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VOL. 32, N0. 34
AUG. 24, 2018
Breeders’ Cup back at Del Mar in 2021 By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — The Breeders’ Cup World Championships, considered the pinnacle of thoroughbred racing, will return to Del Mar in 2021. The worst-kept secret in the industry was officially revealed Aug. 17 at the iconic seaside race track. “The Breeders’ Cup was an amazing time for us,” Del Mar Thoroughbred Club CEO Joe Harper said. “We had a wonderful time doing it last year. It was challenging. It was fun. … We had a ball. “It really worked better than I think most of us thought it would work, and we’re looking forward to having it again in ’21,” he added. “I think that we’re probably the victim of our own success to some degree because we’ve got to come up with a lot of new stuff and we’re working on it already.” When Del Mar first hosted the event this past November, the two-day ontrack wagering total of approximately $25,181,320
was a 21.4 percent increase over the 2016 running at Santa Anita Park. The total handle of nearly $166,077,500 was the highest since 2010 at Churchill Downs, which held two more races than Del Mar. In all, 69,970 people attended — 32,278 on Friday and 37,692 on Saturday — with daily ticket sales capped at 37,500 to avoid lines and overcrowding. Although there are only two days of racing, visitors’ average length of stay was five days, providing a $100 million economic impact to the region, Joe Terzi, president and CEO of the San Diego Tourism Authority, said. About $30 million of that was direct spending in the communities, he added. “We have very few events that deliver that much economic impact in a very short period of time,” Terzi said. “This is an amazing opportunity for San Diego, for Del Mar, for our entire region.” TURN TO BREEDERS’ CUP ON A9
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high school senior and currently enrolled in oceanography and literature courses at MiraCosta College, successfully completed 200 hours of volunteer work and community service including work on family-owned Sugar Sweet Farms in Olivenhain; 100 hours of competitive horseback riding; 100 hours of personal development in public
REGION — The TriCity Healthcare District board affirmed THE Aug. 21 that it would shutter its VISTA inpatient psychiatric faNEWS cilities by Oct. 2, a decision widely panned by residents, law enforcement and elected officials. The board voted 5-2, with RoseMarie Reno and Laura Mitchell opposed, to uphold the earlier decision to suspend the hospital’s 18-bed behavioral RANCHO health unit and 12-person crisisSFNEWS stabilization unit, which had already shut down with the county’s approval. Tuesday’s decision would likely displace hundreds of workers in the units and force residents with psychiatric emergencies out of the region for treatment. Tri-City Healthcare District originally voted in June to shut down the units, citing a recent change in federal regulations requiring hospitals to remove from rooms all features that patients could use to hang themselves, known as “ligature” risks, as the primary reason for the closure. Tri-City officials cited a recent change in federal regulations requiring hospitals to remove from rooms all features that patients could use to hang themselves, known as “ligature” risks, as the primary reason for the closure. They also cited a $5 million budget shortfall within the de-
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MR. SANDMAN BRINGS A BUCKET
Alex Weiss, 3, on vacation from Germany, plays on a Carlsbad beach. Photo by Shana Thompson
Teen earns congressional medal for personal feats, community works By Jordan P. Ingram
ENCINITAS — A local high-school student continues her march toward earning top civilian youth honors for outstanding public service outside of the classroom. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista) presented Margaret “Sissy” Sugarman of Olivenhain a Silver Congressional Award for Public Service at an Aug. 7 ceremony at the legislator’s dis-
trict office in Vista. Sugarman was j o i n e d by silver meda lists Mark L i n d g r e n Sugarman of Rancho Santa Fe and Aubrianna Davenport of Ladera Ranch in Orange County and bronze-award winner Bengt Olsen of Encinitas.
The ceremony, which was originally scheduled for March but postponed due to legislative scheduling conflicts, was the second time in as many years Sugarman has received a congressional award, receiving a bronze medal in April 2016. “It was really special to come back a couple years later and have (Issa) perform the ceremony,” Sugarman said.
Each of the four medal recipients demonstrated an exceptional ability to achieve personal goals set within the following four categories — voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness and expedition/exploration — and completed the nationwide challenge available to any student willing to set and meet personal objectives in those areas. Sugarman, who is a
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