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NOV. 11, 2011
THE COAST NEWS
Taste of Seaside market offers wide variety of foods and goods By Wehtahnah Tucker
CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA — With the holidays approaching and cooking on the minds of many, residents gathered at the Taste of Seaside on Nov. 5 to sample offerings from local vendors of specialty foods. From homemade salsas to turkey dinners complete with all of the trimmings, attendees at the Cardiff Seaside Market event were treated to a variety of food and drink. “This is awesome,” said P.J. Gardner, 8, who stopped by the event on his way to the beach. “I like the fruit the best,” he said. “I had no idea this was going on today, but I love it,” said his dad, Paul. Foodies flocked to the local grocery store for a sampling of more than 20 food vendors and to take advantage of one-day only specials. Holiday decorating and food preparation experts were on hand to offer holiday tips from the experts. “These are beautiful floral arrangements,” said Melissa Benton, who admired
Sandy Nicholl holds a sampling of the nutrition bar "Winetime" at the Taste of Seaside Market on Nov. 5.
Richard Thackerson served up smoked Salmon from the Santa Monica Seafood Company. Photos by Wehtahnah Tucker
the spread laid out by Allie’s Party Rental. Inside the store, aisles were decorated with balloons to identify items on special. “I
got a two for one offer,” said Patricia Benton, Melissa’s sister. I’m going to buy way more than I came here for today.” Featuring both new and
established food purveyors, the event was deemed a success. Sandy and Malcolm Nicholl’s gourmet nutrition bar, Winetime, was a hit with
the crowd. “It really is the best kept secret,” said Sandy Nicholl. The bar is dairy and gluten-free and contains resveratrol — the ingredient in grapes that has been shown to forestall the aging process. Richard Thackerson from Santa Monica Seafood couldn’t cut the smoked salmon and tuna samples fast enough to feed the masses. “We’ve been servicing Seaside Market for 20 years,” he said.
“They’re great customers.” Seaside Market owners John and Peter Najjar, who passed out ice cream bars and sushi to residents during the recent blackout, are known for their hospitality. “I always support my local store,” said Bonnie Luetchester. “Of course, it’s right around the corner from my house, but they also have a sense of community about them,” she said. “When I come in they know me, they’re friendly and they really support Cardiff. The popular event got a boost from the change in weather. “I thought they’d be rained out today,” Luetchester said. “I’m glad to see a break in the clouds and the sun coming out.” At least one person got inspired to start cooking early for the holidays. “With so much of the food already freshly prepared here I can just buy it now and stick it in the freezer,” Sherone Pattersen said. “It’ll make my Thanksgiving morning a lot less stressful.”
DAA board votes to continue elephant rides at fair By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — After more than two hours of sometimes zealous comments by everyone from veterinarians and animal activists to trainers and residents, the Del Mar Fairgrounds board of directors voted 4-3 at the Nov. 8 meeting to continue allowing
elephant rides at the San Diego County Fair until at least 2014. At the June 7 meeting, just before the start of this year’s fair, Matt Rossell from Animal Defenders International asked board members from the 22nd District Agricultural Association, which manages the fairgrounds, to discontinue elephant rides claiming the company that provides the service abuses the animals. ADI released a video earlier this year that representatives say was recorded secretly in 2005 at Have Trunk Will Travel Inc., the company that has provided elephant rides at the fair for nearly three decades.
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About nine minutes of edited footage from the 45minute recording shows handlers hitting the pachyderms at times with bull hooks. Kari Johnson, who owns Have Trunk Will Travel with her husband, Gary, said people who are not with “legitimate animal welfare organizations” are not qualified to comment on the footage because they “would not know what they are looking at.” She said the recording is not in context. There were no allegations elephants were abused at the fairgrounds or during the fair. The video can be viewed by Googling most key words associated with the allegations or organizations. More than 125 people attended the Nov. 8 meeting and there was no shortage of allegations and name calling from people on both sides of the issue. Of the nearly 50 who spoke, about two-thirds favored continuing the rides. But when director David
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said she made a surprise visit to the Have Trunk Will Travel facility in Perris and was let in immediately. “I was amazed at what I saw,” Barkett said. “What I observed was not what I saw in the video.” Describing herself as an animal lover, Barkett said she was “looking for signs of mutilation” or abused animals and found none. She said the elephants had “love in their eyes” and the facility was “incredibly well-maintained.” “Before we take a strong stance and ruin someone’s livelihood ... we should consider the ramifications of any decision,” Barkett said. Director Russ Penniman agreed, noting that there have been no safety issues with the rides in the 30 years they have been at the fair. “It’s ... a matter of jobs,” he said, adding that fair-goers can choose to ride the elephants if they want to. “The community can
vote with their pocketbooks if they don’t think it’s a good thing,” Penniman said. Noting there were strong arguments on both sides, board President Adam Day said the decision came down to the fairgrounds’ function as an agricultural district. There’s a difference between 4-H Clubs and horse racing and wild and exotic animals, which belong in zoos, Day said. “We don’t operate a zoo here. ... It’s not our purpose to exhibit wild animals.” With that, Day recommended phasing out the rides by 2014, but director Fred Schenk made a substitute motion to revisit the issue in three years when the AZA policy is in full effect. Watson said he could have supported the phase-out plan, but revisiting is simply “kicking the can down the road,” so he, Tom Chino and David Lizerbram voted against continuing the rides. Kari Johnson said she was happy with the decision.
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Watson made an initial motion to discontinue the rides, his reasoning had little to do with the video or anything the speakers said. Watson based his decision on an occupational safety policy recently adopted by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums requiring facilities to limit training to protected contact rather than free contact on or before September 2014 if they want to retain the association’s accreditation. In free contact, elephants and handlers interact directly, while in protected contact there is a barrier between the two. According to the policy, there are exceptions, which Kari Johnson said would likely apply to Have Trunk Will Travel. She said her company has consistently received AZA accreditation since 1993. “We have faith we can keep doing what we’re doing,” she said. Director Lisa Barkett
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