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Scripps says it spent $398 million on community programs last fiscal year
HANDS ACROSS THE SAND
More than 100 people gathered on Saturday, May 19 at Moonlight State Beach to form a human line in the sand to protest new offshore drilling. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
REGION — Scripps Health invested $398 million into community benefit programs in San Diego County during fiscal year 2017, the nonprofit health care company announced May 30. The figure accounted for 14 percent of the company’s total operating expenses, according to Scripps. The vast majority of the money, $361.1 million, went to uncompensated care, which includes services that were under-reimbursed by Medicare and other government programs, as well as services for uninsured patients who didn’t qualify for government assistance. invested Scripps $29.4 million into health
research, graduate medical education and professional education. Another $7.5 million went to community health services, including prevention and wellness programs. “Giving back to the San Diego community is deeply rooted at Scripps Health, going all the way back to our founders Ellen Browning Scripps and Mother Mary Michael Cummings,’’ said Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health. “I think both of them would be proud to see that their commitment to improving the health of San Diegans is being carried forth stronger than ever today.’’ — City News Service
Surfing is like water ballet
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ometime around the late ‘60s, a small group of surfers insisted that surfing was not a sport, but more of an art. They would often state that contests proved nothing, and that who was the best or worst surfer was really unimportant. Some said that surfing was a type of yoga; others called it a dance. It is probably all those things and more, but let’s explore the dance theory. I don’t remember the exact quote, but according to the great surfer Skip Frye each wave has its own rhythm and the best a surfer can do is to tap into it. It does seem that the wave calls the tune, and that therefore a long wall at Rincon and a walled up peak at George’s require a different approach. To me, Rincon, and other perfect point breaks around the world piped a classical tune. To me, those who rode it best were graceful and elegant, speeding up and
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with Prime Rib for $12, Crab Legs for $22, and a half rack of ribs for $10 and full rack for $15 so the place was hopping. We scored a couple prime seats at the bar and had a conversation with the owner who is a Michigan native. I’ve told this story in a past Lick the Plate column that you can find online by searching “Lick the Plate Captain Keno’s.” This place is a throwback in the best possible way and I am grateful to have it as a local escape when I need a respite from the trendiness that tends to dominate my Lick the Plate adventures. Next up was sunset at Stone Steps and well; this is an obvious one to be grateful for. I’ve been surfing and running this spot for years and while I’ve never really cracked the inner circle of the local locals who gather for sunset and
slowing down as the melody rose and fell. Beach breaks, on the other hand, broadcast louder, faster rock music, and the best dancers have little time to arch into long, drawn out turns. Nobody can really say what’s better; it’s all about the music you hear, and how you react to it. To me, the best water dancers are stylish, and flow a way that is not so much learned, as it is felt. Don’t be offended, but I cannot think of any originals in the lineup today — that’s because each of them have studied the masters from eras past. Now, by stylish I mean more than just keeping the upper body quiet.
While both opposite in their approaches, two of my favorites from the past are Hawaiian-born Gerry Lopez and Australia’s Terry Fitzgerald. Lopez had certainly learned from past masters whose surfing was perfect, right down to the fingers that were held together like knives. Still, nobody from the mid ‘70s on has ever really imitated his minimalistic style. Standing in what bullfighters call “the circle of death,” Lopez looked as relaxed as a man waiting for a cab on a Honolulu sidewalk. When I first saw Terry Fitzgerald surf he appeared as anything but stylish to me. Then I looked again and could see that while his arms moved, they were flowing like an aquatic hula, and each move he made was in perfect sync with the wave’s song. Not many of you will agree with me, but Fitzgerald’s surfing was the more original of the two. I can see Phil Edwards, Denny Tomp-
surf it regularly, I do get the occasional nod or grunt in my direction and hey, I’ll take that. Our quest on foot continued into Encinitas and the American Legion Post 416. There was an 80’s cover band playing so we popped in, ordered a cocktail and joined the folks on the dance floor shaking it around to “Walk Like an Egyptian” and “Don’t Stop Believin’.” I am so grateful for the Legion both as a member and a son of a Marine who fought on Guadalcanal in World War II and as a lover of diversity and never knowing what I am going to pop in on any given night. And from what I’ve heard the Taco Tuesday open jam night is packing them in. My final note of gratitude is for the culinary resource that is the New York Times. Besides keeping up on NYC culinary trends, it is a resource for recipes that I’ve been
devouring for years. The great thing about it is that there is always a well-written back-story to go with the recipe that provides a connection to the dish that can’t be conveyed by a recipe alone. I wrapped up my weekend by having friends over for a fairly traditional Memorial Day dinner of grilled brats, Italian sausage, burgers, asparagus and Pasta Tahdig as our starch. I’d never heard of it until that morning reading the Sunday New York Times Magazine where Samin Nosrat romanced the heck out of this dish. Well it worked on me and the great thing is, it’s such and easy dish to make…assuming you are able to flip it. Anyway, I have advice on that so feel free to contact me directly. So that’s it, another year and a whole lot to be grateful for. To another year of Lick the Plate and everything good that goes along with it.
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kins and Billy Hamilton in Lopez’ style; while Fitzgerald seems to be dancing to a rhythm only he knows. Maybe that’s because Fitz began surfing on unpredictable beach breaks while Lopez came of age in predictable Hawaiian reefs. It doesn’t really matter does it? What does matter is that we as surfers hear a tune playing deep in our chests, reacting heart and soul to that and the tune the ocean lays over it.
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