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‘Social Butterfly’ Cont. from Page 10 Society will shelter this year. Well-mannered, leashed canine companions are invited, and Dog Butlers will be on hand to wait on them hand and paw. All fourlegged guest will receive an exclusive Doggie Bag. Heather Myers of San Diego Channel 6 will emcee. VIP Reception is from 5-6pm; general admission at 6pm; dinner, auctions and entertainment from 7:30-9pm. Cost: VIP tickets are $225/person or $2,250/table for 10; regular tickets are $125/person or $1,250/table for 10. VIPs receive early admission, sWAG bag and premier seating. For info and tickets, call 760.888.2240, 760.888.2235, or visit www.escondidohumanesociety.org. Renee Bondi to Speak at “Because I Care” Fair - The San Marcos “Because I Care” Community Fair, a free event, will be held on Saturday, October 13, from 10am-2pm, at the San Marcos Senior Center, 111 Richmar Ave. It will feature educational workshops on a variety of topics. Inspirational speaker, Renee Bondi, will be the keynote speaker, from 11am to 12:30pm, sharing her profound and victorious story that includes paralysis and a life confined to a wheelchair. She and husband, Mike, have been dealing with care-giving issues for 20 years and will discuss their tribulations and triumphs in a care-giving relationship. The Fair also will include health screenings, and opportunities to discuss medications with pharmacists. There will be over 50 vendors, including reps from retirement/assisted living communities, dental offices, insurance companies, caregivers, and in-home care companies. Flu shots will be available for a fee. Food will be available for purchase. The Fair will be held in conjunction with the San Marcos Fire Station Open House, located adjacent to the Senior Center. The event is presented by CSUSM, City of San Marcos, Visiting Angels, and The Elizabeth Hospice. Call 760.744.5535, or visit www.csusm.edu/becauseicare for more information.
Center Theater on Saturday, October 6, at 7pm. Tickets are $30-$47. On Sunday, October 7, at 2pm, in the Center Theater, the Westwind Brass will perform, brought to you by Hidden Valley Community Concert Association. Tickets are $10-$20. On Sunday, October 7, at 4pm, in the Concert Hall, will be Mega Light Bollywood Music Program, an 18-member orchestra, and singers singing songs from a variety of Indian languages. VIP tickets include special dinner after the event. Tickets are $25$75; VIP Tickets are $150. On Friday, October 12, at 7:30pm, in the Concert Hall, the 75-voice choir and 50-piece orchestra, San Diego Interfaith Choir & Orchestra, will perform. Tickets are $8$21. Then on Saturday, October 13, at 7:30pm, in the Center Theater, the Center Chorale: American Choral Classics will debut at the CCAE. Tickets are $10-$20; under 12 free.
‘Bali’ Cont. from Page 3 As to crime? Ken Davis: “We saw and heard of very little crime. When you get caught stealing, they cut your hand off. Plus, they are such a religious people, they are worried about dishonesty, more worried about what their religion will do to them.
for a non-profit organization that has since closed. It was then that Tyler came up with the idea for the website and she jumped in to help him launch it. So far, it seems to be doing well. Scott Davis: When I was there back in 2000, I stayed at Dingins a major surfspot with little cabanas on the side of a cliff, restaurants . . I would spend the day there . . . set up shop, drink soda, surf, eat lunch, hang around, walk around the beach. That’s a typical day there. A lot of Dutch were residents; still a great many there. When that areas was known as the Dutch East Indies and their Dutch East Indies Trading Company, a lot of Dutch folks came over and just stayed.. I’d like to go back someday . . . cheap when you’re therer . . . costly air fares to get there and back . . . but I’d love to go back.
There were parties and drinking most every night, but we saw no brawls. We didn’t do a lot of the night life. Usually, we were too tired from a busy day of surfing. Bali is just a really good, nice place to go. The weather is great, it’s safe, the people are great. I never felt threatened and you can’t get any better waves. It’s a big surfing destination.”
Ken Davis - I went there in December, 2001 - surf breaks are crowded these days - back then, not so bad. I stayed at one of the larger hotels, I think it was the Hilton, but time dims the memory. I remember it was dirt cheap; I remember the food. At dinner one night . . . we had appetizers, a great meal, a couple bottles of wine, it was not more than $30 for three of us. This was at the restaurant at the hotel.
Tri-City Tea Party (TCTP) Has Many Ways to Get Involved in the Upcoming Election Process – For more detailed information, contact Maureen Guffanti, Secretary of TCTP, at 760.613.8628, or visit www.tri-cityteaparty.org. Some needing help are: Dianne Stansell’s calling groups to swing states for Ronmey/Ryan – meeting weekly. Contact her at old-car-guy@sbcglobal.net, 760.729.2452, or 619.977.3368. Dan Bitner of DoUKnowUSA, a source of information on current topics, particularly an informative sheet on Prop 32. (See www.yesprop32.org.) Read the Citizen Briefs at www.DoUknowUSA.org to find nonpartisan facts about important topics. And from Ruth Weiss of the Election Integrity Project, she will be holding EIP Poll Worker/Observer Trainings. In addition, she will have Ballot Processing Observation training. A group of people are needed to be a rotating team to provide oversight at the Registrar of Voters office in San Diego while ballots are being processed; signature verification on Vote by Mail ballots and Provisional Ballots, ballot duplication (damaged ballots), etc. This process begins approximately October 13 and continues through November 30. If you can serve a few hours, you are invited to the training on Monday, October 15, at Serra Mesa/Kearny Mesa Library, 9005 Aero Drive, San Diego, from 1-3pm. RSVP to ruth@electionintegrityproject.com.
Will you return? Marty Madison: Sure. It takes a bit of time to save up the money, but, yes, I’ll go back.
I saw a lot of lizards, Monitor lizards, I think . . .some creepy crawlies, no danger, just a curiousity.
Tyler Madison: “I pretty much live there now; have opened my own business. I’m coming home for about 30 days for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but plan on returning to Bali. I love it there.
We stayed for two weeks of surfing and would surf till exhausted . . go to the hotel to sleep, then more surfing . . . we’d go out and find the waves. The waves were fantastic one of the best in the world. Great memories.
Ken Davis: “I’d love to go back. But, the plane fare is expensive . . . and now that I have my beautiful daughter, Alex, I’m reluctant to leave her for any length of time. So, do I want to go back? Yes. Will I? Dunno. Time, money, and circumstance will decide.”
Getting there is a long haul. We went to Tokyo, Singapore, where we stayed overnight, then to Jakarta and, finally, to Bali.
– Tickets are available by phone (800.988.4253), online, or at the box office for all these events. “Stomp,” an inventive, provocative, witty, sexy, and utterly unique experience for audiences of all ages, by the eight-member troupe. Concert Hall, Friday, October 5, 8pm; and Saturday, October 6, 2pm and 8pm. Tickets $20-$60. Save $10 off tickets for STOMP; use code BROOMS when ordering; discount on select seats only; some restrictions apply; not good on previously purchased tickets. Stephen Salters, baritone, will be performing in the
I read a lot. All tensions and pressures disappear. Life is so much simpler there. I met some of Tyler’s friends, quite a few locals. I know the gal who supports him. She’s from Australia, has a Balinese boy friend. They let Tyler stay with them in their home. They worked together for about nine months
Memories? Marty Madison: After so much surfin and sun, you find other things to do. You travel around the towns and country on your scooter, sight-see, go exploring, shop.
Singapore was a real treat. I would have loved to stay there longer. We visited Sumatra on the same trip. Two weeks in Bali, two weeks in Sumatra. Bali is to Aussies as Hawaii is to us. Their paradise. Three hour trip. For us? 22 hour flights! Still, I’m ready to go back!
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‘Commentary’ Cont. from Page 7 think I’ve ever seen a more beautiful essay than that which he wrote when his late wife passed away. It is said you can see into a man’s soul by reading his writings. I believe that is true . . . and that essay alone told me Kent Davy is a classy, sensitive, and very talented guy. Irv Erdos? I’ve admired his work for ages. Same with David Garrick, the late John Doornan (with whom I often disagreed . . . but, oh, how that man could write!), John Maffei, Jim Trageser, (another writer with whom I would occasionally disagree . . but always admired the deft turn of phrases he’d lay down), so many talented folks. The North County Times was, and hopefully will remain, a daily. We are a weekly. They could do things that we couldn’t do . . but we could also do things they could not do. The combination seems to work out well for the North County readers. Technically, we are competitors for the same readers and the same advertising dollars. But, we are also colleagues and we seem to be friends. Rumors are that the North County Times will be downsized and its staff moved to the San Marcos UT offices; the other rumor is that the UT staff in San Marcos will move into the beautiful North County Times building. Whether the new entity, whatever that turns out to be, remains focused on local and community news, we just don’t know. Perhaps it will focus more on regional news and the San Diego metropolitan areas? Again, we just don’t know. Right now, it’s a big guessing game. I’m hoping we can retain a lot of the “old” North County Times. It’s been a pleasure having them as friends, colleagues, as well as competitors. To those who do leave our community . . “well done!” It’s been a pleasure to be part of the same profession. To the incoming entity, best of luck. It’s a tremendous market and we hope you’ll do well.