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VOL. 25, NO. 33

AUG. 26, 2011

Council endorses switch to turf fields

THISWEEK

By Wehtahnah Tucker

CEREMONIAL HONORS The Encinitas Public Library celebrates Japanese culture with B1 a festival.

NOBLE ENDEAVOR

A Carlsbad woman strives to rescue girls from the sex trade A3 industry.

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Rally pushes for restoration of rent controls By Promise Yee

OCEANSIDE — Dozens gathered outside of City Hall Aug. 17 to let City Council know they wanted rent decontrol to be repealed. Among those gathered were members of Alliance of Citizens to Improve Oceanside Neighborhoods (ACTION), seniors and veterans. “If 15,400 signatures against the vacancy decontrol ordinance doesn’t speak loudly enough to (Councilmen) Kern, Feller and Felien I don’t know

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ENCINITAS — City Council unanimously agreed Aug. 24 to endorse the Encinitas Soccer League’s field replacement project. After years of maintaining the aging fields at Leo Mullen Sports Park, the grass will be replaced with state of the art turf. Kent Coykendall, president of the soccer league’s board of directors, threw a pitch that all of the council members could hit, when he asked that the city enter into a memorandum of understanding to the tune of $1 million. In order to replace the grass with turf, the nonprofit organization that serves approximately 1,400 youth will raise the initial funds for design, fees and construction. The city will be responsible for maintenance costs. “We’ve been thinking about this for 10 years,” Coykendall said after the meeting. “But the Encinitas Community Park had to be everyone’s main focus for the last seven or eight years. Now that that’s in place, we can do this.” The council praised the organization for its efforts. Councilman Jerome Stocks said he was grateful that a group was stepping up to work with the city to achieve the goal. Councilwoman Kristin Gaspar said the partnership between the city and the nonprofit should become the “new normal” on getting things done. Unlike surrounding cities, Encinitas does not have a single turf sports field. Coykendall said the fact that the fields are in such poor conditions is why many local youth decide to play sports in other jurisdictions. “We loose at least 200 kids to surrounding leagues,” he said. “We want to keep Encinitas kids playing youth sports in Encinitas.” The organization TURN TO TURF FIELDS ON A23

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