The Paper
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August 15, 2019
A Weekly Message from the Mayor of Your Community published in the belief that it is important for elected leaders to communicate with their constituents and that constituents have a means of hearing from their elected leaders.
San Marcos • Mayor Rebecca Jones City Helps Local Businesses Grow
The City of San Marcos is home to an outstanding collection of local businesses that help make our community an amazing place to live and work.
The City was recently honored with an Award of Excellence from the California Association for Local Economic Development for helping four local businesses from the City’s booming manufacturing industry secure nearly $1.4M in tax credits to expand their operations and create 79 new jobs.
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development awarded the tax credits to Wholesale Shade, Cliniqa, Creative Electron and Quick Charge Power. The savings from the credits must be invested back into each company.
Winning these credits is highly competitive, and City staff guided business owners through the process. To learn more, visit www.san-marcos.net/openforbusiness or call (760) 7441050, ext. 3120.
Escondido • Mayor Paul “Mac” Mcnamara
Vista • Mayor Judy Ritter
Be Cool on Hot Days
San Diego County has set up Cool Zone to help older adults and others keep cool during the hot season.
The Vista Library has been designated as a site and provides air-conditioning. The library, located at 700 Eucalyptus Avenue, is open Monday-Thursday from 9:30 am – 8 pm; FridaysSaturdays from 9:30 – 5 pm; and Sundays, from Noon to 5 pm. The City’s McClellan Senior Center, located at 1400 Vale Terrace Drive in Brengle Terrace Park also provides drop-in hours Monday-Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. With the hot weather upon us, it’s important to have a place for seniors to stay cool. That’s where Cool Zones come in. Cool Zones are designated, airconditioned buildings that residents can go beat the heat in for free. The sites provide refreshing relief for older adults and others, especially for seniors and disabled persons with health problems that could be complicated by the effects of heat. Need help locating a shelter, contact the County of San Diego at 1-800510-2020.
Oceanside • Mayor Peter Weiss
Greetings Escondido,
I saw a Facebook comment asking what has been going on since the election. I thought it was a fair question and I offered to speak to that group at a special “Meet the Mayor” meeting just for them. The offer is open to every group. Simply send me an email and ask. pmcnamara@escondido.org So what is going on - a lot.
Everything we’ve been doing since the election has two overarching purposes. The first is to change the narrative of the city, and the second is to create a better climate for business development. They go hand-in-hand in my mind. This city has a lot to offer and everyone who lives here knows that. We just need to spread the word. That helps set the attractive business development climate. So, the next time you talk to someone who doesn’t live here, brag a little bit. There’s a lot to choose from! Finally, to all the volunteers I meet on an almost daily basis, thank you for all you do for our city! Semper Fi, Mac
Paul P. McNamara Mayor of Escondido pmcnamara@escondido.org
Red Skelton Cont. from Page 10
he turned 80 years old.
He finally died on September 17, 1997, at the age of 84.
He had left a most astounding legacy: he had composed over 8,000 songs and symphonies, produced over 1,000 oil paintings of clowns, wrote short stories, scripted commercials, and more. He had even composed many march songs which were used by over 10,000 high schools and college bands around the country. Accolades poured in from around the world after his death. France’s greatest mime, Marcel Marceau said: “Red, you are eternal for me and the millions of people you made laugh and cry. May God bless you forever, my great and precious companion. I will never forget that silent world we created together.” Groucho Marx called him “the most logical successor to (Charlie) Chaplin.” Kings,
queens and presidents lined up to give him praise. Even the Soviet Union (during the height of the Cold War era) had bestowed rare and precious honor to him when he still walked the Earth. But, perhaps the most touching accolades of all came from the countless millions of everyday folk (both adults and children) who grew up with him. His fans who laughed, cried, and loved him. He wished more than anything else – to simply make people laugh. Red Skelton once said: “I just want to be known as a clown. Because to me that’s the height of my profession. It means you can do everything – sing, dance and above all, make people laugh.”
Red Skelton did all of that and much more. From his early poverty beginnings as a little boy in Vincennes, Indiana, he miraculously traversed a most remarkable and unexpected journey that saw him blossom into America’s premier clown . . . who ended up belonging to
Scholarship for Refugees
San Diego County is home to refugee families who have been uprooted from their homelands. They have arrived in San Diego carrying more than just physical loads. They also carry emotional traumatic load while dragging their children through their relocation to foreign lands. The children need help to become productive citizens.
The Dokua Smith Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in San Diego and its goal is to establish an education scholarship fund to support refugee children. The sole mission of the Foundation is to raise, manage and distribute funds to provide education scholarships to refugee children in San Diego county. Dokua Smith Foundation was founded on behalf of a mother who believed in education as a tool to lift the person from mental poverty. Their aim is to recognize that the refugee children in San Diego county and elsewhere deserve concrete support through assurance of funds for education. You can get more information at www.dsfhc.org
the entire world.
Looking back at his own long life, Skelton never stopped being funny: “I don’t know where I’ve been, or what I’ve done, but -- I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.” Finally, at long last, Red Skelton has joined that parade he once told his son, Richard, about. There is an old saying that the only constant in life is change. Red Skelton ended his shows with a constant; he always repeated his signature farewell: “Thank you and may God bless.”
That constant never changed. He may have said it in different ways and even in different languages to different audiences but it always came out the same. Skelton was often fond of repeating something else during his lifetime: “I personally believe that each of us was put here for a purpose – to build not to destroy. If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.”
America’s premier clown has certainly served his purpose.
The Author, Friedrich Gomez. This is his 135th cover story for The Paper!
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