NOV. 11, 2016
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Skyline student needs votes to win cafeteria makeover By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — A Skyline Elementary first-grader is trying to win a $30,000 cafeteria makeover for her school and is asking the community to help by casting as many votes as possible by Nov. 13. Six-year-old Ari Vega was selected as one of 25 finalists in the Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest, a national challenge sponsored by Uncle Ben’s to promote cooking healthy meals at home. “My grandmother saw the contest in the newspaper,” Ari said. “I wanted to enter because I like cooking Ari Vega, a 6-year-old first grader at Skyline Elementary, and her dad, and wanted to win money Art, prepare pork chops stuffed with cranberry rice as part of a contest for my school.” to win a $30,000 cafeteria makeover for her school. Courtesy photo
Parents with children in kindergarten through eighth grade were invited to submit a photo of them preparing a rice-based dish with their child. Ben’s Beginners created five cooking lessons with recipes to help families get started. They included a chicken, broccoli and rice casserole, open-faced black bean and rice tacos, rice and meatballs, cheesy rainbow rice with ground beef and pork chops stuffed with cranberry rice. “We prepared cranberry-rice-stuffed pork chops,” Ari said. “The recipe isn’t a family recipe. It was one of Uncle Ben’s Beginners cooking lessons. I did all
five of the lessons and Un- meat, go to beginners.uncle Ben’s selected this one.” clebens.com/AVega. Ari said her favorite part of the project was glazing the pork chops with barbecue sauce. “It reminded me of painting,” she said. Five grand-prize winners, partially determined by the number of online votes received through Nov. 13, will each be awarded $15,000 cash, a hometown celebration and a cafeteria makeover. Anyone can vote once per finalist every day. Winners will be announced Dec. 5. To vote for Ari’s cranberry-rice-stuffed pork chops — the other white
Time for a change?
From left: Carlsbad City Council member Michael Schumacher, Head of School at Pacific Ridge School Dr. Bob Ogle, a resident of Tyler Court apartments and Mayor Pro Tem Lorraine Wood who recently cut the ribbon on a Little Free Library located in front of the Tyler Court apartments. Courtesy photo
A baker’s dozen of tiny libraries pop up throughout Carlsbad By Steve Puterski
CARLSBAD — Tiny is trending. From housing to boutiques, small is going big. There’s no exception in Carlsbad as 13 new libraries have popped up throughout the Barrio. The city and Pacific Ridge School partnered to install the 13 Little Free Libraries throughout the neighborhood. The miniature libraries house dozens of books for “check out.” On Oct. 27, Mayor Pro Tem Lorraine Wood, Councilmember Michael Schumacher and Head of School at Pacific Ridge School Dr. Bob Ogle attended a ribbon cutting celebration at one of the small libraries installed in front of the Tyler Court apartments. The city and Pacific Ridge School donated the libraries to encourage literacy in the community and to create a meeting spot for neighbors to discuss books. The libraries are re-stocked periodically by the school and were decorated by 100 faculty and staff members in late August as a way of sharing their love of reading with the community. The project also gave staff the opportunity to en-
gage in a service learning project, which is something all students participate in during their time at Pacific Ridge. Service learning allows students to practice ethical responsibility and gain leadership skills by engaging with the community. Members of the community are encouraged to visit the Little Free Libraries, take out a book and return it once they’ve finished reading it. More than 700 books have been donated and more will be replenished throughout the year. Local residents have begun to donate books as well. The libraries are scattered throughout the neighborhood, including on Madison, Tyler, Jefferson and Roosevelt streets and Magnolia Avenue.
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