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SERVING NORTH COUNTY SINCE 1987
JAN. 31, 2020
D-Day film helps vets fly — even jump 98-year-old plans to again parachute into Normandy By Alexander Wehrung
lot than against it. “There are families in need now,” said Rebecca Ross. “These are our fellow community members, you may not want to think of them as your fellow community members but they are … They attend our community colleges, their children attend our schools,
RANCHO SANTA FE — The R. Roger Rowe School in Rancho Santa Fe hosted a screening of CJ Machado and Mark A Vizcarra’s documentary film “Libertas” on Jan. 25 as part of a fundraising effort to raise money for Honor Flight, a nonprofit organization that transports war veterans to Wa s h i n g ton , D.C., so they can visit memorials. Money was also raised to have World War II veteran Tom Rice return to Normandy so that he can make a return TOM RICE, jump. Again. shown during Tom Rice, his service in 98, was born the 101st AirAug. 15, 1921 borne Division and graduated during World War II. from Coronado High School Courtesy photo in 1940. He served in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II and made the jump into Normandy as part of Operation Overlord in 1944. He returned to San Diego after the war’s end and spent the next approximately 44 years teaching history and social studies in California. Rice became the subject of national news headlines last year when he made an assisted parachute jump into Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the invasion, at the age of 97. He became fit for the occasion by doing CrossFit exercises. “It’s an amazing feat,” Rice said of making the anniversary jump. “It rekindles an awful lot of activities that we get to think about, and I think about them a lot deeper now. Every year it gets deeper and deeper, I remember things I don’t even recall that happened that surrounded me that come forth and almost throw me out of bed.” For the Saturday, Jan. 25 event, Rice posed for photos with children and adults before
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AUSSIE LEISHMAN RALLIES TO WIN FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN ABOVE: Australian Marc Leishman acknowledges the crowd after a birdie on the 18th hole Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Leishman, 36, overcame a four-stroke deficit to win the $7.5 million tournament by one stroke over Spaniard Jon Rahm, the leader entering play Sunday. Leishman began the final round in a seven-way tie for seventh. The win marks Leishman’s fifth on the PGA Tour.
LEFT: Tiger Woods, here lining up a putt on the 18th hole on Sunday, was among six golfers tied for ninth, six strokes behind winner Marc Leishman. The Farmers Insurance Open was Woods’ first opportunity to become the PGA Tour’s winningest player. It was his first official PGA Tour event since he won the Zozo Championship on Oct. 27 to tie Sam Snead’s record of 82 victories. Photo by Abraham Jewett
Photo by Abraham Jewett
Encinitas City Council OKs parking lot for homeless By Tawny McCray
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council voted 4-1 in a contentious marathon meeting in front of an overflow crowd Jan. 22 to approve a safe overnight parking lot for homeless people living out of their cars. The Safe Parking Program has driven a wedge in the community since it was first presented at
a council meeting in November. The lot, on Leichtag Commons on Saxony Road, would allow for a maximum of 25 cars from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. All participants are referred by area schools, churches and other local organizations and adults are run through sex offender registries. There will be on-site security, bathrooms with showers, and case management to help
people transition to permanent housing. The lot will be operated by Jewish Family Services and funded with a $256,000 HEAP grant awarded to the nonprofit. It would be the first of its kind in North County. More than 90 people spoke during public comment, with a few more people in support of the