walk at Lake Murray, then out to Golfcrest Drive, and on to Mission Gorge Road, back into MTRP at Jackson Drive, and ending back at Lake Murray. In 398 minutes, they traversed 27.3 miles, completing a hike that encompassed the authorized trails that serve the perimeter of MTRP. If you keep track of statistics, you’ll want to know this trek took 54,529 steps, and that they each burned approximately 4,200 calories.
Arbor Day
Arbor Day in Mission Trails was celebrated at the Equestrian Staging area on Saturday, December 7, 2013. The public was invited to take part in the donation and/or planting of oak trees. Although the morning was very chilly and rain clouds were threatening nearly 30 volunteers showed up to help with the planting-or to act as cheerleaders. Especially helpful were Boy Scout Troops 950 and 959. Foundation President, Joe Morse, and Senior Ranger, Matt Sanford, were on hand to introduce the donors and thank the participants. This year’s donors were John Caffrey, in memory of Nancy L. Caffrey; Tom Gitchoff; Lindsay and Dianne Hill, in memory of Rolande McManus; and Leslie Johnson-Leech, in memory of Elaine and Erv Landau. Park Grounds Maintenance Workers, Carmelo Esquer and Tom Folk, coordinated the event and instructed those attending on safety procedures and how to properly plant the trees.
Children’s Classes
Nora’s Children’s Art classes for children 5 to 12 continue on most Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Each 90- minute class is a different topic. The topic for December 28 will be “Lemonadeberry” using colored pencil on paper; and on January 11, the topic will be
“Mandarin Ducks” with oil pastels and paper. Classes are $20 each and include all art supplies. Children may take home their art project at the end of each class. There is a $10 discount if children are enrolled for a minimum of four classes in any given month. Linda Hawley’s “Nature Adventures” for children 3 and up generally meets once a month on a Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. When there is a Monday holiday, classes are held on Monday and Tuesday. The next class will meet on Monday and Tuesday, January 20 and 21. The topic on both days will be “Early Kumeyaay Life: Acorns On the Rocks.” For more information and registration forms for both programs, go to mtrp.org. Click on the appropriate class under “More News.”
Art and Music
Each year one of our art exhibitions features young artists. Art created by the top student artists representing the 11 high schools within the Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) is featured in the Visitor Center Gallery through January 3. Three years ago, Vicky DeLong, the Art Coordinator of MTRP Foundation, was so impressed with the high caliber of student artwork created
in the GUHSD art courses, that she invited the students to exhibit at the MTRP. Teachers from the GUHSD selected the artworks from their students to be sent to the MTRP Visitor Center Gallery. This will be the third annual exhibit at Mission Trails. The next show will be from January 4 to 31, and will feature seven artists exhibiting water color, photography, mixed media, encaustic, and Asian brush painting. The artists will hold a public reception in the Visitor Center Art Gallery on Sunday, January 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. Evelyn Kooperman and the “Zene Strings” return to the Visitor Center Theater for a free concert on Sunday, January 19, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Free concerts are presented on the third Sunday of each month. A listing of the concerts through June of next year is listed on the mtrp.org home page under “More News.” MTRP continues to receive tremendous support from several media sources, and they deserve to be recognized; this includes this publication, MissionTimesCourier.com. In addition we recognize The Tierra Times, EastCountyMagazine.org, Sandiegan.com, and East County Herald eastcountyheraldnews. com. Thank you for your continued support!
MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK
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January’s Entrance to Adventure is Mission Trails Regional Park By Audrey F. Baker Trail Guide
January is the namesake of the Roman god Janus. Depicted as having a head with two faces, he is the god of doorways and beginnings. The welcoming doors of MTRP’s Visitor Center are gateways to exploration, physical and spiritual rejuvenation, and the infinite rewards gained from time spent in nature. Whether you take on the trails at jogging pace or with a careful, detail-consuming eye, yours will be a unique and gratifying experience. The enchantments of vocalizing birds, scurrying lizards, an innumerable chance sightings beckon. The untold variety of plant life juxtaposed against remarkable boulder-strewn vistas and beguiling canyon walls will engage your senses. Along the trail you may espy a white stone, the Roman symbol for welcome and safe passage. Let the adventure begin! MTRP Trail Guide walks are an opportunity to learn more about natural Southern California, with its unique landscapes, habitats, local history, plant and animal life. The walks are free, interesting, fact-filled, and geared to all ages and interests. Grab sturdy shoes, that comfortable hat, water bottle and sunscreen, and hit the trail! Morning Walks are offered every Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, from 9:30 to 11:00
a.m. You’ll start from the park’s Visitor and Interpretive Center, One Father Junipero Serra Trail, San Carlos. The walk beginning from the Kumeyaay Lake Campground Entry Station, Two Father Junipero Serra Trail, at the San Carlos-Santee border, gives a different perspective of the park and its diverse habitats. These walks are offered from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, and take in historic Old Mission Dam. Wildlife Tracking reveals the secret lives of animals and brings insight into their survival techniques and habitats. Tracking Team members assist in identifying and interpreting tracks, scat and habitats. Join us at 8:30 a.m., January 4 in front of the Visitor Center, One Father Junipero Serra Trail, San Carlos, for a twohour tracking adventure. Discovery Table: Animal Tracks! Stop by the Visitor Center on Saturday, January 11 from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. for
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hands nature study presented by MTRP Trail Guides. Learn which tracks look like a baby’s handprint, whose is the largest of local wildlife and other interesting indigenous critter facts. Star Party Luminaries “shine on” over MTRP. Enjoy night sky viewing under a waxing moon with Jupiter rising in the east as our resident star gazer George Varga scopes the Double Cluster in Perseus, Pleiades (Seven Sisters), Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and the Orion Nebula. Meet us at the far end of the Kumeyaay Campground Day Use Parking Lot, on Saturday, January 11 between 5:00-8:00 p.m., Mission Trails Regional Park, Two Father Junipero Serra Trail, Santee. Bird Spring Canyon and Grasslands with MTRP Birder
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Jeanne Raimond and delve into avian adventure through chiseled canyons and sweeping grasslands to identify the birds that thrive in two different habitats. Jean recommends binoculars and bird book. We meet Saturday, January 18, 8:00-10:00 a.m. at Mission Trails’ Equestrian Staging Area Lot (Mast Blvd. and SR52), Santee. Birding Basics can help you identify birds “at a glance!” MTRP Bird Guide Winona Sollock’s class explains the five simple ways and gives tips on field guide use. Bring along your bird book if you’d like. Class meets inside the Visitor Center, Saturday, January 25, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
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Family Discovery Walk is our active, essential outdoor experience specifically designed for children and their parents. Share quality time in nature as Trail Guides and “The Fam” explore the trail to the Kumeyaay grinding rocks site. We start from the Visitor Center at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 26 for this 90-minute nature journey. Meanwhile, come on out and enjoy the park! Visit www.mtrp.org for more information and our events calendar, or call (619) 668-328. Special walks can be arranged for any club, group, business or school by contacting Ranger Heidi Gutknecht at (619) 668-3279 or at hgutknecht@mtrp.org.
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DINING
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Sandwiches galore at 4.0 Deli 4.0 Deli
5844 Montezuma Rd. San Diego, CA 92184 619.281.4040 4.0 Deli aims to be good at one thing: to create a satisfying sandwich. And they do it with flying colors. This locally owned and operated shop has been featured as one of the go-to places in San Diego State’s Daily Aztec and consistently ranks among the top sandwiches in the College area. There are 28 specialty sandwiches and, if you dare stray from the popular creations, there’s an opportunity to customize your own with a choice of any of their baked fresh bread, housemade sauces and freshly sliced veggies, meats and cheeses. The creatively named sandwiches at 4.0 Deli each have a different flavor profile. There’s the heavy on the meat sandwich (In Yo’ Face Sucka) with ham, Genoa salami, pepperoni, provolone, marinated onion, peperoncinis, pesto dressing, lettuce and tomatoes that’s served hot
both literally and figuratively. There’s also something with a bit of teriyaki flavor in the Mr. Miyagi sandwich with a grilled chicken breast, avocado, sprouts, lettuce and tomato. Even vegetarians can participate in enjoying several of their sandwiches. The Vegetarian Heaven features all the veggies they have on hand with mozzarella cheese and served cold. With all the choices, one good start off is 4.0 Deli’s Best in Show. Pastrami is grilled and topped with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and honey mustard on a grilled rye bread. For fans of pastrami, this sandwich is the epitome of all that is delicious and only elevated by being served hot. The cold tomato slices and lettuce seem like an odd addition considering everything surrounding it is grilled but they don’t take anything away from the taste.
Another sure fire hit (and popular among Yelpers) is the Godfather. A toasted sub is filled with roasted turkey breast, chopped red peppers, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato and spread with pesto and mayonnaise. It’s an addictive take on the traditional turkey sub that has become my new favorite. Sandwiches come in either regular ($6.99) or large ($7.99) with the exception of the customized sandwiches that are between $5.99 or $6.99 depending on size. It’s a casual place to order and take out or hang out and watch a game on one of several televisions situated throughout the eating area. Darlene Horn is a San Diegobased food blogger and has penning her opinions on food for nine years at MyBurningKitchen. com. She’s also the author of the semi-autobiographical, foodcentric comic, The Girl with the Donut Tattoo, drawn by her husband and artist, Paul Horn.
COMMUNITY NEWS
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Community Service Queens By Josie Balkowski Owner/Instructor San Diego Scribblers
San Carlos Friends of the Library By Sue Hotz Publicity Chair HAPPY NEW BEGINNINGS! 2014 brings with it the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the San Carlos Branch Library. All year, we will be “Honoring the Past, and Building for the Future.” This month we will “Honor the Past” by acknowledging our SCFOL members and the many patrons who have given the library their support. The library opened January 9, 1974. SCFOL began on May 15, 1982. Do you remember our Presidents: Betty Sherman (1982-1985), Hank Wilson (85-89), Ann MacCullough (89-93), Jack Winer (93-99— also Essay Contest originator & corner lot acquisition promoter), Ann McDonald (99-2009), Judy McCarty (09-11), and Judy Williams (2011-present)? Most of these hard working volunteers
Your memberships show community support. Our goal is to have 40 new members per month in the year 2014.
went on to hold an office in the city-wide FSDPL or served on the Library Commission. We honor them for their years of dedication to the San Carlos Library and the library system as a whole. In November, SCFOL gave its volunteers official name tags & a pizza party where they were awarded Recognition Certificates by Councilmember
Scott Sherman’s representative, Ryley Webb. We honor all of our past and future volunteers. This year, volunteers donated 7885 hours—that’s 4 FTEs. “Building for the Future”: In 2013 the Rutherford’s Children’s Area of the library was upgraded by a SCFOL Life-Member family for the enjoyment of all children. Hopefully, their generosity will encourage others to open their hearts and wallets and join in the community’s effort to build our new San Carlos Library. The present 8000 sq.ft. structure no longer fulfills our Community’s needs The proposed 25,000 sq. ft. library has more computer, community room and permanent book sale space. YOU CAN HELP. Your memberships show community support. GOAL: 40 new members/month in 2014. On our website you can donate, join or renew starting at only $5.00. Life-Memberships are still ½ price ($250). Our next BOOK SALEs are January 4 and February 1. Thank you for your continued support. Without the book sales, we would have far fewer library programs. ADULTS: January 8, 3:00: Help “Yarn Wrap” the Library; OASIS: January 17 @ 1:00, “Backyard Barn Owls” with Bert & Sharon Kersey; January 24 @ 1:00, “Facing a Dream in the Galapagos” with author Bette Pegas; January 7-30: enjoy the beautiful works of Ocean Artist Society Photographers Rodney Adcox and Bonnie Flach; Become a “BOOKGIVER”— sign up before January 5. YOUTH: Steam2 Academy studies tide pools & whales; January 23: learn how people “Dance Around the World” with Nicola Clay; and Preschool “Character Building” is on Fridays. All programs & classes return to their regular schedules. Go to ww.sancarlosfriendsofthelibrary. org for details.
One of the primary tenants of Girl Scouting is to be “friendly and helpful.” The girls in the Mission Trails Service Unit have taken this promise to heart by committing themselves to community service both locally and globally. Troops in Mission Trails have the opportunity to participate in monthly, group-wide service projects. Scouts who participate in 3 Service Unit projects plus one of their own earn the coveted Community Service Queen patch. Last year, nearly 300 scouts ranging in levels from Daisy to Ambassador earned this patch. These girls are learning first hand that with each troop contributing even a small amount, much can be done for those in need. This fall, troops made fleece blankets to be distributed in a needy barrio in Tijuana, Mexico. Working together, troops handmade more than 50 blankets and donated 8 new blankets for the project. Currently, with the holiday season approaching, the Girl Scouts across Mission Trails are busy making cards to contribute to the Red Cross ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’ program. Girls are making holiday cards for our
active duty military at installations and veterans hospitals around the world to thank them for their service and show appreciation at a time when so many are far from home. Last year, our Girl Scouts sent 400 cards to our soldiers, and this year promises to be no different!
Looking for a more local way to share the spirit of holiday giving, Girl Scout troops are also making tree ornaments for Special Delivery San Diego. Once again this holiday season, Special Delivery will distribute small Christmas trees to each of their medically homebound clients across San Diego. Then with each meal delivered, a small tree ornament will be included to decorate the tree. Last winter, Mission Trails Girl Scouts made nearly 1000 ornaments for this worthy cause. It is often said that it is better to give than to receive. Our local Girl Scouts are living out this philosophy in their troops and community - not only this December but all year long. Community Service is alive and well in Mission Trails!
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LOCAL News
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Brewery, from page 1 area features wide, soft stools, and there are couches and stuffed chairs around low tables to encourage comfortable stays and close conversations. There isn’t a jukebox, and there isn’t a pool table or a shuffleboard- not even a dartboard. There is, of course, ESPN on the overhead screens. You have to have SOME nod to the world. What is most prized are people who want to sample the product, then stay and enjoy their choices. Benchmark Brewery is much the same as Groundswell, but very different at the same time. It’s even harder to find, because it’s right in an office building suite, at 6190 Fairmount Avenue, Suite “G”-or so you’d think when you walk up. Once inside, you quickly realize this is a much bigger operation, both in floor space and brewing capacity. It’s a family operation all the way, with Matt Akin as the brewmaster, working with his father Jim, and Matt’s wife Rachael as the business and advertising chief, not to mention interior decorator. They share with neighboring Groundswell the desire to create and market beers that go well with food. They also share the dislike of beers that taste like something else altogether, and that contain way too much alcohol. Benchmark has been doing this for a little more than a year now, and rachael thinks they’re turning the corner into being a profitable business. Benchmark encourages people
Benchmark co-founder Jim Akin working on a new recipe
Groundswell Brewing Company to come in and try the 12 dollar sampler of the seven beers they’re offering at that time, much like wine tasting rooms offer. Rachael hopes the sampler will find one he or she likes, and will stay and enjoy it. “We hope to eventually market our product to stores and restaurants around the area, but we won’t eve give up the facility for people to walk, sit down, and
enjoy. If we’re lucky enough to have to move to a bigger space, we’ll do so, but the bar will remain open.” So far, both places seem to be building a good clientele just from walk-in business. One of the reasons both operations thought they’d do well here is that there are a whole lot of people who live within easy walking distance of the area. People can and do walk from one to the other on evenings and weekends, as they’re only two blocks apart. Of course, people who drink beer often want something to eat with it, and you’d think that would present a problem for establishments with no food service capability of their own. Not at all. Both Groundswell and Benchmark have good relations with several food trucks that will park and serve foods of all types. Food, they hope, that’ll go well with craft beers, since that’s what both breweries are working to create; food-friendly beers.
Benjamin Branch Friends of the Library By Anne Lee President It has been said that”The New Year like an Infant Heir to the whole world was waited for with welcomes, presents and rejoicings.” The members of the Benjamin Branch Friends of the Library (FOL) chapter will be continuing to actively help support the many events and activities at our area library. ESSAY CONTEST The 17th Annual Writing for Literacy city-wide essay contest sponsored by the Friends of the San Diego Public Library (FSDPL) is coming to a close. Essays were submitted by December 20th; judges have been selected, and reading has begun. The winners from local schools will be notified in January; a celebration will soon follow. The city-wide winners will be announced in the spring. BOOK SALES Last year’s book sales were very successful. Thank you to Susie Gretler, the coordinator, and to members and volunteers who worked with her. Thank you also to everyone who donated gently-used books and then browsed and bought. A little rain deterred neither sellers nor buyers! Stay tuned for the dates of 2014 sales. OASIS CLASSES The first class of the year will be held on Tuesday, February 4th at 2:00 and is entitled “Most Haunted House in America”. The next offering will be on April 8th. These classes are underwritten by Benjamin FOL. NEWS TO USE We hope you all enjoyed making or viewing the gingerbread houses at the library. The next FOL meeting will be on Wednesday, January 22nd at 1:00. All are welcome. Officer elections will be held at this meeting. Joan Curry is the new president of FSDPL. WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
PETS
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Have Pets...Will Read By Sari Reis Owner of Mission Valley Pet Sitting www.missionvalleypetsitting.com Besides my passion for animals, I am an ardent reader and when I can combine the two, I am truly in heaven. As anyone who loves to read will tell you, when they come across a book they truly enjoy, they want to share it. So this month’s column is to share some of my favorite reads with you. Some will inspire; others will entertain; and all will hopefully educate and strengthen the bond you have with your “furry kids”. First, I suggest you subscribe to one or more of the following journals. They are chock full of information on dog and/or cat behavior, health, nutrition, training etc. by the country’s leading experts. Coincidentally, they all have a subscription price of $39.00 per year. The first is “The Whole Dog Journal”, published by Belvoir Media Group. Call 800-829-9165 to subscribe. Also published by Belvoir is “Dog Watch”: created by the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Call 800-829-5574. The other two monthly journals are published by Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and are called “Your Dog” and “Catnip”. Their subscription numbers are 800-829-5116 and 800-829-0926 respectively. Two of my all-time favorite reads are “Bones Would Rain from the Sky” by Suzanne Clothier, a renowned dog trainer and “Pukka”s Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs” by Ted Kerasote, the author of “Merle’s Door”, another wonderful book. Not only were both of these books inspiring but the information conveyed is priceless. Pukka’s Promise was so well researched, that simply following Kerasote’s advice would be one of the most intelligent things you could do when looking for your next dog. Another wealth of information is presented in, “Speaking for Spot” by Dr. Nancy Kay, DVM. It is all about advocating for your dog’s health. A couple of wonderful reads by another famous trainer, Patricia
McConnell, are “The Other End of the Leash”, which I recommend to my clients all the time, and “For the Love of Dogs”. A book I read earlier in my pet sitting career, was “A Culture Clash” by Jean Donaldson. This book was way ahead of its time in addressing the human/animal bond. For cat lovers, I suggest, “Cat Daddy”, written by Jackson Galaxy, the host of the TV hit series “My Cat from Hell”; also, “A Street Cat Named Bob” by James Bowen; and “Dewey”, the beloved library cat, by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter. W. Bruce Cameron wrote a couple of novels I loved, “A dog’s Purpose” and “A Dog’s Journey”. One of my favorite dog novels is by Garth Stein, “The Art of Racing in the Rain”. Other notables are Jon Katz, who has authored some great reads for dog lovers and Marshall Saunders’, “Beautiful Joe”, is truly unforgettable. Currently, I am reading, “How Dogs Love Us,” by Gregrory Berns, on the decoding of a dog’s brain. Fascinating! There are literally hundreds of wonderful books available for animal lovers. Visit your local library or favorite bookstore and do some browsing. Happy Reading! Sari Reis is a Certified Humane Education Specialist and the Owner of Mission Valley Pet Sitting Services. For more information, please contact her at 760-644-0289 or www.missionvalleypetsitting.com.
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EDUCATION NEWS The power of film to change the world School Zone MISSIONTIMESCOURIER.COM — JANUARY 2014
Pershing News Turkey Trot
At this time of year, when it is important to think of others and capture the holiday spirit, Pershing students and staff go all out! Activities and events are planned to show our “giving” spirit and what could be more fun that to start the season off with a “Turkey Trot”? The Clockwise from left: Enrique (Tommy) Alduenda, Turkey Trot was Nina Vyznikar, Cory James, Maggie Zimmerly, Michael Tombleson, Skylar Valdivia held on Wednesday, November 20th. Our PE teachers ran this challeng- Friends of Rachel ing and fun event. Each student Continuing our focus on kindreceived a ticket for a drawing ness, the first meeting of the if they increased their personal Friends of Rachel Club took place best time in running the mile. on Tuesday, December 03, 2013. One boy and one girl from each At that time, student volunteers grade level were picked to win the who wish to be on the Friends prize. The prize was a delicious of Rachel or F.O.R. club met to Butterball turkey! Six students decide on school wide activities did their best and won a Turkey. that increase kindness. The stuThey were: dents had many ideas and 3 were 6th graders, Enrique (Tommy) selected for this school year. We are looking forward to starting Alduenda and Nina Vyznikar 7th graders, Cory James and a chain reaction of kindness for all. Look for further updates and Maggie Zimmerly 8th graders, Michael photos of our “kindness” events! To cap off the holidays, the Tombleson and Skylar Valdivia Pershing music department put Congratulations to the winon a spectacular holiday program. ners and many thanks to our PE teachers. We hope our stu- The bands, orchestras and chorus dents and their families enjoyed kept everyone in a multicultural holiday spirit on Tuesday, December 17th. Students were treated to the concerts during the school day and parents were thrilled to see the progress made by all of our students during the evening event. Our music director, Mrs. Toombs, did a great job leading our music department Toy for Tots in songs from around the world. Pershing is always showing It was a great way to start the how important kindness can be. winter holidays. Our students are collecting toys From our faculty and staff and food for our holiday ASB toy at Pershing Middle School, we and food drive to help children wish everyone in the community who are less fortunate. We also a wonderful holiday season and donated 2 large meals to needy a very happy and healthy New families. Year!
San Carlos film school graduate returns from year abroad documenting nonprofit impact By Jeremy Ogul Mission Times Courier
They are tucked away in the noisy slums of Caracas, hidden in the tropical pastures of northern Thailand, operating in nondescript buildings on the hot dairy farms of western Kenya. Thousands of small nonprofit organizations around the world toil away on meager budgets without recognition. They spend nearly all their time working to help people in need; they devote almost nothing to marketing themselves to the wealthy benefactors who could revolutionize their work. That’s the situation San Carlos native Kevin Neynaber, 22, set out to change in November 2012, when he joined friends Tim Kressin and Davis Goslin on an epic global journey as part of a nonprofit they founded called Join the Lights. The mission was to spend 12 months traveling to 12 different countries to produce videos for and about 12 organizations working toward social justice. To minimize the cost of travel, the group would hop from destination to destination and not return to the U.S. until November 2013. They ultimately produced films for nonprofit organizations in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Israel, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the Philippines, Cambodia, Nepal and Thailand. Even if the final product was only a couple minutes long, the team felt they had to spend a month in each place to fully understand the stories they were trying to tell. “We didn’t want to be the film guys who roll into town, film
and then leave within 3 hours,” Neynaber said. “We wanted to come, learn about the culture, learn about the issue and do it in a more organic, less intrusive way. We wanted to do it in a way that respected the people and didn’t just shove a camera in their face.” Finding and telling compelling stories was a top priority for the Join the Lights team, Neynaber said.
“We wanted to come, learn about the culture, learn about the issue and [film] it in a more organic, less intrusive way.” -Kevin Neynaber “Our approach was, as much as possible, show what’s hopeful and find the beauty even in often chaotic situations, not just try to take advantage of people’s emotions,” he said. The flexibility of the project allowed the crew to experiment with a variety of different approaches to film, ranging from documentaries to promotional videos and commercials. In Greece, the crew produced a 40-second public service announcement about sex trafficking that aired on television, which led directly to an increase
in calls to a prevention hotline, Neynaber said. In the Philippines, the crew produced an 8-minute documentary about a small, family-operated organization that operates free midwife clinics for some of the poorest women and families in the country. Many of the other organizations Join the Lights worked with said they planned to use their videos to assist in their fundraising appeals or to help their donors get a better understanding of what they were doing, according to Neynaber. Kressin, who studied film with Neynaber at Chapman University, said the idea for this year-long project sprouted from how he felt after watching disappointing appeals from nonprofit organizations seeking support from churches and other faithbased organizations in the U.S. “You hate to see a really great idea being shown in a bad way or a really great story being shown in a way that no one’s watching anymore,” Kressin said. “When you see this potential, you want that potential to be realized.” The Join the Lights crew managed to produce their videos on an extremely thin budget. If the organizations had hired them as professionals, the rate would have been anywhere from $20,000 to $50,000 per video. The Join the Lights crew produced See LIGHTS page 15
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ABANDONED CHILDREN OF UGANDA By Barbara Cleves Anderson Columnist One never knows the lives of people, who we may see every day at Lake Murray. Unless you talk with them frequently you don’t know about what is going on in their family, Fran has walked at Lake Murray for many years. Like other people I have met at the lake, Fran and Dexter Levy’s lives are interesting and their family is exceptional. I have heard about their son, Court, his wife Amy and their children. Court graduated from Helix High School and later returned to Helix to teach AP (Advanced Placement) calculus. His wife Amy also taught classes at Helix. When the young Levys married they decided to have one child and adopt another. After Kellen was born the couple started the process of adopting Tyrese. Amy then found out that she was pregnant with their third child, Jeffrey. Tyrese was three years old and had some medical issues but he is fine now. In early 2000’s atrocities were occurring in Northern Uganda. Warlord Joseph Kony was wreaking havoc with his Lord Resistance Army. We have all heard about the children of Uganda who were being kidnapped from families and forced by a militia to try to overthrow their government. Two of Amy’s former students talked with her and Court about the forced recruitment of the children and they made a documentary called, “Abandoned Children of Uganda.” It chronicled the lives of young children who were forced to kill
not with lots of political pressures as noted before. The family worked to get Joyce and she was From right to left: Court, Amy, Kellen, Jeffery,Tyrese, Sarah, Joyce, and Eddie. the last to be brought home. All of the adopted Levy children by the rebel, Kony. The story was Levys were determined. When had physical and emotional probimpactful and touched the Levy Sarah finally came to her new lems. Doctor bills were enormous families. home in Georgia she was two but their church had fundraisers Court got a job offer to teach in years old and weighed 13lbs. and donations to help some. Amy Atlanta and the family moved to She was deaf and other physi- home schools the children except Georgia. But the Uganda story cal problems. for Sarah. Their wasn’t far from their minds. She has since health has Court, Amy and the three chil- had hearing They made a improved and dren joined a church in their aids and then of the documentary that most new community. Amy and Court surgery to graft trepidation that talked with the parishioners bones in her chronicled the lives of they first experiabout the plight of Ugandan ears, which has young children who enced is gone. children and infants. Many were helped her hear They have all were forced to kill by learned sickly, abused, abandoned by even better. about their parents. Amy made several Sarah goes to a the rebel Kony. being loved. presentations to the congrega- special school. Grandparents tion. The church was receptive to Amy kept in Fran and Dexter love them all the idea of helping the orphans contact with other families who equally as do their three older whose futures looked bleak. adopted children from Uganda brothers. The care and love they Amy decided to go to Uganda and learned about a little girl receive will empower them now and visit an orphanage in the named Joyce who was often left and when they grow up. Over the capital, Kampala. That is where alone with her baby brother. years, hearing about this wondershe saw an infant girl who was Their stepmother abused the ful family has been meaningful very ill and would probably die. siblings and did not want them. to me. I know that other people The facility was not a medical They sometimes ate dirt to fill feel the same. There are people hospital. It basically just fed and their stomachs. Joyce became that want to make the world diapered the little ones. The baby baby Eddie’s protector. Eddie had better. Goodness is everywhere was getting worse each day. Amy major health issues. Amy and even though we may not know and Court decided to adopt Sarah. Court decided to save Joyce and the stories. There were paperwork problems Eddie. Eddie was brought home Kellen is now thirteen, Jeffrey that caused many delays. The before Joyce. She was adopted,
nine, Tyrese ten, Sarah five, Joyce eight and Eddie is four.
who’s doing what these guys are doing,” said Rob Thompson, a web developer who serves on the board of Join the Lights. One of the most impressive things about the journey was that the guys managed to keep it going the whole time and resolve not only mundane differences but also more consequential creative
Neynaber and Kresslin say they don’t know what the next steps for their organization are. They’re still decompressing from a year abroad and figuring out how to integrate their experience abroad into their life in the U.S. One thing seems to be certain, though: Join the Lights is far from over.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
If you plan to get buff because of the holidays and food you consumed please start out mindfully. When people first start to run, walk, or hike they are motivated and think that they need to work hard. They need to proceed slowly and cautiously or they decide that they hate to exercise. Or, we hear helicopters picking up people from Cowles Mountain or ambulances speeding to Lake Murray to pick up the sick and injured. The Friends of Lake Murray meeting on Thursday, January 16th 2014 will be about the climate. One of our favorite speakers, Dr. Anne Sturz will talk about the weather, the jet streams and her knowledge about climate changes. Are they cyclical or are they due to the gases we produce without care to the environment. We meet at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church on the corner of Wandermere and Park Ridge Blvd. at 5:00 PM. For more information call Barbara at: 619-463-9706.
LIGHTS, from page 14 professional-level work at a cost of $3,500 per month, Kressin said. The group gathered donations to cover the entire cost of the trip. Neynaber, Kressin and Goslin each donated their time, labor and production equipment to make the project happen. “I don’t know anybody else
differences, Thompson said. “I’ve never had to travel around the world with my business partner for a year,” he said. “It could end up being a challenge trying to pick where to have dinner.” Thompson said it was remarkable that the group took advantage of the opportunity to do something “These guys will have plenty of
time in their lives to get a desk job if that’s what they want to do. They will have plenty of time to start building a retirement account. The requirement to do that straight out of college — I think these guys saw that as overrated and jumped into something else. I think it tells a lot about who these guys are.”
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Mission Times Courier welcomes letters to the editor on topics of interest to the community. The rules are simple: no more than 150 words. Letters must be signed with a real name, and either a phone number or an email address for verification. Phone numbers and email addresses will NOT be published. Letters may be edited for space concerns, and not all letters will be used. Keep it clean-no personal attacks of any sort will be published. Send letters by email or snail mail to: doug@missionpublishinggroup.com or p.o. box 199, 6549 mission gorge road, san diego 92120.
Dear editor, I appreciate the coverage your paper just gave to the ‘growing problem’ with prescription drugs. Education continues to be THE key… when kids learn facts (and not hysterical hyperbole) about all kinds of drugs (including alcohol and tobacco) they often make very adult decisions. Kids DIE from prescription drug abuse. Up until recently, marijuana abuse by kids was a primary focus of concern by parents, police, schools. I am glad to see the spotlight turned towards this much more dangerous category of drug abuse: sneak drugs from Mom & Dad’s family medicine cabinet. I don’t condone the idea of kids using marijuana, it’s just that attention needs to be turned towards more real, actual dangers. Respectfully, Will Johnson Dear editor, I write in the hope that MTRP users will think about sensitive species when they are enjoying the Park, not just about their rights to use and develop the Park. As a Park user, I understand the importance of experiencing open space in an urban environment; however, as a wildlife biologist, I understand the importance of MTRP to the continued existence of sensitive species. According to the City’s Multiple Species Conservation Plan, the Park is located in the Multi-Habitat Planning Area (MHPA). The MHPA delineates core biological resource areas. Protection of the MHPA has allowed the City to issue building permits in sensitive resource areas throughout their jurisdiction. 20 sensitive species covered by the City’s MSCP occur in the Park. The City and Wildlife Agencies approved the MSCP to ensure the protection of large blocks of sensitive lands, including MTRP. Protection of these resources includes the closure of unauthorized trails that degrade native habitats. The Wildlife Agencies do not have the authority to close the Park or tell visitors they can’t use authorized trails. Instead, they are reminding users to be responsible and stay on designated trails. If we, the users, continue to degrade the Park’s resources, then the sensitive animal species, which rely on these resources, will decline. Sincerely, Christine Beck Allied Gardens Resident
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Parking, from page 4 the idea to implement a permit parking district on the residential streets near the hospital. The scheme would restrict parking to residents only. Each house would pay $14 a year for four parking permits — two regular permits and two guest permits. Similar districts exist near Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest, in the neighborhoods surrounding San Diego State University and in three other parts of the city. Proponents went door to door, to about 400 houses in all, asking neighbors for their support. Most of the neighbors were empathetic, Richardson said, but the further they got from Archwood, the more opposition they found. City engineers drew a map of what a residential parking permit district would have to
Many residents at the meeting said that if Kaiser was causing the problem, then Kaiser, not the residents, should bear the burden of fixing it. look like in order to fully recover the costs of enforcement. The proposed district would stretch east to Clara Lee Avenue — six blocks from the edge of the Kaiser property — and stretch south to Glacier Avenue. The proposal did not go over well at a town hall meeting of the Allied Gardens Community Council on Nov. 26. It was standing room only at Ascension Lutheran Church, and the vast majority of the audience was clearly angry with the prospect of having to pay anything, even $14 a year, to park on their own street, especially on streets that are not now impacted by parking overflow. Anthony Wagner, president of the Allied Gardens Community Council, said the council’s board of directors had not taken a position on the permit parking district proposal but said the neighborhood needed to have a dialogue about the issue. Acknowledging the strong feelings of many, Wagner said: “My own parents want to wring my neck just because we’re having the conversation.” Many residents at the meeting said that if Kaiser was causing the problem, then Kaiser, not the residents, should bear the burden of fixing it. But everyone has the right to park on a public street, and Kaiser can only do so much to micromanage its employees, said Barrett Tetlow, chief of staff to City Councilmember Scott Sherman. Representatives from Kaiser Permanente were not at the November town hall meeting, but they will be invited to a second town hall meeting in February,
Wagner said. Reached by phone, Kaiser spokesperson Rodger Dougherty said the company has done its best to accommodate the concerns of the neighbors over the years. Kaiser has a combined 1,950 parking spaces for its employees, contractors, patients and guests at the hospital on Zion Avenue and the parking structure at the medical offices on Vandever Avenue, Dougherty said. The company also offers a valet service for employees at peak hours. “There’s generally ample parking for anyone,” he said. Kaiser would not oppose a permit parking district and has worked with the city to accommodate other enforcement measures, Dougherty said.
“We support the will of the neighborhood, and if they choose to go the permit parking route we will support them 100 percent in whatever their desire is,” he said. The evolution of Kaiser’s operations strategy will probably lead to a drop in traffic at the hospital over next few years, Dougherty said. Kaiser’s new 460-bed hospital in Kearny Mesa should open in 2017, reducing demand at the hospital on Zion. Construction crews are already working to reduce the number of beds at the hospital on Zion from 411 now to 250 so that all the rooms have only one bed by the time the new hospital opens, he said. Back on Archwood Avenue, Ralph Richardson said it seemed clear the permit parking district would not gain the 50 percent support it needs from the neighborhood. Still, creative thinking is needed to address the problem. Richardson’s latest out-of-thebox idea? Have Kaiser designate a couple dozen parking spots in its parking lot for nearby residents in case they cannot find street parking. If Kaiser really does have more parking than it needs, the solution should be easy to accommodate, Richardson said.
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San Carlos, from page 6 or to have a local forum, but to no avail. But, I haven’t given up. If their schedules don’t permit them to come to one of our SCAC meetings hopefully we will get a chance to see and hear them in person at one of their already scheduled meetings. The December 16th meeting of the Navajo Community Planners, Inc. will be hearing three matters which involve our community. Two are cell tower renewals but the third is the All-Way Stop sign request for Laurelridge Rd. and Ofria Ave. I spoke with some of the residents on Laurelridge Rd. at Ofria Ave. and they are opposed to stop signs. There is a stop sign at Ofria Ave. which ends at Laurelridge Rd. and you can turn left or right at Laurelridge Rd... There is a “T” sign on Laurelridge Rd. indicating a tree intersecting with it, and the posted speed limit is 25 mph. Evidently people exceed the speed limit which is the impetus for creating the stop-signs. HOWEVER, there are homes on both sides of Laurelridge Rd. and the stop signs at this location would make it difficult for them to pull out of their driveways as Laurelridge Rd. While this matter did not come before the SCAC (and I wonder why not?) SCAC will weigh in at the NCPI meeting at opposing the “All-Way Stop”. The Principal at Dailard Elementary School did not know anything about the proposed new stop signs . While it is not the intention of SCAC to discourage the residents to contact their local representatives, I do believe that the more information and backing you have for a position the better your chances for the outcome
you are looking for. Let me (on behalf of SCAC) know if you have a concern or idea and just possibly together (you and I on behalf of SCAC) we can make it happen. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed it’s the only thing that ever HAS. (Margaret Mead) It is typical that as the year draws to a close that we ponder how we can make our lives better or how we can better serve our community. Often times “New Year’s Resolutions” are made beginning January 1st and within a week we have forgotten or not made a concerted effort to keep the Resolution. I am a firm believer that you don’t have to have a “January 1” to make a Resolution. It can happen ANY day. Also, I believe that if at first you don’t succeed try again. Each day can be a new beginning – and don’t get caught up with having to start over on your Resolution to do or not to do something. Take it one day at a time and be thankful that you can change anytime you want ... Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. If you have an issue you wish us to consider; a question about the community; who our next speaker will be; need a meeting reminder; copy of the agenda or ... please contact me or go to our FaceBook page. My contact information is: 619-461-6032 and e-mail is: mrzeichick@gmail.com -- I will get back with you. If you wish to be part of our Interested Persons List, let John Pilch and me know. John’s email address is: jfpilch@hotmail.com. Your privacy is respected and your email address will not be used for any purpose other than stated above.
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SHERMAN VOTES AGAINST RAISING WATER RATES By Scott Sherman City Councilmember District 7 On November 21, the City Council voted 8-1 to dramatically increase water rates in the City of San Diego despite angry public comments by dozens of ratepayers and thousands of signed protest forms. I cast the lone dissenting vote against this rate hike. The action taken by the City Council will increase rates by 14.75 percent over two years - a 7.25 percent increase in calendar year 2014 and a 7.5 percent increase in 2015. One of the biggest concerns I have is regarding how the rate increases were structured. The top tier of the rate structure is particularly high and will result
in a dramatic increase for water purchased in that tier. The four tier rate structure may cause an unforeseen financial burden on families with several children who have difficulty conserving water. This water rate increase will hurt middle class families and is absolutely unnecessary. In the previous two years, the City absorbed pass-through rates instead of passing them on to the consumers. However, now they are currently trying to retroactively recover these rates. The current proposal recommends that 5 percent of the increase for 2014 and 4.75 percent of the increase for 2015 be used in order to recover prior year County Water Authority passthrough rates. In this case, I do not think that the City should be able to decide after a fee has been set and costs deliberately
This water rate increase will hurt middle class families and is absolutely unnecessary.
absorbed, that the taxpayers should be on the hook to recover those costs. Another flaw in the methodology for this increase is that the Cost of Service Study uses “recent historical trends” to forecast zero new water connections in the City for both 2014 and 2015. This is not a realistic assumption considering that in Mission Valley alone 3,000 new units are being constructed which would translate to an addition of 3,000 new rates payers. Not including future development reduces forecasted revenues and contributes to the creation of an artificial need for a rate increase. I am supportive of investing in our water infrastructure when necessary, but for the reasons I have stated here, I am opposed to this rate increase. It is my job to serve as your voice at City Hall. Please feel free to contact me directly at 619-236-6677 or via email at ScottSherman@ sandiego.gov if my office can be of service to you.
Mayor, from page 1 Sherman said. “There’s been a lot of uncertainty. I think, Mr. Mayor, you’re doing a fabulous job, but we need the certainty of this election, to whichever colleague of mine wins the mayoral position. I’d just like to see it get done as quickly as possible to get things behind us.” City Clerk Elizabeth Maland said she recommended the Feb. 11 date because it was one of the few that allowed the city to comply with a variety of laws governing the vote. For example, state and federal laws require ballots for deployed military and other voters abroad to be mailed 49 days before the date of the election. Those ballots will be mailed Dec. 27. Early voting by mail will begin 29 days before the election, on Jan. 13. The city charter requires the runoff election to be held within 49 days of the first special election — in this case, the runoff deadline would be Tuesday, Jan. 7 — but calling a runoff election that early would cause the city to violate state law regarding the timing of elections. The county Registrar of Voters estimates the runoff election will cost the city between $4 million and $4.5 million, according to Maland. Part of the uncertainty to the cost is that new state law that requires the translation of ballots into Korean, Japanese and Khmer (in addition to the alreadyrequired Filipino, Vietnamese, Chinese and Spanish). The Registrar is not yet certain of the additional cost, Maland said. The city of Solana Beach also has called an election for Feb. 11, so some costs may be shared between the two cities — another factor contributing to the uncertainty in the final cost, Maland said. After agreeing on the date
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for the mayoral election, the City Council also agreed to put a referendum on the June 2014 ballot regarding the Barrio Logan Community Plan update, which is being challenged by several of the ship repair businesses that will be affected by the update. The issue is one of the clear dividing lines in this race. Alvarez, who was born and raised in Barrio Logan and currently resides there, supports the plan. Faulconer opposes it. “I think absolutely this is the best plan,” Alvarez said. People who say the community needs to find a compromise with the ship repair industry have not been paying attention to the deliberative process over the past five years in Barrio Logan. “I would be willing to negotiate if there is something more to negotiate, but there isn’t,” Alvarez said. Faulconer said that he supports the vast majority of the plan, but that a required buffer zone between residential and industrial uses of the land in Barrio Logan will drive out the ship repair businesses, which provide jobs for many in the neighborhood and throughout the city. “We must create strong, longterm protections for San Diego families and the jobs on which
they depend, and let’s remember that these are some of the best manufacturing jobs that any San Diegan has the opportunity to fill,” Faulconer said. “I think these are the type of jobs that we need to fight to keep in San Diego. We should be doing everything we can as a city to support good paying jobs that are as much a part of the fabric of Barrio Logan as the homes and the business that are located next to them.”
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Del Cerro, from page 7 sive creosote build-up in your chimney; it can ignite and cause a fire in your home. The cleanup of Navajo Canyon is continuing on a monthly basis according to Park Ranger Jason Allen with the City’s Open Space Canyons Division. The clean-ups are usually held on the fourth Saturday of the month. Ranger Allen sends out a monthly information email about the clean-up to confirm the time and location. Please take a minute and email Ranger Allen at JWAllen@sandiego.gov to receive updated information of how you can make a difference in improving and maintaining the open space in the Navajo Area and the Navajo Canyon in particular. This is also a great community service opportunity for a student and/or community service organization. There is also the Pasatiempo Open Space Park on the top of Del Cerro. This park has been officially adopted through the City by Cathy and Dan Northcutt with Team Northcutt Realtors. Clean-ups of this park are done quarterly. Email Cathy at cathy@teamnorthcutt. com to be receive information about the next clean-up of the Pasatiempo Open Space Park.
The DCAC website is updated as we receive information that will be of benefit to the Del Cerro and the Navajo Community in general. You may also post your questions or comments on the website. Check the website anytime at delcerroacitoncouncil.org. On behalf of the DCAC Board, we wish you a Happy New Year!
NOT your 9 to 5 job! Bikes fly through the air at Sycuan By Doug Curlee Editor As Lance Coury flies through the air, 50 feet above the asphalt parking lot, Courtney Coury shoots video and prays Lance will correct his flight and land safely on a high dirt recovery ramp. “Sometimes I do wish he had a 9 to 5 job, but I know he would never be happy with that, and I want him to be happy”, the young wife says. Lance is a 23 year old Supercross and Motocross rider who’s at Sycuan for the second annual Big Whip Invitational. He’s not about to drop this career in favor of the workaday world- not yet, anyway. “Sometimes, I feel a tiny bit guilty, I guess. Courtney has a 9 to 5 job, and I see her get up and go to work, and then I get up later and go ride motorcycles for fun. But she’s really good about supporting me and my racing and riding.” Lance is at Sycuan as a member of the newly created RHC/Dodge Sycuan Casino Supercross Racing team, a group that combined the talents of two racing teams owned by racing superstars Ricky Carmichael and Carey Hart. The Big Whip Invitational is staged in a parking lot at the Sycuan Casino. It’s basically a motorcycle tricks show that offers a lot of cash prizes to the riders the audience decides is the best,
most daring and inventive riders of the day. Unlike many other such shows, it also offers the chance for fans to sit down in a room with their heroes and ask them questions, get autographs and even the occasional photo. Motocross and Supercross are big business in the racing community, and getting bigger. The sports are big in Europe and growing in Asia as well. It’s fun to watch, even if you do find yourself holding your breath wondering if the rider is going to land safely, without the possibility of a skin full of broken bones becoming reality. Lance admits that’s happened more than a few times over his still young career. “You get it taken care of, heal up, and get back on the bike.” In the photo you see, a maneuver called the “Hart attack”, Lance did recover the bike, get back aboard and land safely. Courtney breathed a tiny sigh of relief when he did. So did everyone else.
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Masjid al-Rribat 7173 Saranac St., San Diego (619) 589-6200 Imam Mohamed Gebaly Temple Emanu-El 6299 Capri Dr., San Diego 92120 Fridays 6:00 p.m., Saturdays 10:30 a.m. (619) 286-2555 Rabbi Devorah Marcus Holy Spirit Anglican Church 6116 Arosta St., San Diego 92115 Sunday, 9:30 a.m. (619) 324-9171 Father David Montzingo Palisades Presbyterian Church 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego 92120 Sunday 9:30 a.m. (619) 582-0852 Rev. Dr. Steve Davis Ascension Lutheran Church 5106 Zion Ave., San Diego 92120 Sundays 9:15 a.m. (619) 582-2636 Pastor Richard Zuber Mission Trails Church-Allied Gardens 6550 51st St., San Diego (Foster Elementary School) Sundays 9:00 a.m. Pastor Kyle Walters Mission Trails Church-San Carlos 6460 Boulder Lake Ave., San Diego (Springall Academy) Sundays 10:30 a.m. Pastor Kyle Walters The Grove Church 4562 Alvarado Cyn. Rd., San Diego 92120 Sundays 9:30 a.m. Pastor John Hoffman Tifereth Israel Synagogue 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego 92119 (619) 697-1102 Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal
Chabad of East County (Jewish) 8691 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa 91942 jewishec.com (619) 647-7042 Rabbi Rafi Andrusier Del Cerro Baptist Church 5512 Pennsylvania Lane, La Mesa, 91942 Sunday Traditional Service 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Service 11:00 a.m.(619) 460-2210 Web Site www.dcbc.org Pastor Dr. Mark S. Milwee Have additions or corrections to our list? Is there a house of worship you would like listed? Please email our editor at doug@missionpublishinggroup.com
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Water, from page 1 supplies almost all of Southern California’s water and the single largest customer of that agency that has chosen to at least partly go its own way, searching for independent sources of supply. In 2003, the County Water Authority negotiated and signed an agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District in El Centro that would provide San Diego with some 200,000 acre feet of water annually. (An acre-foot is roughly 326,000 gallons; enough for two families of four for a year.) The problem there was, San Diego had no way to get that water from the Colorado River to San Diego except through the canals, pipelines and tunnels owned and operated by Metropolitan. Building its own pipeline over and through the mountains would be prohibitively expensive, so San Diego signed an agreement with the Metropolitan District to transport, or “wheel” that water here. That’s where it exploded. San Diego charges that Metropolitan caused that rate to skyrocket by piling on heavy added charges to the bill for things that have absolutely nothing to do with transporting the water. One example among several cited by San Diego for bringing water to Southern California through the State Water Project, because Metropolitan needed to repair and maintain “its” facili-
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Rocking in the New Year in San Diego
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Terraplane Sun, The Paragraphs, Jackson Price, and Yes Team at Casbah. $20. 9 p.m. Venice beach rockers Terraplane Sun are headlining San Diego’s quintessential rock club to bring in the new year. The band combines vintage blues with sun-soaked pop for a unique combination perfect for partying to. Jackson Price and The Yes Team each fit the upbeat theme for the night with light-hearted pop folk. A true highlight on this bill are The Paragraphs from North County. The group has a 90s grunge edge with surf rock and folk influences. Singer Jesse Lee Hofbauer brings a raw passion as commanding front man of the group. If you want to rock out one last time in 2013 this is the place to do it. www.CasbahMusic.com
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Three Chord Justice at Riviera Supper Club. Free. 9 p.m. This alt-country ensemble is lead by the dreamy vocals of Liz Grace. The band has the twangy charm of old school country bands on heartfelt original tunes mixed with classic covers. Riviera’s shows are always free and the quaint spot in La Mesa is a great spot to ring in 2014 with or without your cowboy boots. www.RivieraSupperClub. com
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Random Order at Pal Joey’s $5 cover after 9 p.m./$10 cover after 10 p.m. Pal Joey’s in Del Cerro loves to throw a good party. Their NYE plans include a food buffet, party favors, champagne toasting at midnight and, of course, good tunes. Random Order are a regular act at PJ’s covering classic rock tunes. Their Facebook boasts that they play everything from “Elvis to Ozzy.” If you want the comfort of a neighborhood bar for you festivities put this one on your calendar and arrive early to avoid the cover charge. www. PalJoeysOnline.com
Alternative
Wednesdays – Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Jam at Seven Grand. Free. 9 p.m. SevenGrandBars.com.
Dec. 28 – Get Back Loretta , The Heavy Guilt, The Palace Ballroom, and Chess Wars at The Casbah. $10 adv/$12 day of show. 9 p.m. www. CasbahMusic.com
Wednesdays – Jazz with Kice Simko and Friends at Riviera Supper Club. Free. 9 p.m. www. RivieraSupperClub.com.
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Big Night Out San Diego New Year’s Eve Gala featuring Gone Baby Gone and several DJs at Hilton Bayfront Hotel. $115+. 9 p.m. One of the biggest events of NYE is celebrating its 10th year. Tickets are all-inclusive so food, drinks, and loads of entertainment come at one price. The event has several party areas featuring a range of dance music so party goers are free to roam. Headlining band Gone Baby Gone is one of San Diego’s finest rock groups- with swanky retro tunes and carefully coordinated wardrobe they are not to be missed. If you’re going all out for the holiday this is the way to go. www.BigNightSanDiego. com
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Casbah presents Transfer, Dead Feather Moon, Blackout Party, Low Volts, In Motion Trio and more at The Lafayette Hotel. $45+ 8 p.m. For the third year in a row the Casbah has assembled a lineup of local bands for a music-filled party at the centrally located Lafayette Hotel. The charming location showcases bands in several ballrooms and on the deck overlooking the gorgeous Weissmuller Pool. Headliners
Transfer are popular in and out of town for their pop rock tunes. Altcountry group Dead Feather Moon always brings some surprises to their high-energy performances. One-man band Low Volts combines blues with rock influences for a timeless sound. The lineup will feature several other bands and tickets are going fast. If you love live music and want to party with other fans of great local bands this one promises to tickle your fancy. www.CasbahMusic. com
Other Shows around town: Scarlet Symphony, Zodiac Death Valley, and Hills Like Elephants at Soda Bar. $15 in advance/$20 at door. 9 p.m. www.SodaBarMusic.com The Expendables with Seedless at Belly Up Tavern. $45 in advance/$50 at door. 10 p.m. www.BellyUp.com Deadly Birds and Saint Diego at Gallagher’s Irish Pub. Free before 9 p.m. Music at 8 p.m. www.GallaghersIrishPubOB.com Brothers Gow at Winston’s. Free. 9 p.m. www.WinstonsOB. com
Lake Murray Kiwanis Club hosts 195 at annual Children’s Christmas Party Children from Sherman and Euclid Elementary Schools were treated to a spectacular Christmas Party hosted by the Lake Murray Kiwanis Club. Cathy Saur, chairperson of the event stated “ ..for over 35 years, the Lake Murray Kiwanis Club (LMKC) has hosted deserving children for a fun-filled Christmas Party. We transport them from their community to Patrick Henry High School (PHHS) where they begin their party with a pancake breakfast cooked by us. Their day includes a visit and photo with Santa Claus, a present of their choice, face painting, and holiday fun. This year we hosted 195 children.” The event is sponsored and funded by the LMKC. Members of the PHHS Band and members of the PHHS Choir played and sang Christmas Carols. The PHHS Cheerleaders painted the faces of virtually every child,
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Fridays – Sam Johnson Jazz Group at Cosmos Coffee Cafe. Free. 3 to 5p.m. CosmosCoffeeCafe.com. Saturdays – Jazz with George and Alan at Bistro Sixty. Free. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. www.SanDiegoDesserts.net. Saturdays – Douglas Kvandal with the LiveJazz! Quartet at the Amigo Spot at the Kings Inn. Free. 7 p.m. www.kingsinnsandiego.com. Jan. 10 – Sure Fire Soul Ensemble at Riviera Supper Club. Free. 9 p.m. www. RivieraSupperClub.com Jan. 18 – Stage IV Jazz at San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room. Free. 7 p.m. www. SanPasqualWinery.com
Classical Jan. 11 – Itzhak Perlman at Copley Symphony Hall. $40 - $110. 8 p.m. www. SanDiegoSymphony.org Jan. 12 – Perlman plays Beethoven at Copley Symphony Hall. $30 - $106. 2 p.m. www. SanDiegoSymphony.org Jan. 17 – 18 – Ballroom with a Twist at Copley Symphony Hall. $20 - $85. 8 p.m. www. SanDiegoSymphony.org Jan. 19 – “Zene Strings” with Evelyn Kooperman at Mission Trails Regional Park Visitors Center. Donations welcome. 3 p.m. www.mtrp. org
Matt Kalal, Director of Instrumental Music at Patrick Henry, conducting the pep band playing Christmas music for all the children at the Christmas Party
and the San Diego Unified School District Police Department arrived to greet the children and the children explored the police cars. Cathy concluded “our club looks forward to this event every year. Just seeing the smiling faces of the children makes it all worth it.” Serving the Children of the
World is a Kiwanis International motto. For more information about this outstanding community service organization, check their website at lakemurraykiwanis.org. The club meets at 7:30 a.m. on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month at Marie Callenders at 6950 Alvarado Road.
Jan. 24 – Royal Philharmonic at Copley Symphony Hall. $30 - $100. 8 p.m. www. SanDiegoSymphony.org
Jan. 7 – The Lonely Wild and The Heavy Guilt at Soda Bar. $5. 8 p.m. www. SodaBarMusic.com Jan. 7 – Reason to Rebel, Flaggs, and Mrs. Henry at The Griffin. $5 or free with RSVP. www.TheGriffinSD. com Jan 10 – Brothers Weiss EP Release with Strange Vine and Buddy Banter at Soda Bar. $8 adv/$10 day of Show. 8:30 p.m. www. SodaBarMusic.com Jan. 11 – Chess Wars at Riviera Supper Club. Free. 9 p.m. www. RivieraSupperClub.com
Pop Tuesdays – Suzanne Shea at Bistro Sixty. Free. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. www. SanDiegoDesserts.net Thursdays – Greg Shibley at The Westgate Hotel. Free. 6:30pm – 9:30pm. www.westgatehotel.com Fridays – Nathan Welden at Bistro Sixty. Free. 6:30 p.m. www.SanDiegoDesserts.net Dec. 27 – Get Groovin’ at Pal Joey’s. Free. 9 p.m. www. PalJoeysOnline.com Dec. 28 & Jan. 25 – People of Earth at San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room. Free. 7 p.m. www.SanPasqualWinery. com
Bands, venues, and musiclovers: Please submit listings for this calendar by emailing Jen@ScoopSanDiego.com.
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