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itable giving team at charitablegiving@sdfoundation.org. If you currently do not have a fund, you can use your credit card to make a donation online at SDFoundation.org/DisasterFund, or by texting “SDRecover” to 50155 on your mobile device. 100% of donations to the San Diego Regional Disaster Fund will help San Diegans recover and rebuild from the disaster (excluding credit card fees). The San Diego Foundation does not charge a fee on the fund. Thank you for entrusting your charitable dollars to The San Diego Foundation in this time of great need. If you have questions, please contact us at 619235-2300. Elvis Live at the Zoo! – The San Diego Zoo's newest residents, hamadryas baboons, have taken over their new home in the Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks exhibit—and their current leader, 19-year-old Elvis, is ready for the spotlight. These fascinating primates, native to the Ethiopian Highlands in Africa, are already providing great opportunities for Zoo guests to be awed, amazed, and surprised, while learning about these colorful animals and their unique social structures and behaviors. The Zoo's hamadryas baboon group is made up of 12 females and eight males, ranging in ages from 23 years to 3 months. Elvis can often be seen strutting around the exhibit, as well as spending time protecting one of his favorite females, 6-year-old Kurzbein, and her 3-month-old baby girl. It's good to be (the) king!
raise funds for the club’s community service projects. Club members volunteered at the Beer Fest held at the Sea Side Concert Area of the Fairgrounds. CWONC is made up of women of all ages who share an interest in volunteering in the community for a variety of causes – animals, children, education, the homeless, seniors, and the military. Visit and www.gfwc.org www.cwonc.org, www.cfwc.org.
Vista Woman’s Club Volunteers Recognized for Fall Fun Festival - The ninth Fall Fun Festival at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens was enjoyed by over 500 people who decorated pumpkins, bobbed for apples, had their faces painted, and built scarecrows for a contest. The Woman’s Club of Vista volunteers organized vendors and children’s activities, and helped families create scarecrows. Volunteers and several scarecrow sponsors were recognized at a recent meeting of the Club. The Club meets the second Wednesday of the month at 10:30am at the Shadowridge Golf Club, with The Night Owls meeting at 6pm at various locations. kdkyan@gmail.com, 919-847-2786 or womansclubofvista.org
Contemporary Women Volunteered at Craft Beer Fest – Contemporary Women of North County (CWONC) volunteered at the Craft Beer Fest at Del Mar Fairgrounds in November.
Photo, l-r: Kathleen King and Susan Walsh
Thank you Premier Food Services, Inc. for offering CWONC another opportunity to
by Tom Morrow
One of History’s Most Complex Men
Many exploits of famed aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh that he lived during his long life were not always good. Lindbergh was born Feb. 4, 1902. His friends called him “Slim” for his tall, lanky frame and long stride. During and after his famous 1927 flight, the media dubbed him “Lucky Lindy,” and “The Lone Eagle.”
The Sound of the Season: Jungle Bells! 'Tis the season for festive fun at the San Diego Zoo's Jungle Bells presented by California Coast Credit Union, through January 1, 2018 Photo: l-r, front row: Anita Hutchins, Eleanor (except December 24). Twinkling Hutchins, Judy Pantazo, Nancy B Jones lights, festive foods, and merry performances transform the Zoo into a l-r, back row: Emily Kjellson, Crystal Gates wild, glowing wonderland. Santa will be on hand before Christmas to Contemporary Women Bake Holiday visit with youngsters, and some of his elves Cookies for Families Residing at will keep things hopping with an energetic Solutions for Change - A few members of trampoline performance of the Toy Shop GFWC Contemporary Women of North Hop. For more Santa-themed adventures, County (CWONC) recently got together to there will be two special 4-D theater experibake holiday cookies that will be given to ences: an amazing train ride to the North homeless families residing at Solutions for Pole through the magic of "The Polar Change. At the Vista Campus, resources are Express" and "Ice Age: A Mammoth offered in life skills/work force developChristmas." Albert's Restaurant is even prement, transformational housing and counselsenting its own holiday spirit: Happy ing. Youth and teen programs are also Holidays Happens, featuring drink and appeoffered and provide an academic and emotizer specials from 3 to 5 p.m. daily during tional safe environment to overcome past Jungle Bells presented by California Coast hardships. Credit Union (except December 24).
Explore the San Diego Zoo Kids Website - The wonders of the Animal Kingdom are as close as your smartphone, tablet, or computer! The young and young-at-heart can see their favorite furry, feathered, or scaly friends and find out about their habitats on the newly redesigned San Diego Zoo Kids website. From animal profiles and fun crafts to ideas for helping wildlife, the San Diego Zoo Kids website features information and inspiration for youngsters; as well as a "For Grown Ups" area for parents and teachers to access field guides, curriculum, and other educational resources. What are you waiting for? Visit kids.sandiegozoo.org and get your online adventure started!
Historically Speaking
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President Roosevelt disliked Lindbergh's outspoken opposition to his administration's policies of giving aid to England, telling Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau he thought Lindbergh was a Nazi. “What a pity this youngster has completely abandoned his belief in our form of government and has accepted Nazi methods because apparently they are efficient.” Roosevelt stripped him of his Air Corps rank, but nonetheless he worked as a consultant in the Pacific, flying 50 combat missions as a civilian. After World War II, Lindbergh continued as a consultant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and to Pan American World Airways. In 1954, on the recommendation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lindbergh was commissioned a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. The Lindberghs had six children. In 2003, two years after the death of his wife, it was revealed that, beginning in 1957, Lindbergh had engaged in covert sexual affairs with three women, fathering seven more children.
Ten days before he died, Lindbergh wrote to each of his European mistresses, imploring them to maintain the utmost secrecy about his illicit activities with them even after his death. The three women (none of whom ever married) all managed to keep their affairs secret even from their children, who during his lifetime (and for almost a decade after his death) did not know the true identity of their father. They had only known him by the alias “Careu Kent” and they only saw him once or twice per year. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War I. Afterwards he became a U.S. Mail pilot. He wanted to compete for a $25,000 prize to be the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic. At age 25, he went from obscurity to instantaneous world-fame by making a nonstop flight from Long Island to Paris.
Lindbergh covered the 33 1⁄2hours, 3,600 statute-mile flight alone in a single-engine aircraft built by San Diego’s Ryan Aircraft factory. Ryan was located where San Diego International – Lindbergh Field is today. The plane was named the Spirit of St. Louis to honor the group of St. Louis, Mo., businessmen, who put up the money to build the plane.
Photo: l-r: Jeanne Hawkins, Beryl Price, Nikki Smith and Ann Lygas
Woman’s Club of Vista Orientation - Ten members of the Woman's Club of Vista enjoyed learning about the Club at a recent new-member Orientation held at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens. President Judy Pantazo shared highlights of the Club's 101-year history and General Federation history. Donation Day, Scholarships, and reporting were explained by Past President Nancy B Jones. The Orientation session emphasized the Club's mission of "Enriching lives through philanthropy and volunteer service." A review of the Club's numerous projects provided information to promote volunteer-
Before the United States formally entered World War II, some people accused Lindbergh of being a Nazi sympathizer. An advocate of non-interventionism, he supported the anti-war America First Committee, which opposed American aid to Britain in its war against Germany.
Lindbergh was still an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve, and received the nation’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Lindbergh’s historic flight probably was the only event of happiness. In 1929, Lindbergh married Anne Morrow, daughter of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Dwight Morrow. However, Lindbergh's historic flight and instantaneous world fame led to tragedy. In March 1932, their infant son, Charles Jr., was kidnapped and murdered in what American media called the "Crime of the Century" and described by H. L. Mencken as "the biggest story since the Resurrection.” By 1935 the case’s hysteria had driven the Lindbergh family into voluntary exile in England until they returned in 1939.
However, in the mid-1980s, after reading a magazine article about Lindbergh, one of the daughters in Germany deduced the truth. She compared photos in the articles with family snapshots and more than 150 love letters from Lindbergh to her mother. After her mother and Anne Lindbergh had both died, the girl revealed the truth. In 2003, DNA tests confirmed that Lindbergh had fathered the German children. Ironically, other than the three mistresses, the children didn’t know about Lindbergh’s life accomplishments, including “The Lone Eagle.” He used a fake name with all of them. Lindbergh spent his last years on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where he died of lymphoma on Aug. 26, 1974, at age 72. He is buried on the grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church in Kipahulu, Maui.
There is a post-script to Lindbergh’s most complex life. In the 1980s, a small article appeared in several newspapers with another revelation: Lindbergh had actually been a spy for the U.S. Army Air Corps to assess the German Luftwaffe (air force) on his visits to Germany in the late 1930s. His reputation for being an anti-war leader and one of the world’s greatest aviators allowed him unprecedented access to German aircraft and factories before the war started. Whether it’s true or not remains an intriguing question because Lindbergh was surely an enigma. Tom Morrow's books are available at Amazon.com in soft-cover or via Kindle E-mail.